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Punjabi writer

Gulzar Singh Sandhu

b. 1935, writes in Punjabi, writer, short story writer, journalist

Gulzar Singh Sandhu is a prominent Punjabi language writer. He won the prestigious Sahitya Akademi Award, given by the Sahitya Akademi, India’s National Academy of Letters, for his short story collection, Amar Katha in 1982. Among other awards he was also the recipient of International Association of Authors, Playwrights and Artists of Canada in 1992 and Shiromani Punjabi Sahityakar Puraskar from the Education Department of Punjab in 2001.

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Books on record

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Awards

1982Sahitya Akademi Award for Amar Katha
1982Sahitya Akademi Award in Punjabi for Amar Katha

Elsewhere

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Also writing in Punjabi

Amrita Pritam

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