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Dalip Kaur Tiwana

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Dalip Kaur Tiwana

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1935-05-04 (Rabbon, Ludhiana District, Punjab)
Died
2020-01-31 (Patiala) age 84
Nationality
India
Languages
Punjabi
Residence History
Punjabi University campus, Patiala

Career

Occupations
novelist, short-story writer, Professor of Punjabi, Dean, Faculty of Languages
Active Years
1958-2020
Affiliations
Punjabi University, Patiala

Education

Panjab University, Chandigarh
Punjabi
Degree: PhD
Country: India
First class honors in M.A.

Awards

Sahitya Akademi Award
1971
Work: Eho Hamara Jeevna
Category: 小説
Organization: Sahitya Akademi
Result: 受賞
Saraswati Samman
2001
Work: Katha Kaho Urvashi
Category: 小説
Result: 受賞
Padma Shri
2004
Work: Literature & Education
Organization: Government of India
Result: 受賞(2015年返上)

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Eho Hamara Jeevna

1969 novel

This our life

lifesociety
Translations
  • English translation available

Bibliography

  • Agni Prikhya
  • Eho Hamara Jiwna

Translations of Works

  • Such is her fate (Punjabi University)
  • A journey on bare feet (Orient Longman)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Tragedy and ironyComplex inner duality of the female psyche
Recurring Motifs
downtrodden rural folksuppressed desires

Legacy

One of the foremost novelists in contemporary Punjabi literature, widely translated, multiple awards, retired as Professor and Dean at Punjabi University.

Trivia

  • Returned Padma Shri in 2015 against 'intolerance'