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punjabi writer and translator

Chandan Negi

1937–2025, born Peshawar, writes in Punjabi, writer, novelist, short story writer

Chandan Negi was an Indian writer, translator, radio presenter, and social worker. She contributed to Punjabi and Dogri literature. She authored novels, short stories, and reference works, in addition to translating literary works from Hindi, Urdu, Dogri, and English into Punjabi. She was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Translation Prize 2024 for her Punjabi translation of the Hindi novel Tere Liye.

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Also writing in Punjabi

Amrita Pritam

1919–2005novelist, poet, and essayist (in Hindi and Punjabi languages) (1919–2005)