Prabhjot Kaur

Prabhjot Kaur (6 July 1924 – 24 November 2016), was a Punjabi author and poet.

Prabhjot Kaur
Prabhjot Kaur in early 1960s
Born	(1924-07-06)6 July 1924[1]
Died	24 November 2016(2016-11-24) (aged 92)
Occupation	Author

Biography

She was born in 1924 in a small village called Langrial in Gujrat, British India.^[2][3][4][5]

Kaur married Narenderpal Singh, who was also a writer and novelist.^[4] She lived in Defence Colony, New Delhi. She had two daughters, Anupama & Nirupma. Nirupma was married to Harinder Singh, son of Hukam Singh, First speaker of Parliament. Anupama was married to former Indian Army Chief J.J.Singh.

Books and poems

• 

  Prabhjot Kaur at Delhi Cantt. in 1962

  Plateau
• Dreams die young^[6]
• Pabbī : Pañjābī kavitā-saṅkalana
• Zindagī de kujha pala
• Kiṇake
• Madhiāntara
• Candara yuga : kawitāwāṃ
• Khāṛī
• Kandhárí hawá
• Bolaṇa dī nahīṃ jā we aṛiā

Awards and honours

• Kaur, along with her husband Narenderpal Singh, won the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1964 for her collection of poems, "Pabbi".
• Padma Shri award,^[7] 1967.
• "La Rose de France" award, 1968
• Poetry Society of America has decorated her with Distinguished Order of Poetry.
• Nominated to the Vidhan Parishad of Punjab.
• Member of UNESCO