Atamjit Singh

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Atamjit Singh
Occupation
  • Playwright
  • Theatre director
LanguagePunjabi
NationalityIndian
Literary movementDakshinayan Abhiyan
Notable awards
  • Sahitya Akademi Award
  • Sangeet Natak Akademi Award

Atamjit Singh is a Sahitya Akademi Award winning Punjabi playwright. [1] [2] He returned his Sahitya Akademi Award in October 2015. [3] [4] Singh is a part of the Dakshinayan Abhiyan. [5]

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Books and plays

Awards

Singh won the Sahitya Akademi Award in 2009 for Tatti Tavi Da Sach (Play) [6] and the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 2011. [7]

References

  1. "Sahitya Akademi Award". indianexpress.com. 26 December 2009. Retrieved 17 July 2016.
  2. "Revolutionary Road". indianexpress.com. 31 August 2012. Retrieved 17 July 2016.
  3. "9 writers return Sahitya awards, 1 quits Akademi". 12 October 2015.
  4. "More writers return Akademi awards". The Hindu. 12 October 2015 via www.thehindu.com.
  5. "A movement towards progressive thought". The Navhind Times . 27 October 2016.
  6. "Sahitya Akademi Award 2009 for Tatti Tavi Da Sach". sahitya-akademi.gov.in. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 17 July 2016.
  7. "Noted Punjabi playwright Atamjit Singh gets Sangeet Natak Akademi award". timesofindia.indiatimes.com. 21 January 2011. Retrieved 17 July 2016.