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Ajmer Singh Aulakh

Ajmer Singh Aulakh (19 August 1942 – 15 June 2017) was a renowned Punjabi playwright from Mansa district, Punjab. He was born in 1942 at Kumbharwal Kumbharwal, Sangrur district, Punjab, India.

Books and plays

Aulakh published his first collection of one-act plays, Arbad narbad dhundukara (English: 'Eons and Nebulae') in 1978.

Collections of one-act plays

  • Arbad narbad dhundukara (Eons and Nebulae)
  • Begane bohar di chhan (Shade of the Alien Banyan)
  • Anhe nishanchi (Blind Shooters)
  • Gani

Plays

  • Ik Ramayan hor (One More Ramayana)*Niuṃ-jaṛa
  • Satt begaane
  • Kehar Singh di maut (Kehar Singh's Death)
  • Ishaka bājha namāza dā hajja nāhÄ«
  • Bhajian bahin (Broken Arms)
  • Ikka sÄ« dariā
  • Jhanāṃ de pāṇī
  • Aise jana wirale sam̆sāre

Awards

He won the Sahitya Akademi Award in 2006 for his book Ishaka bājha namāza dā hajja nāhī (Plays).

See also

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