Narenderpal Singh or Narinder Pal Singh (17 October 1923 – c. May 2003) was an Indian novelist who wrote in Punjabi. He was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1976 for his book Baa Mulahaza Hoshiar by the Government of India.[1]

Life and career

Singh was born in Lyallpur, British India on 17 October 1923. He served in the armed forces from 1942, serving in West Asia during World War II. He later served as a military attache and was Military Secretary to the President of India from 1962–1966. He retired with the rank of Brigadier in 1972.[2]

Singh was married to poet Prabhjot Kaur, who died in November 2016, at the age of 92.[3] Singh suffered from osteoarthritis in later life. He died in 2003, at the age of 79.[4]

Books

  • Trapped[5]
  • On the Crest of Time[6]
  • The Flaming Hills[7]
  • Mohan Singh
  • Furrows in the Snow
  • Light Stands Aside
  • Crossroads
  • Sūtaradhāra
  • Ṭāpū
  • Wālahu Nikkī

Awards

He won the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1976 for his book Baa Mulahaza Hoshiar (Be prepared for the royal visit).[8][9]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Two-in-one Special Edition of the International Authors and Writers Who's Who, International Who's who in Poetry. International Biographical Centre. 1982. p. 935. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
  2. ↑ "Narenderpal Singh". thesikhencyclopedia.com. Archived from the original on 17 September 2016. Retrieved 7 July 2016.
  3. ↑ Punjabi poet Prabhjot Kaur passes away
  4. ↑ Hans, S. S. (9 May 2003). "End of a literary dynast". Tribune India. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
  5. ↑ Trapped. OCLC 7173063. Retrieved 7 July 2016 – via worldcat.org.
  6. ↑ On the crest of time. OCLC 7955394. Retrieved 7 July 2016 – via worldcat.org.
  7. ↑ The flaming hills. OCLC 8126950. Retrieved 7 July 2016 – via worldcat.org.
  8. ↑ "Sahitya Akademi Award for 1976". indiatoday.intoday.in. Retrieved 7 July 2016.
  9. ↑ "Sahitya Akademi Award winners for 1976 Punjab (work Baa mulahaza hoshiar)". sahitya-akademi.gov.in. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 7 July 2016.
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