Dalip Kaur Tiwana
1935–2020writer
Punjabi poet and playwright
Sheila Bhatia
1916–2008, born Sialkot, writes in Punjabi, writer, poet, playwright
Sheila Bhatia was an Indian poet, playwright, theatre personality and the founder of the Delhi Art Theatre, a forum based in Delhi for the promotion of Indian art forms. She is credited with originating Punjabi opera, an Indian form of dance drama incorporating operatic movements. She was honoured by the Government of India in 1971 with Padma Shri, the fourth highest Indian civilian award. A decade later, she received the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award for theatre direction in 1982 followed by Kalidas Samman in 1997.
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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