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Sufi Poets of the Punjab Pakistan (Their Thought and Contribution) Prof M Ashraf Chaudhary. National Book Foundation Islamabad. ISBN 978-969-37-0313-9 "Great Sufi Poets of The Punjab" by R. M. Chopra, (1999), Iran Society, Calcutta.
The other poets who contributed significantly to the growth of modern Punjabi poetry in the initial years include Amrita Pritam, Harbhajan Singh and Shiv Kumar Batalvi. Mohan Singh has been hailed as the greatest Punjabi poet of the 20th century [ 10 ] He is hailed by many modern artists including Hadiqa Kiani who refers to him, and recites his ...
Sahib Singh (1892–1977); Sohan Singh Seetal (1909-1998) Poet, Novelist, historian, Authored more than 60 books; Santokh Singh Dhir (1920–2010); Giani Sant Singh Maskeen (1934–2005)
Jayanta Mahapatra (born 1928), internationally acclaimed poet, winner of Padma Shri and first ever Sahitya Akademi Award for English poetry; Jeet Thayil (born 1959), poet, novelist, editor, winner of Sahitya Akademi Award and first Indian to win DSC Prize; Kamala Das also known as "Kamala Suraiya" (born 1934), writer and poet in English and ...
Rana Nayar's critical works on poetry include "Edward Albee: Towards a Typology of Relationships" published in 2003 by Prestige Publishers. His other critical works which are forthcoming include "Mediations: Self & Society" , which is a collection of essays on Indian history, society and culture, and "Third World Narrative : Theory & Practice" .
Professor Puran Singh (Punjabi: ਪ੍ਰੋ. ਪੂਰਨ ਸਿੰਘ; 17 February 1881 – 31 March 1931) was a Punjabi poet, scientist and mystic.Born in Abbottabad, now in Pakistan, in a Sikh family, [2] he is one of the founders of modern Punjabi poetry. [3]
The Punjabi literary tradition is popularly seen to commence with Baba Farid (1173–1266), [9] whose Sufi poetry was compiled after his death in the Adi Granth. Amir Khusrau (1253 – 1325), a prominent Indo-Persian poet, is also known to have written a vaar in the Punjabi language.
Bulleh Shah practised the Sufi tradition of Punjabi poetry established by poets like Shah Hussain (1538–1599), Sultan Bahu (1629–1691), and Shah Sharaf (1640–1724). [16] The verse form Bulleh Shah primarily employed is the Kafi, popular in Punjabi and Sindhi poetry. [2] His poetry is a mixture of traditional mystic thought and ...