Prabhjot Kaur

Prabhjot Kaur (6 July 1924 – 24 November 2016), was a Punjabi author and poet.

Biography

She was born in 1924 in a small village called Langrial in Gujrat, British India.

Kaur married Narenderpal Singh, who was also a writer and novelist. She lived in Defence Colony, New Delhi. She had two daughters, Anupama & Nirupma. Nirupma was married to Harinder Singh, son of Hukam Singh, First speaker of Parliament. Anupama was married to former Indian Army Chief J.J.Singh.

Books and poems

• Plateau
• Dreams die young
• PabbÄ« : PañjābÄ« kavitā-saṅkalana
• ZindagÄ« de kujha pala
• Kiṇake
• Madhiāntara
• Candara yuga : kawitāwāṃ
• Khāṛī
• Kandhárí hawá
• Bolaṇa dÄ« nahīṃ jā we aṛiā

Awards and honours

• Kaur, along with her husband Narenderpal Singh, won the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1964 for her collection of poems, "Pabbi".
• Padma Shri award, 1967.
• "La Rose de France" award, 1968
• Poetry Society of America has decorated her with Distinguished Order of Poetry.
• Nominated to the Vidhan Parishad of Punjab.
• Member of UNESCO

References