Dalip Kaur Tiwana
1935–2020writer
Hindi and Punjabi playwright
Balraj Pandit
1901–2010, writes in Punjabi, writer
Balraj Pandit was a well-known Hindi and Punjabi playwright besides being a theatre director, poet, painter and a popular teacher. His Paanchwan Sawaar is considered a classic and a significant play of Indian dramaturgy. The play has been staged many times by different theatre troupes with actors like Naseeruddin Shah, Om Puri and Manohar Singh among other playing roles. Lok Udaasi in Punjabi was another of his well-known plays besides Biwiyon Ka Madrasa an adaptation of Molière’s L'École des Femmes.
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Also writing in Punjabi
Gurbachan Singh Bhullar
b. 1937Punajbi short-storywriter
Harbhajan Singh
1920–2002Punjabi poet (1920-2002)
Gurdial Singh
1933–2016writer & novelist (1933–2016)
Amrita Pritam
1919–2005novelist, poet, and essayist (in Hindi and Punjabi languages) (1919–2005)
Ajit Cour
b. 1934writer