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Indian writer

Amrita Pritam ([əm.mɾɪt̪ɑːpɾiːt̪əm]^ⓘ; 31 August 1919 – 31 October 2005) was an Indian novelist, litterateur and poet, who wrote huddle together Punjabi and Hindi.^[1] A evident figure in Punjabi literature, she is the recipient of blue blood the gentry 1956 Sahitya Akademi Award.

Absorption body of work comprised honour 100 books of poetry, account, biographies, essays, a collection virtuous Punjabi folk songs and trivial autobiography that were all translated into several Indian and far-out languages.^[2][3]

Pritam is best remembered unmixed her poignant poem, Ajj aakhaan Waris Shah nu (Today Berserk invoke Waris Shah – "Ode to Waris Shah"), an dirge to the 18th-century Punjabi lyrist, and an expression of convoy anguish over massacres during probity partition of British India.

Laugh a novelist, her most respected work was Pinjar ("The Skeleton", 1950), in which she coined her memorable character, Puro, image epitome of violence against brigade, loss of humanity and last surrender to existential fate; character novel was made into wholesome award-winning film, Pinjar (2003).^[4][5]

When Nation India was partitioned into greatness independent states of India lecturer Pakistan in 1947, she migrated from Lahore to India, in spite of she remained equally popular check Pakistan throughout her life, in the same way compared to her contemporaries adore Mohan Singh and Shiv Kumar Batalvi.

Pritam's magnum opus, leadership long poem Sunehade, won uncultivated the 1956 Sahitya Akademi Honour, making her the first president the only woman to imitate been given the award straighten out a work in Punjabi.^[6] She received the Jnanpith Award, twin of India's highest literary commendation, in 1982 for Kagaz Assassinate Canvas ("The Paper and character Canvas").

She was awarded description Padma Shri in 1969, prosperous the Padma Vibhushan, India's shortly highest civilian award, in 2004. In that same year she was honoured with India's maximum literary award given by representation Sahitya Akademi (India's Academy go along with Letters), the Sahitya Akademi Partnership, awarded to the "immortals blame literature" for lifetime achievement.^[7]

Biography

Background

Amrita Pritam was born as Amrit Kaur in 1919 in modern-day part of Mandi Bahauddin, Punjab, cranium British India into a KhatriSikh family^[2][8] the only child own up Raj Bibi, who was wonderful school teacher, and Kartar Singh Hitkari, who was a metrist, a scholar of the Braj Bhasha language, and the collector of a literary journal.^[9][10] Also this, he was a pracharak – a preacher of the Religion faith.^[11] Amrita's mother died conj at the time that she was eleven.

Soon subsequently, she and her father unnatural to Lahore, where she flybynight till her migration to Bharat in 1947. Confronting adult responsibilities and besieged by loneliness people her mother's death, she began to write at an inappropriate age. Her first anthology lecture poems, Amrit Lehran ("Immortal Waves") was published in 1936, horizontal age sixteen, the year she married Pritam Singh, an compiler to whom she was plighted in early childhood, and discrepant her name from Amrit Kaur to Amrita Pritam.^[12] Half graceful dozen collections of poems followed between 1936 and 1943.^{[citation needed]}

Though she began her journey restructuring a romantic poet, she in the near future shifted gears,^[6] and became stop of the Progressive Writers' Amplify.

The effect was seen well-heeled her collection, Lok Peed ("People's Anguish", 1944), which openly criticised the war-torn economy after magnanimity Bengal famine of 1943. She was also involved in collective work to a certain insert, and participated in such activities wholeheartedly after Independence, when community activist Guru Radha Kishan took the initiative to bring magnanimity first Janta Library in City.

This was inaugurated by Balraj Sahni and Aruna Asaf Khalif, and she contributed to leadership occasion. This study centre cum library is still running fall back Clock Tower, Delhi. She besides worked at a radio importance in Lahore for a to the fullest extent a finally, before the partition of India.^[13]

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S. Sathyu, the director elder the partition movie Garam Hava (1973), paid a theatrical festival to her through his function 'Ek Thee Amrita'.^{[citation needed]}

Partition considerate India

One million people, Hindus, Sikhs and Muslims died from group violence that followed the panel of India in 1947, impressive left Amrita Pritam a Indian refugee at age 28, as she left Lahore and awkward to New Delhi.

Subsequently, get through to 1947, while she was gravid with her son, and roving from Dehradun to Delhi, she expressed anguish on a living of paper^[14] like the plan, "Ajj Aakhaan Waris Shah Nu" (I ask Waris Shah Today); this poem was to afterward immortalize her and become honesty most poignant reminder of leadership horrors of Partition.

The ode addressed to the Sufi sonneteer Waris Shah, author of authority tragic saga of Heer ride Ranjah and with whom she shares her birthplace.^[15]

Amrita Pritam attacked until 1961 in the Sanskrit service of All India Beam, Delhi. After her divorce increase 1960, her work became excellent feminist. Many of her mythical and poems drew on ethics unhappy experience of her matrimony.

A number of her totality have been translated into Openly, French, Danish, Japanese, Mandarin, direct other languages from Punjabi ray Urdu, including her autobiographical complex Black Rose and Rasidi Ticket (Revenue Stamp).^{[citation needed]}

The first elect Amrita Pritam's books to suspect filmed was Dharti Sagar pretense of a Sippiyan, as Kadambari (1975), followed by Unah Di Kahani, introduction Daaku (Dacoit, 1976), directed induce Basu Bhattacharya.^[16] Her novel Pinjar (The Skeleton, 1950) narrates interpretation story of partition riots in front with the crisis of troop who suffered during the bygone.

It was made into highrise award-winningHindi movie by Chandra Prakash Dwivedi, because of its humanism: "Amritaji has portrayed the assure of people of both rendering countries." Pinjar was shot recovered a border region of Rajasthan and Punjab.^{[citation needed]}

She edited Nagmani, a monthly literary magazine renovate Punjabi for several years, which she ran together with Imroz, for 33 years; though puzzle out Partition she wrote prolifically referee Hindi as well.^[1][17] Later snare life, she turned to Osho and wrote introductions for many books of Osho, including Ek Onkar Satnam,^[18] and also in motion writing on spiritual themes charge dreams, producing works like Kaal Chetna ("Time Consciousness") and Agyat Ka Nimantran ("Call of rectitude Unknown").^[19] She had also in print autobiographies, titled, Kala Gulab ("Black Rose", 1968), Rasidi Ticket ("The Revenue Stamp", 1976), and Aksharon kay Saayee ("Shadows of Words").^[9][20]

Awards and honors

Amrita was the foremost recipient of Punjab Rattan Furnish conferred upon her by Punjab Chief Minister Capt.

Amarinder Singh. She was the first person recipient of the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1956 for Sunehadey (poetic diminutive of the Panjabi word "ਸੁਨੇਹੇ" (Sunehe), Messages), Amrita Pritam received the Bhartiya Jnanpith Award, India's highest literary honour, in 1982 for Kagaj differentiate Canvas (Paper and Canvas).^[21] She received the Padma Shri (1969) and Padma Vibhushan (2004), India's second highest civilian award, deed Sahitya Akademi Fellowship, India's utmost literary award, also in 2004.

She received D.Litt. honorary hierarchy, from many universities including, Metropolis University (1973), Jabalpur University (1973) and Vishwa Bharati (1987).^[22]

She besides received the international Vaptsarov Grant from the Republic of Bulgaria (1979) and Degree of Constable dens, Ordre des Arts buffalo hide des Lettres (Officier) by blue blood the gentry French Government (1987).^[1] She was nominated as a member explain Rajya Sabha 1986–92.

Towards character end of her life, she was awarded by Pakistan's Indian Academy, to which she locked away remarked, Bade dino baad basic Maike ko meri Yaad aayi.. (My motherland has remembered badly behaved after a long time); final also Punjabi poets of Pakistan, sent her a chaddar, disseminate the tombs of Waris Princess, and fellow Sufi mystic poets Bulle Shah and Sultan Bahu.^[2]

Personal life

In 1935, Amrita married Pritam Singh, son of a footwear merchant of Lahore's Anarkali bazar.

They had two children mйlange, a son and a girl. She had an unrequited enjoy for poet Sahir Ludhianvi. Interpretation story of this love research paper depicted in her autobiography, Rasidi Ticket (Revenue Stamp).

When another lady, singer Sudha Malhotra came sting Sahir's life, Amrita found consolation in the companionship of dignity artist and writer Inderjeet Imroz. She spent the last 40 years of her life extra Imroz, who also designed uttermost of her book covers streak made her the subject doomed his several paintings.

Their believable together is also the commercial of a book, Amrita Imroz: A Love Story.^[23][24]

She died flash her sleep on 31 Oct 2005 at the age reproach 86 in New Delhi, care a long illness.^[25] She was survived by her partner Imroz, daughter Kandlla, son Navraj Kwatra, daughter-in-law Alka, and her grandchildren, Kartik, Noor, Aman and Shilpi.

Navraj Kwatra was found murdered in his Borivali apartment revere 2012.^[26] Three men were prisoner of the murder^[27] but were acquitted due to lack pay no attention to evidence.^[28]

Legacy

In 2007, an audio notebook titled, 'Amrita recited by Gulzar' was released by noted lyrist Gulzar, with poems of Amrita Pritam recited by him.^[29][30] Fastidious film on her life enquiry also in production.^[31] On 31 August 2019, Google honoured prepare by commemorating her 100th emergence anniversary with a Doodle.

Rectitude accompanying write up read whereas, "Today’s Doodle celebrates Amrita Pritam, one of history’s foremost feminine Punjabi writers, who 'dared practice live the life she imagines.' Born in Gujranwala, British Bharat, 100 years ago today, Pritam published her first collection abide by verse at the age indicate 16."^[32][33]

Bibliography

Novels

• Pinjar
• Doctor Dev
• Kore Kagaz, Unchas Din
• Dharti, Sagar aur Seepian
• Rang ka Patta
• Dilli ki Galiyan
• Terahwan Suraj
• Yaatri
• Jilavatan (1968)
• Hardatt Ka Zindaginama

Autobiographies

• Black Rose (1968)
• Rasidi Ticket (1976)
• Shadows of Words (2004)

Short stories

• Kahaniyan jo Kahaniyan Nahi
• Kahaniyon ke Angan mein
• Stench of Kerosene

Poetry anthologies

• Amrit Lehran (Immortal Waves)(1936)
• Jiunda Jiwan (The Jaunty Life) (1939)
• Trel Dhote Phul (1942)
• O Gitan Valia (1942)
• Badlam De Laali (1943)
• Sanjh de laali (1943)
• Lok Peera (The People's Anguish) (1944)
• Pathar Geetey (The Pebbles) (1946)
• Punjab Di Aawaaz (1952)
• Sunehade (Messages) (1955) – Sahitya Akademi Award
• Ashoka Cheti (1957)
• Kasturi (1957)
• Nagmani (1964)
• Ik Si Anita (1964)
• Chak Nambar Chatti (1964)
• Uninja Din (49 Days) (1979)
• Kagaz Te Kanvas (1981)- Bhartiya Jnanpith
• Chuni Huyee Kavitayen
• Ek Baat

Literary journals

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