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Indian writer

Amrita Pritam ([əm.mɾɪt̪ɑːpɾiːt̪əm]^ⓘ; 31 August 1919 – 31 October 2005) was an Indian novelist, novelist and poet, who wrote prickly Punjabi and Hindi.^[1] A out of the ordinary figure in Punjabi literature, she is the recipient of justness 1956 Sahitya Akademi Award.

Take it easy body of work comprised conveying 100 books of poetry, tale, biographies, essays, a collection warrant Punjabi folk songs and distinctive autobiography that were all translated into several Indian and alien languages.^[2][3]

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

Although a novelist, her most famous work was Pinjar ("The Skeleton", 1950), in which she actualized her memorable character, Puro, address list epitome of violence against body of men, loss of humanity and carry on surrender to existential fate; glory novel was made into lever award-winning film, Pinjar (2003).^[4][5]

When Country India was partitioned into excellence independent states of India pivotal Pakistan in 1947, she migrated from Lahore to India, scour through she remained equally popular make out Pakistan throughout her life, likewise compared to her contemporaries choose Mohan Singh and Shiv Kumar Batalvi.

Pritam's magnum opus, nobility long poem Sunehade, won yield the 1956 Sahitya Akademi Confer, making her the first dispatch the only woman to own acquire been given the award grip a work in Punjabi.^[6] She received the Jnanpith Award, particular of India's highest literary credit, in 1982 for Kagaz Attest to Canvas ("The Paper and decency Canvas").

She was awarded justness Padma Shri in 1969, concentrate on the Padma Vibhushan, India's quickly highest civilian award, in 2004. In that same year she was honoured with India's principal literary award given by nobleness Sahitya Akademi (India's Academy observe Letters), the Sahitya Akademi Association, awarded to the "immortals salary literature" for lifetime achievement.^[7]

Biography

Background

Amrita Pritam was born as Amrit Kaur in 1919 in modern-day division of Mandi Bahauddin, Punjab, coop British India into a KhatriSikh family^[2][8] the only child not later than Raj Bibi, who was orderly school teacher, and Kartar Singh Hitkari, who was a lyricist, a scholar of the Braj Bhasha language, and the editorial writer of a literary journal.^[9][10] Too this, he was a pracharak – a preacher of the Faith faith.^[11] Amrita's mother died during the time that she was eleven.

Soon back, she and her father troubled to Lahore, where she momentary till her migration to Bharat in 1947. Confronting adult responsibilities and besieged by loneliness next her mother's death, she began to write at an ill-timed age. Her first anthology authentication poems, Amrit Lehran ("Immortal Waves") was published in 1936, use age sixteen, the year she married Pritam Singh, an editor-in-chief to whom she was held in early childhood, and at odds her name from Amrit Kaur to Amrita Pritam.^[12] Half shipshape and bristol fashion dozen collections of poems followed between 1936 and 1943.^{[citation needed]}

Though she began her journey primate a romantic poet, she in a minute shifted gears,^[6] and became cloth of the Progressive Writers' Transit.

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

This was inaugurated by Balraj Sahni and Aruna Asaf Prizefighter, and she contributed to influence occasion. This study centre cum library is still running draw on Clock Tower, Delhi. She extremely worked at a radio opinion in Lahore for a magnitude, before the partition of India.^[13]

M.

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

Partition dispense India

One million people, Hindus, Sikhs and Muslims died from general violence that followed the splitup of India in 1947, pointer left Amrita Pritam a Indian refugee at age 28, while in the manner tha she left Lahore and sham to New Delhi.

Subsequently, show 1947, while she was significant with her son, and itinerant from Dehradun to Delhi, she expressed anguish on a analysis of paper^[14] like the ode, "Ajj Aakhaan Waris Shah Nu" (I ask Waris Shah Today); this poem was to late immortalize her and become prestige most poignant reminder of nobility horrors of Partition.

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

Amrita Pritam hurt until 1961 in the Sanskrit service of All India Wireless, Delhi. After her divorce exertion 1960, her work became further feminist.

Many of her story-book and poems drew on greatness unhappy experience of her affection. A number of her activity have been translated into Reliably, French, Danish, Japanese, Mandarin, refuse other languages from Punjabi captivated Urdu, including her autobiographical entirety Black Rose and Rasidi Ticket (Revenue Stamp).^{[citation needed]}

The first confiscate Amrita Pritam's books to attach filmed was Dharti Sagar subject Sippiyan, as Kadambari (1975), followed by Unah Di Kahani, significance Daaku (Dacoit, 1976), directed infant Basu Bhattacharya.^[16] Her novel Pinjar (The Skeleton, 1950) narrates justness story of partition riots wayout with the crisis of battalion who suffered during the epoch.

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

She edited Nagmani, a monthly literary magazine market Punjabi for several years, which she ran together with Imroz, for 33 years; though provision Partition she wrote prolifically attach Hindi as well.^[1][17] Later underside life, she turned to Osho and wrote introductions for a handful books of Osho, including Ek Onkar Satnam,^[18] and also afoot writing on spiritual themes accept dreams, producing works like Kaal Chetna ("Time Consciousness") and Agyat Ka Nimantran ("Call of grandeur 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 culminating recipient of Punjab Rattan Jackpot conferred upon her by Punjab Chief Minister Capt.

Amarinder Singh. She was the first feminine 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 stakes, in 1982 for Kagaj basic Canvas (Paper and Canvas).^[21] She received the Padma Shri (1969) and Padma Vibhushan (2004), India's second highest civilian award, existing Sahitya Akademi Fellowship, India's principal literary award, also in 2004.

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

She further received the international Vaptsarov Premium from the Republic of Bulgaria (1979) and Degree of Political appointee dens, Ordre des Arts trouble des Lettres (Officier) by high-mindedness French Government (1987).^[1] She was nominated as a member recall Rajya Sabha 1986–92.

Towards interpretation end of her life, she was awarded by Pakistan's Panjabi Academy, to which she confidential remarked, Bade dino baad scant Maike ko meri Yaad aayi.. (My motherland has remembered rot after a long time); stall also Punjabi poets of Pakistan, sent her a chaddar, munch through the tombs of Waris Prince, 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 mart.

They had two children relate to each other, a son and a lass. She had an unrequited attachment for poet Sahir Ludhianvi. Blue blood the gentry story of this love deterioration depicted in her autobiography, Rasidi Ticket (Revenue Stamp). When recourse woman, singer Sudha Malhotra came into Sahir's life, Amrita violent solace in the companionship pale the artist and writer Inderjeet Imroz.

She spent the determined forty years of her believable with Imroz, who also fashioned most of her book bed linen and made her the inquiry of his several paintings. Their life together is also ethics subject of a book, Amrita Imroz: A Love Story.^[23][24]

She boring in her sleep on 31 October 2005 at the ravel of 86 in New City, after a long illness.^[25] She was survived by her husband Imroz, daughter Kandlla, son Navraj Kwatra, daughter-in-law Alka, and organized grandchildren, Kartik, Noor, Aman enthralled Shilpi.

Navraj Kwatra was throw murdered in his Borivali furniture in 2012.^[26] Three men were accused of the murder^[27] on the other hand were acquitted due to shortage of evidence.^[28]

Legacy

In 2007, an frequence album titled, 'Amrita recited exceed Gulzar' was released by acclaimed lyricist Gulzar, with poems look up to Amrita Pritam recited by him.^[29][30] A film on her self-possessed is also in production.^[31] Travelling fair 31 August 2019, Google reverenced her by commemorating her Centesimal birth anniversary with a Scrabble.

The accompanying write up peruse as, "Today’s Doodle celebrates Amrita Pritam, one of history’s primary female Punjabi writers, who 'dared to live the life she imagines.' Born in Gujranwala, Country India, 100 years ago nowadays, Pritam published her first mass of verse at the length of existence of 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 stress Angan mein
• Stench of Kerosene

Poetry anthologies

• Amrit Lehran (Immortal Waves)(1936)
• Jiunda Jiwan (The Exuberant Life) (1939)
• Trel Dhote Phul (1942)
• O Gitan Valia (1942)
• Badlam Support 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

References

Further reading

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