Novelists from Punjab, India

The list Novelists from Punjab, India includes Mohan Rakesh, Gurbaksh Singh Preetlari, Dalip Kaur Tiwana, Gurdial Singh and Tarun Tejpal (journalist). The list consists of 32 members.

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Punjab, India

State in northern India

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Mohan Rakesh

Indian writer

Overview: Mohan Rakesh (मोहन राकेश; 8 January 1925 – 3 January 1972) was one of the pioneers of the Nai Kahani ("New Story") literary movement of the Hindi literature in the 1950s. He wrote the first modern ...

Date of birth: 8 January 1925

Date of death: 3 January 1972

Age: 46 (age at death)

Nationality: Indian

Occupation: Playwright

Gender: Male

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Dramatists and playwrights from Punjab, India 13T

Writers from Amritsar 21T

Jawaharlal Nehru Fellows 54T
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Dalip Kaur Tiwana

Indian writer

Overview: Dr. Dalip Kaur Tiwana ( 4 May 1935 - 31 january 2020) was a foremost novelist and short-story writer of contemporary Punjabi literature. She has won awards, both regional and national, and is a widely ...

Date of birth: 4 May 1935

Date of death: 31 January 2020

Age: 84 (age at death)

Nationality: Indian

Occupation: Novelist

Gender: Female

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2020 deaths 11,737T

Writers from Punjab, India 61T

Women writers from Punjab, India 20T
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Gurbaksh Singh Preetlari

Indian writer

Overview: Gurbaksh Singh (1895–1977) was an Indian novelist and short story writer with more than fifty books to his credit in Punjabi. He is also considered the father of modern Punjabi prose and received Sahitya ...

Date of birth: 1895

Date of death: 1977

Age: 81 (age at death)

Nationality: Indian

Occupation: Novelist

Gender: Male

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University of Michigan College of Engineering alumni 265T

20th-century Indian male writers 1,202T

Writers from Punjab, India 61T
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Gurdial Singh

Indian writer

Overview: Gurdial Singh Rahi (Gurdi'āl Sigh; 10 January 1933 – 16 August 2016) was an Indian writer and novelist who wrote in Punjabi. He started his literary career in 1957 with a short story, "Bhaganwale." He ...

Date of birth: 10 January 1933

Date of death: 16 August 2016

Age: 83 (age at death)

Nationality: Indian

Occupation: Writer

Gender: Male

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20th-century Indian male writers 1,202T

Writers from Punjab, India 61T

20th-century Indian short story writers 397T
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Narendra Kohli

author

Overview: Narendra Kohli (born 6 January 1940) was a Hindi-language author. He is credited with reinventing the ancient form of epic writing in modern prose. He is also regarded as a trend-setter in the sense that ...

Date of birth: 6 January 1940

Date of death: 17 April 2021

Age: 81 (age at death)

Nationality: Indian

Occupation: Writer

Gender: Male

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2021 deaths 4,264T

20th-century Indian male writers 1,202T

Indian male dramatists and playwrights 304T
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Krishan Chander

Indian writer

Overview: Krishan Chander (23 November 1914 – 8 March 1977) was an Indian Urdu and Hindi writer of short stories and novels. He also worked on English. He was a prolific writer, penning over 20 novels, 30 collections ...

Date of birth: 23 November 1914

Date of death: 8 March 1977

Age: 62 (age at death)

Nationality: Indian

Occupation: Screenwriter

Gender: Male

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20th-century Indian screenwriters 170T

20th-century Indian male writers 1,202T

Screenwriters from Punjab, India 13T
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Tarun Tejpal (journalist)

Indian journalist

Overview: Tarun Tejpal (born 15 March 1963) is an Indian journalist, publisher, novelist and former editor-in-chief of Tehelka magazine. In November 2013, he stepped down as editor for six months after a female ...

Date of birth: 15 March 1963

Age: 62

Nationality: Indian

Occupation: Writer

Gender: Male

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20th-century Indian male writers 1,202T

Journalists from Punjab, India 21T

Writers from Punjab, India 61T
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Surender Mohan Pathak

Indian writer

Overview: Surender Mohan Pathak (Hindi: सुरेन्द्र मोहन पाठक, Punjabi: ਸੁਰਿੰਦਰ ਮੋਹਨ ਪਾਠਕ) (born 19 February 1940 at Khemkaran, in Tarn Taran district near Amritsar, in the Majha region of Punjab) is an author of ...

Date of birth: 19 February 1940

Age: 85

Nationality: Indian

Occupation: Writer

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Indian thriller writers 9T

Deaf people from India 18T

Writers from Punjab, India 61T
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Shardha Ram Phillauri

Indian writer

Overview: Shardha Ram Phillauri (in Punjabi ਸ਼ਰਧਾ ਰਾਮ ਫਿਲੌਰੀ/شردھا رام فلوری

Date of birth: 30 September 1837

Date of death: 24 June 1881

Age: 43 (age at death)

Nationality: Indian

Occupation: Novelist

Gender: Male

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19th-century Indian poets 142T

19th-century Indian novelists 31T

Poets from Punjab, India 52T
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Jaswant Singh Kanwal

Indian novelist (1919–2020)

Overview: Jaswant Singh Kanwal (27 June 1919 – 1 February 2020) was a novelist, short story writer and essayist of the Punjabi language. He was born in the village of Dhudike, Moga District, Punjab, India. As a ...

Date of birth: 27 June 1919

Date of death: 1 February 2020

Age: 100 (age at death)

Nationality: Indian

Occupation: Writer

Gender: Male

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2020 deaths 11,737T

20th-century Indian male writers 1,202T

Journalists from Punjab, India 21T
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Rajinder Singh Bedi

Indian film director

Overview: Rajinder Singh Bedi (1 September 1915 – 1984) was an Indian Urdu writer of the progressive writers' movement and a playwright, who later worked in Hindi cinema as a film director, screenwriter and dialogue ...

Date of birth: 1 September 1915

Date of death: 1984

Age: 68 (age at death)

Nationality: Indian

Occupation: Film Director

Gender: Male

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20th-century Indian screenwriters 170T

20th-century Indian male writers 1,202T

Screenwriters from Punjab, India 13T
12.

Rupa Bajwa

Indian writer

Overview: Rupa Bajwa (born 1976) is an Indian writer who lives and works in Amritsar, Punjab as well as spending time in various other Indian cities and towns. She is a recipient of the Grinzane Cavour Prize, the ...

Date of birth: 1976

Age: 48

Nationality: Indian

Occupation: Writer

Gender: Female

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Writers from Amritsar 21T

Women writers from Punjab, India 20T

21st-century Indian women writers 301T
13.

Navtej Sarna

Indian, Writer

Overview: Navtej Singh Sarna (born 1957) is an Indian author-columnist, diplomat and former Indian Ambassador to the United States. He previously served as the High Commissioner of India to the United Kingdom, and ...

Date of birth: 1957

Age: 67

Nationality: Indian

Occupation: Writer

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20th-century Indian short story writers 397T

20th-century Indian novelists 695T

Indian Foreign Service officers 52T
14.

Khushwant Singh

Indian author, lawyer, diplomat, journalist and politician (1914–2014)

Overview: Khushwant Singh (born Khushal Singh, 2 February 1915 – 20 March 2014) was an Indian author, lawyer, diplomat, journalist and politician. His experience in the 1947 Partition of India inspired him to write ...

Date of birth: 2 February 1915

Date of death: 20 March 2014

Age: 99 (age at death)

Nationality: Indian

Occupation: Writer

Gender: Male

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Dramatists and playwrights from Punjab, India 13T

20th-century Indian male writers 1,202T

Recipients of the Padma Vibhushan in literature & education 38T
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Jas Kohli

Indian fictional author

Overview: Dr. Jas Kohli is an Indian fictional author. His novel ‘Anything to Look Hot’ was recently published by Shristi Publishers.

Nationality: Indian

Occupation: Novelist

Gender: Male

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Writers from Ludhiana 6T

20th-century Indian male writers 1,228T

20th-century Indian novelists 712T
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Daman Singh

Indian writer

Overview: Daman Singh is an Indian writer and daughter of Former Prime Minister of India, Manmohan Singh.

Nationality: Indian

Occupation: Novelist

Gender: Female

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Nikhil Paramjit Sharma

Overview: Nikhil Sharma is an Indian author, sports commentator and a sports management professional known for his knowledge about player development, player psychology, league structures and sustainability in ...

Date of birth: 5 May 1982

Age: 42

Nationality: English

Occupation: Novelist

Gender: Male

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Mitter Sain Meet

Punjabi novelist

Overview: Mitter Sain Meet (Punjabi: ਮਿੱਤਰ ਸੈਨ ਮੀਤ; born 20 October 1952) is a Punjabi novelist.

Date of birth: 20 October 1952

Age: 72

Nationality: Indian

Occupation: Novelist

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Indian legal writers 23T

Writers from Punjab, India 61T

20th-century Indian short story writers 397T
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Madhur Kapila

Indian novelist, journalist, and writer (1942–2021)

Overview: Madhur Kapila (15 April 1942 – 19 December 2021) was a novelist, journalist, art critic and a reviewer of Hindi literature.

Date of birth: 15 April 1942

Date of death: 19 December 2021

Age: 79 (age at death)

Nationality: Indian

Occupation: Journalist

Gender: Female

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Manju Kapur

Indian writer

Overview: Manju Kapur (born in Amritsar, India) is an Indian novelist. Her first novel, Difficult Daughters, won the 1999 Commonwealth Writers' Prize, best first book, Europe and South Asia.

Nationality: Indian

Occupation: Novelist

Gender: Female

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