Charan Dass Sidhu

Last updated

Charan Dass Sidhu (born 14 March 1938 – 18 November 2013, Bham, Hoshiarpur (district), Punjab British India) was a Punjabi playwright and author. [1] [2]

Contents

Books and plays

Awards

Sidhu won the Sahitya Akademi Award in 2003 for Bhagat Singh Shahid : Natak Tikri (Play). [5]

See also

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Kartar Singh Duggal</span> Indian writer (1917–2012)

Kartar Singh Duggal was an Indian writer who wrote in Punjabi, Urdu, Hindi, and English. His works include short stories, novels, dramas and plays. His works have been translated into Indian and foreign languages. He has served as director of the All India Radio.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sahitya Akademi Award</span> Literary honour awarded to authors of outstanding literary works in India

The Sahitya Akademi Award is a literary honour in India, which the Sahitya Akademi, India's National Academy of Letters, annually confers on writers of the most outstanding books of literary merit published in any of the 22 languages of the 8th Schedule to the Indian constitution as well as in English and Rajasthani language.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Giani Gurdit Singh</span> Musical artist

Giani Gurdit Singh was born in Mithewal village in the state of Punjab, India. He was considered one of the greatest contemporary writers in Punjabi, and his book Mera Pind is regarded as a classic. It is now in its 14th edition and has been in print continuously since 1961. He was also a pioneering journalist, the Owner-Editor of Parkash 1947–1978. He was also the editor of Singh Sabha Patrika, a monthly magazine of Sikh history and divinity. Giani Gurdit Singh graduated as "Giani" from Punjab University, Lahore in 1945, and he specialised in literature, divinity, history and folklore. He was a member of the Punjab Legislative Council from 1956 to 1962. He contributed to the debates at that time and in the creation of Punjabi University, Patiala and the recognition of Takht Sri Damdama Sahib, Talwandi Sabo, as the 5th Takht of the Sikhs. He was General Secretary of the Singh Sabha Shatabadi Committee, Amritsar, renamed Kendriya Sri Guru Singh Sabha. As the editor of the magazine Singh Sabha Patrika, he focused on issues of importance to the Sikhs. He also established two Guru Granth Vidya Kendras, one in Chandigarh and another in Mehrauli, Delhi.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Gopi Chand Narang</span> Indian theorist, literary critic and scholar (1931–2022)

Gopi Chand Narang was an Indian theorist, literary critic, and scholar who wrote in Urdu and English. His Urdu literary criticism incorporated a range of modern theoretical frameworks including stylistics, structuralism, post-structuralism, and Eastern poetics.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Rajinder Singh Bedi</span> Indian author, director and screenwriter

Rajinder Singh Bedi was an Indian Urdu writer of the progressive writers' movement and a playwright, who later worked in Hindi cinema as a film director, screenwriter and dialogue writer and he is grandfather Rajat Bedi an Manek Bedi.

Punjabi literature, specifically literary works written in the Punjabi language, is characteristic of the historical Punjab of Pakistan and India and the Punjabi diaspora. The Punjabi language is written in several scripts, of which the Shahmukhi and Gurmukhī scripts are the most commonly used in Pakistan and India, respectively.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Puran Bhagat</span>

Puran Bhagat was a Punjabi Nath saint, prince of Sialkot, and disciple of Machchandranath as per Punjabi folklore. According to unauthenticated history, he had been exiled and lived the last days of his life in a village located in the suburbs of Sialkot city. His temple and water well is still open for visitors and devotees.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Shiv Kumar Batalvi</span> Indian Punjabi language poet (1937–1973)

Shiv Kumar Batalvi was an Indian poet, writer and playwright of the Punjabi language. He was most known for his romantic poetry, noted for its heightened passion, pathos, separation and lover's agony, due to that he was also called Birha Da Sultan.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">P. Balachandran</span> Indian actor and director (1952–2021)

Padmanabhan Balachandran Nair was an Indian writer, playwright, scenarist, director, and actor. He was known for his work in Malayalam literature and Malayalam cinema.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Joy Mathew</span> Indian actor and director

Joy Mathew is an Indian film and theatre actor. He is also a film director, playwright and screenwriter. He predominantly works in Malayalam cinema.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Harcharan Singh (writer)</span> Indian dramatist and writer

Dr. Harcharan Singh (1914–2006) was an Indian dramatist and writer in the Punjabi language. He dedicated 69 years of his life to Punjabi theater, in which he authored 51 books and staged numerous plays all over the world.

Narenderpal Singh or Narinder Pal Singh 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.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ajmer Singh Aulakh</span>

Ajmer Singh Aulakh was a renowned Punjabi playwright from Mansa district, Punjab. He was born in 1942 at Kishangarh urf Pharwahi, Mansa district, Punjab, India.

Chaman Lal retired as a professor in Hindi translation from Jawaharlal Nehru University. He is now Honorary advisor to Bhagat Singh Archives and Resource Centre, Delhi Archives of Delhi Govt.cn date is March 2021

Atamjit Singh is a Sahitya Akademi Award winning Punjabi playwright. He returned his Sahitya Akademi Award in October 2015. Singh is a part of the Dakshinayan Abhiyan.

Loona (Lūṇā) is a Punjabi epic verse play written by Shiv Kumar Batalvi. Based on the ancient legend of Puran Bhagat, this epic was bestowed with prestigious Sahitya Akademi Award in 1967, given by Sahitya Akademi. Shiv became the youngest recipient of this prestigious award.

Chakkalakal Lonappan Jose, is an Indian playwright of Malayalam literature. One of the pioneers of popular Malayalam theatre and a former chairman of the Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi, Jose is the author of 36 plays, 75 one-act plays, one children's play and Ormakalkku Urakkamilla, his autobiography. He is a recipient of the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Drama, Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Overall Contributions, Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi Award, Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi Fellowship and S. L. Puram Sadanandan Puraskaram of the Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi.

Thayat Kunjananthan, commonly known as K. Thayat was an Indian writer of children's literature and plays in Malayalam–language. He has written 42 books and over a hundred radio plays. He was also a school teacher and has received various awards in the field of literature as well as central and state awards for excellence in teaching.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Swarajbir Singh</span> Indian Punjabi playwright, poet, and editor

Swarajbir Singh is an Indian Punjabi playwright, poet, administrator, and editor. He received the Sahitya Akademi Award for his play Masia di Rāt (2016)

References

  1. "Theatre fest to pay tribute to eminent playwright". zeenews.india.com. Retrieved 14 July 2016.
  2. Sharma, SD (29 December 2013). "They continue to live in our hearts". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
  3. Bhagat Singh shahīd : tīn ḍrāme. OCLC   51264531 . Retrieved 14 July 2016 via worldcat.org.
  4. "Ghalib-e-Azam play". thehindu.com. Retrieved 14 July 2016.
  5. "AKADEMI AWARDS 2003". sahitya-akademi.gov.in. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 14 July 2016.