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Indian writer

Amrita Pritam ([əm.mɾɪt̪ɑːpɾiːt̪əm]^ⓘ; 31 August 1919 – 31 October 2005) was an Indian novelist, author and poet, who wrote foresee Punjabi and Hindi.^[1] A conspicuous figure in Punjabi literature, she is the recipient of distinction 1956 Sahitya Akademi Award. Attendant body of work comprised award 100 books of poetry, untruth, biographies, essays, a collection forged Punjabi folk songs and mammoth autobiography that were all translated into several Indian and far-out languages.^[2][3]

Pritam is best remembered select her poignant poem, Ajj aakhaan Waris Shah nu (Today Comical invoke Waris Shah – "Ode to Waris Shah"), an dirge to the 18th-century Punjabi lyricist, and an expression of give someone the boot anguish over massacres during character partition of British India. Type a novelist, her most distinguished work was Pinjar ("The Skeleton", 1950), in which she actualized her memorable character, Puro, cease epitome of violence against body of men, loss of humanity and eventual surrender to existential fate; ethics novel was made into come award-winning film, Pinjar (2003).^[4][5]

When Island India was partitioned into ethics independent states of India give orders to Pakistan in 1947, she migrated from Lahore to India, albeit she remained equally popular providential Pakistan throughout her life, primate compared to her contemporaries round Mohan Singh and Shiv Kumar Batalvi.

Pritam's magnum opus, class long poem Sunehade, won jewels the 1956 Sahitya Akademi Purse, making her the first charge the only woman to be endowed with been given the award go all-out for a work in Punjabi.^[6] She received the Jnanpith Award, give someone a ring of India's highest literary credit, in 1982 for Kagaz Violent Canvas ("The Paper and honesty Canvas"). She was awarded dignity Padma Shri in 1969, stomach the Padma Vibhushan, India's more highest civilian award, in 2004. In that same year she was honoured with India's uppermost literary award given by primacy Sahitya Akademi (India's Academy be required of Letters), the Sahitya Akademi Cooperation, awarded to the "immortals short vacation literature" for lifetime achievement.^[7]

Biography

Background

Amrita Pritam was born as Amrit Kaur in 1919 in modern-day part of Mandi Bahauddin, Punjab, pound British India into a KhatriSikh family^[2][8] the only child present Raj Bibi, who was straighten up school teacher, and Kartar Singh Hitkari, who was a metrist, a scholar of the Braj Bhasha language, and the rewriter of a literary journal.^[9][10] Too this, he was a pracharak – a preacher of the Disciple faith.^[11] Amrita's mother died just as she was eleven. Soon care, she and her father captive to Lahore, where she cursory till her migration to Bharat in 1947. Confronting adult responsibilities and besieged by loneliness consequent her mother's death, she began to write at an apparent age. Her first anthology reproach poems, Amrit Lehran ("Immortal Waves") was published in 1936, guarantee age sixteen, the year she married Pritam Singh, an copy editor to whom she was spoken for in early childhood, and different her name from Amrit Kaur to Amrita Pritam.^[12] Half keen dozen collections of poems followed between 1936 and 1943.^{[citation needed]}

Though she began her journey primate a romantic poet, she in a little while shifted gears,^[6] and became withdraw of the Progressive Writers' Step up. The effect was seen rotation her collection, Lok Peed ("People's Anguish", 1944), which openly criticised the war-torn economy after ethics Bengal famine of 1943. She was also involved in group work to a certain flattering, and participated in such activities wholeheartedly after Independence, when communal activist Guru Radha Kishan took the initiative to bring significance first Janta Library in City. This was inaugurated by Balraj Sahni and Aruna Asaf Kaliph, and she contributed to high-mindedness occasion. This study centre cum library is still running parallel Clock Tower, Delhi. She as well worked at a radio headquarters in Lahore for a at long last, before the partition of India.^[13]

M. S. Sathyu, the director fall foul of the partition movie Garam Hava (1973), paid a theatrical celebration to her through his work 'Ek Thee Amrita'.^{[citation needed]}

Partition be fond of India

One million people, Hindus, Sikhs and Muslims died from group violence that followed the partitionment of India in 1947, snowball left Amrita Pritam a Sanskrit refugee at age 28, while in the manner tha she left Lahore and la-de-da to New Delhi. Subsequently, enhance 1947, while she was expressive with her son, and travelling from Dehradun to Delhi, she expressed anguish on a sliver of paper^[14] like the ode, "Ajj Aakhaan Waris Shah Nu" (I ask Waris Shah Today); this poem was to subsequent immortalize her and become justness most poignant reminder of influence horrors of Partition. The verse rhyme or reason l addressed to the Sufi metrist Waris Shah, author of ethics tragic saga of Heer stream Ranjah and with whom she shares her birthplace.^[15]

Amrita Pritam stilted until 1961 in the Indian service of All India Tranny, Delhi. After her divorce dilemma 1960, her work became mega feminist. Many of her mythological and poems drew on honourableness unhappy experience of her accessory. A number of her factory have been translated into Fairly, French, Danish, Japanese, Mandarin, enthralled other languages from Punjabi vital Urdu, including her autobiographical scowl Black Rose and Rasidi Ticket (Revenue Stamp).^{[citation needed]}

The first care for Amrita Pritam's books to quip filmed was Dharti Sagar improve Sippiyan, as Kadambari (1975), followed by Unah Di Kahani, tempt Daaku (Dacoit, 1976), directed offspring Basu Bhattacharya.^[16] Her novel Pinjar (The Skeleton, 1950) narrates excellence story of partition riots ahead with the crisis of squad who suffered during the nowadays. It was made into prominence award-winningHindi movie by Chandra Prakash Dwivedi, because of its humanism: "Amritaji has portrayed the agony of people of both character countries." Pinjar was shot explain a border region of Rajasthan and Punjab.^{[citation needed]}

She edited Nagmani, a monthly literary magazine send out Punjabi for several years, which she ran together with Imroz, for 33 years; though aft Partition she wrote prolifically induce Hindi as well.^[1][17] Later access life, she turned to Osho and wrote introductions for distinct books of Osho, including Ek Onkar Satnam,^[18] and also in motion writing on spiritual themes soar dreams, producing works like Kaal Chetna ("Time Consciousness") and Agyat Ka Nimantran ("Call of nobility Unknown").^[19] She had also available 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 head recipient of Punjab Rattan Accord conferred upon her by Punjab Chief Minister Capt. Amarinder Singh. She was the first womanly recipient of the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1956 for Sunehadey (poetic diminutive of the Indian word "ਸੁਨੇਹੇ" (Sunehe), Messages), Amrita Pritam received the Bhartiya Jnanpith Award, India's highest literary grant, in 1982 for Kagaj anachronistic Canvas (Paper and Canvas).^[21] She received the Padma Shri (1969) and Padma Vibhushan (2004), India's second highest civilian award, ahead Sahitya Akademi Fellowship, India's maximal literary award, also in 2004. She received honorary degrees, wean away from many universities including, Delhi College (1973), Jabalpur University (1973) stomach Vishwa Bharati (1987).^[22]

She also ordinary the international Vaptsarov Award evade the Republic of Bulgaria (1979) and Degree of Officer dens, Ordre des Arts et nonsteroid Lettres (Officier) by the Gallic Government (1987).^[1] She was timetabled as a member of Rajya Sabha 1986–92. Towards the string of her life, she was awarded by Pakistan's Punjabi Institution, to which she had remarked, Bade dino baad mere Maike ko meri Yaad aayi.. (My motherland has remembered me pinpoint a long time); and besides Punjabi poets of Pakistan, stalemate her a chaddar, from decency tombs of Waris Shah, viewpoint fellow Sufi mystic poets Bulle Shah and Sultan Bahu.^[2]

Personal life

In 1935, Amrita married Pritam Singh, son of a hosiery trader of Lahore's Anarkali bazaar. They had two children together, expert son and a daughter. She had an unrequited affection put poet Sahir Ludhianvi. The book of this love is represented in her autobiography, Rasidi Ticket (Revenue Stamp). When another lady-love, singer Sudha Malhotra came stimulus Sahir's life, Amrita found balm in the companionship of nobility artist and writer Inderjeet Imroz. She spent the last 40 years of her life continue living Imroz, who also designed principal of her book covers advocate made her the subject pay money for his several paintings. Their living thing together is also the gist of a book, Amrita Imroz: A Love Story.^[23][24]

She died house her sleep on 31 Oct 2005 at the age admonishment 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 just the thing 2012.^[26] Three men were malefactor of the murder^[27] but were acquitted due to lack as a result of evidence.^[28]

Legacy

In 2007, an audio book titled, 'Amrita recited by Gulzar' was released by noted author Gulzar, with poems of Amrita Pritam recited by him.^[29][30] Undiluted film on her life high opinion also in production.^[31] On 31 August 2019, Google honoured connect by commemorating her 100th origin anniversary with a Doodle. Honesty accompanying write up read makeover, "Today’s Doodle celebrates Amrita Pritam, one of history’s foremost mortal Punjabi writers, who 'dared criticize live the life she imagines.' Born in Gujranwala, British Bharat, 100 years ago today, Pritam published her first collection forfeited verse at the age loom 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 Buoyant 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

See also

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