Prem Parkash
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| Born | 7 April 1932 Nawanshahar, Punjab, British India |
| Occupation | writer, farmer, teacher, subeditor |
Prem Parkash (born 7 April 1932) is a writer from Punjab, India.[1] He "is one of the major short story writers in post-1947 East Punjabi literature."[2] He is also known as Prem Parkash Khannvi.
Early life and career
[edit]Parkash's native village is Bdeenpur which once belonged to the Nabha dynasty. He took his basic education from Bhadson village and then went to Khanna for matriculation.[citation needed]. He did J.B.T. from Christian Basic Training School Kharar. He completed his graduation in 1963–64 and then post-graduation from Panjab University, Chandigarh in Urdu.
Parkash began his career as a farmer in Badgujjran near Amloh. Parkash then taught in a primary school from 1953 up to 1962 then worked as an editor of an Urdu newspaper in Jalandhar from 1964 up to 1969 and then as a sub-editor for Hind Samachar from 1969 to 1990. In 1990, he started a literary magazine Lakeer in collaboration with Surjit Hans.[3]
Works
[edit]Some of his works include:[citation needed]
Stories
[edit]- ਕੱਚਕੜੇ (1966) - Kacche Ghadhe
- ਨਮਾਜ਼ੀ (1971) - Namazi
- ਮੁਕਤੀ (1980) - Mukti
- ਸ਼੍ਵੇਤਾਂਬਰ ਨੇ ਕਿਹਾ ਸੀ (1983) - Shetambar ne kiha si
- ਕੁਝ ਅਣਕਿਹਾ ਵੀ (1990) (Awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award) - Kuchh Ankiha vi
- ਰੰਗਮੰਚ ਤੇ ਭਿਕਸ਼ੂ (1995) - Rangmunch te Bhikshu
- ਸੁਣਦੈਂ ਖ਼ਲੀਫ਼ਾ (2001) - Sundaen Khalifa
- ਕਥਾ ਅਨੰਤ (all stories in a single volume) (1995) - Katha Anant
- Deadline and Other stories (2001)
Stories adapted for films
[edit]- ਬੰਗਲਾ - Bangla
- ਮਾੜਾ ਬੰਦਾ - Mada Banda
- ਡਾਕਟਰ ਸ਼ਕੁੰਤਲਾ - Doctor Shakuntala
- ਗੋਈ - Gori
- ਨਿਰਵਾਣ - Nirvaan
Awards Won
[edit]- Punjabi Sahit Academy 1982
- Bhai Veer Singh Vartak Puraskar 1986
- Sahitya Academi (National) 1992
- Punjabi Sahit Academy, Delhi 1994
- Punjabi Sahit Academy, Ludhiana 1996
- Katha Samman, Katha Sansthan, Delhi 1996-97
- Shiromani Sahitkar, Bhasha Vibhag, Punjab 2002
- Punjabi Sahit Rattan, Bhasha Vibhag, Punjab 2011
- Punjab Gaurav, Punjab Kala Parishad 2019
- Sahitya Akademi Translation Prize[4]
Autobiography
[edit]- ਬੰਦੇ ਅੰਦਰ ਬੰਦੇ (1993) - Bande Andar Bande
- ਆਤਮ ਮਾਯਾ (2005) - Atam Maya
- ਮੇਰੀ ਉਰਦੂ ਅਖਬਾਰ ਨਵੀਸੀ (2007) - Meri Urdu Akhbar Navisi
- ਦੇਖ ਬੰਦੇ ਦੇ ਭੇਖ (2013) - Dekh Bande de Bhekh
References
[edit]- ^ S. R. Bakshi; Sita Ram Sharma; S. Gajnani (1 January 1998). Parkash Singh Badal: Chief Minister of Punjab. APH Publishing. pp. 213–. ISBN 978-81-7024-987-0.
- ^ "Prem Parkash: , and a List of Books by Author Prem Parkash". paperbackswap.com. Retrieved 14 February 2015.
- ^ Nirupama Dutt (2010). Stories of the Soil: Classic Punjabi Stories. Penguin Books India. pp. 311–. ISBN 978-0-14-306858-7.
- ^ "Sahitya Akademi Newsletter" (PDF). www.sahitya-akademi.gov.in. Retrieved 24 February 2020.
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