Gurbax Singh Frank
Gurbax Singh Frank | |
|---|---|
 Singh Frank in 2018 | |
| Native name | ਗੁਰਬਖ਼ਸ਼ ਸਿੰਘ ਫ਼ਰੈਂਕ |
| Born | 1 September 1935 |
| Died | 14 April 2022 (aged 86) Amritsar, Punjab, India |
| Language | Punjabi |
| Citizenship | India |
Gurbax Singh Frank (1 September 1935 – 14 April 2022) was a Punjabi scholar and translator. In 2011, he was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Translation Prize for his book, 'Bharat Nikki Kahani', an anthology of short stories of various Indian languages.[1][2]
Biography
Frank completed his PhD on the short stories of Kartar Singh Duggal from Institute of Oriental Studies, Moscow, in 1975.[3] He spent a total of 10 years in Soviet Union (1969-76 and 1988-1991) and translated literary works of Russian authors like Rasul Gamzatov, Boris Polevoy, Chinghiz Aitmatov, Leo Tolstoy, Maxim Gorky, V Pannova, and Mikhail Lermontov into Punjabi.[2]
He became a professor at the Guru Nanak Dev University in 1979 and retired as head of the department in 1995.[2]
He died on 14 April 2022 in Amritsar.[4][5]
Works
Punjabi translations
- Mera Dagistan (My Dagestan by Rasul Gamzatov)
- Padri Sergei (Father Sergei by Leo Tolstoy)
- Buzil (Hungarian novel by Imre Sarkadi, 1997)[6]
Criticism
- Sabhyachar te Punjabi Sabhyachar
- Sambad—1
- 1984[7]
References
- ^ "..:: SAHITYA : Akademi Awards ::." sahitya-akademi.gov.in. Retrieved 14 April 2022.
- ^ a b c "The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Punjab". www.tribuneindia.com. Retrieved 14 April 2022.
- ^ "PressReader.com - Digital Newspaper & Magazine Subscriptions". www.pressreader.com. Retrieved 14 April 2022.
- ^ Service, Tribune News. "'Mera Dagistan' translator Gurbax Singh Frank dies at 85". Tribuneindia News Service. Retrieved 15 April 2022.
- ^ "ਰੂਸੀ ਸਾਹਿਤਕ ਰਚਨਾਵਾਂ ਦਾ ਅਨੁਵਾਦਕ ਤੇ ਪ੍ਰਸਿੱਧ ਵਿਦਵਾਨ ਡਾ.ਗੁਰਬਖਸ਼ ਸਿੰਘ ਫਰੈਂਕ ਦਾ ਦੇਹਾਂਤ". Punjabi Jagran News (in Punjabi). Retrieved 14 April 2022.
- ^ Sarkadi, Imre (1997). Buzdil (in Punjabi). National Book Shop. ISBN 978-81-7116-203-1.
- ^ KANWAR, P.S. (1985). "The Punjabi Scene: Some Good Fiction". Indian Literature. 28 (6 (110)): 119–127. ISSN 0019-5804. JSTOR 24158214.