Punjabi-Language Writers

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 37. Chapters: Punjabi-language poets, Shiv Kumar Batalvi, Fariduddin Ganjshakar, Amrita Pritam, Mir Tanha Yousafi, Balraj Sahni, Sangtar, Sultan Bahu, Bulleh Shah, British Punjabi writers, Narendra Mohan, Karnail Singh Somal, Sultan bahoo lineage, Mian Muhammad Bakhsh, Surjit Paatar, Bhai Vir Singh, Kartar Singh Duggal, Balwant Gargi, Shareef Kunjahi, Shardha Ram Phillauri, Ajit Saini, Nanak Singh, Harbhajan Singh, Pash, Sant Singh Sekhon, Waris Shah, Shah Hussain, Sadhu Singh Hamdard, Pritam Saini, Preminder Singh Sandhawalia, Anwar Masood, List of Punjabi language poets, Dhani Ram Chatrik, Harpal Tiwana, Gurbaksh Singh Preetlari, Rupinderpal Singh Dhillon, Mohan Singh, Manjit Tiwana, Gulzar Singh Sandhu, List of Punjabi authors, Darshan Singh Awara, Harbans Singh Khurana, Shakil Ahmad Shakil, Jangnama, Damodar Das Arora, Abid Tamimi, Shah Sharaf, Bebe Nanaki Ji. Excerpt: Shiv Kumar 'Batalvi' (Punjabi: ) (1936-1973) was a noted Punjabi language poet, who was most known for his romantic poetry, noted for its heightened passion, pathos, separation and lover's agony He became the youngest recipient of the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1967, given by Sahitya Akademi (India's National Academy of Letters), for his epic verse play based on the ancient legend of Puran Bhagat, Loona (1965), now considered a masterpiece in modern Punjabi literature, and which also created a new genre, of modern Punjabi kissa. Today, his poetry stands in equal footing, amongst that by stalwarts of modern Punjabi poetry, like Mohan Singh and Amrita Pritam, all of whom are popular on both sides of India-Pakistan border. Shiv Kumar was born in a Saraswat Brahmin family on 23 July 1936, in village Bara Pind Lohtian, Shakargarh Tehsil, Sialkot District (now in Punjab province, Pakistan), to Pandit Krishan Gopal, village tehsildar in the revenue department, and Shant...