Saraswati Samman
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Edition 4 (1994) Winner
Harbhajan Singh
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Harbhajan Singh
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1920-08-08 （Lumding, Assam Province）
- Died
- 2002-10-21 age 82
- Nationality
- Indian
- Languages
- Punjabi, English, Hindi
- Religion
- Sikhism
- Residence History
- Lumding, Assam → Lahore, Punjab → New Delhi
Career
- Occupations
- Poet, Critic, Cultural commentator, Translator
- Active Years
- 1940-2002
- Affiliations
- University of Delhi
- Influenced By
- Guru Nanak Dev, Guru Arjan Dev, Shah Hussain, Waris Shah, Bulle Shah, Mir Taqi Mir, Federico García Lorca, Rabindranath Tagore, Noon Meem Rashid, Puran Singh
- Influenced
- Amrita Pritam
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Delhi | — | Department of Modern Indian Languages | PhD | — | India |
University of Delhi
Department of Modern Indian Languages
Degree:
PhD
Country:
India
PhD thesis on Hindi poetry in Gurmukhi script
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 | Sahitya Akademi Award | Na Dhuppe Na Chhawan | Punjabi | Sahitya Akademi | 受賞 |
| 1987 | Kabir Samman | — | — | Madhya Pradesh Government | 受賞 |
| 1994 | Saraswati Samman | — | — | — | 受賞 |
| 1994 | Sahitya Akademi Fellowship | — | — | Sahitya Akademi | 受賞 |
| — | Soviet Land Nehru Award | — | — | — | 受賞 |
| 2002 | Dhaliwal Sanmaan | — | — | Punjabi Sahitya Akademi | 受賞 |
Sahitya Akademi Award
1969
Work:
Na Dhuppe Na Chhawan
Category:
Punjabi
Organization:
Sahitya Akademi
Result:
受賞
Kabir Samman
1987
Organization:
Madhya Pradesh Government
Result:
受賞
Saraswati Samman
1994
Result:
受賞
Sahitya Akademi Fellowship
1994
Organization:
Sahitya Akademi
Result:
受賞
Soviet Land Nehru Award
Result:
受賞
Dhaliwal Sanmaan
2002
Organization:
Punjabi Sahitya Akademi
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Registan Vich Lakarhara
PoetryPunjabi poetry collection
Punjabi culture
Na Dhuppe Na Chhawan
PoetrySahitya Akademi Award-winning poetry collection
Bibliography
- A Light Within: Selected Poems of Harbhajan Singh
- The Spirit of Khalsa – Three centuries of Interface
- Sheikh Farid (Hindi)
- Bulleshah (Hindi)
Translations by Author
- Aristotle, Sophocles, Rabindranath Tagore, selections from Rig Veda et al.
Translations of Works
- Ni Chhiyan Ni Tavaro (Rajasthani)
- Punjabni Lokakatha (Gujarati)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Revolutionized Punjabi poetry writing style
Legacy
Credited with Amrita Pritam for revolutionizing Punjabi poetry; prolific poet, critic, and translator
Trivia
- One of his sons, Madan Gopal Singh, is a singer and scholar