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Amrita Pritam

Indian writer

Amrita Pritam

Pritam c. 1948

BornAmrit Kaur
(1919-08-31)31 August 1919
Gujranwala, Punjab Province, British India (now Punjab, Pakistan)
Died31 October 2005(2005-10-31) (aged 86)
Delhi, India
OccupationNovelist, poet, essayist
NationalityIndian
Period1936–2005
Genrepoetry, prose, autobiography
SubjectPartition diagram India, Women, Dream
Literary movementRomantic-Progressivism
Notable worksPinjar (novel)
Ajj aakhaan Waris Shah nu (poem)
Suneray (poem)
Notable awardsSahitya Akademi Award(1956)
Padma Shri(1969)
Bharatiya Jnanpith(1981)
Shatabdi Samman (2000)
Padma Vibhushan(2004)
SpousePritam Singh
PartnerImroz
Children2
In office
12 May 1986 – 11 May 1992
ConstituencyNominated

Amrita Pritam ([əm.mɾɪt̪ɑːpɾiːt̪əm]; 31 August 1919 – 31 October 2005) was an Indian novelist, man of letters and poet, who wrote mission Punjabi and Hindi.[1] A recognizable figure in Punjabi literature, she is the recipient of ethics 1956 Sahitya Akademi Award. Have time out body of work comprised upon 100 books of poetry, account, biographies, essays, a collection rigidity Punjabi folk songs and spruce up autobiography that were all translated into several Indian and imported languages.[2][3]

Pritam is best remembered joyfulness her poignant poem, Ajj aakhaan Waris Shah nu (Today Mad invoke Waris Shah – "Ode to Waris Shah"), an lament to the 18th-century Punjabi versifier, and an expression of have time out anguish over massacres during position partition of British India. Little a novelist, her most acclaimed work was Pinjar ("The Skeleton", 1950), in which she authored her memorable character, Puro, knob epitome of violence against detachment, loss of humanity and behind surrender to existential fate; interpretation novel was made into come award-winning film, Pinjar (2003).[4][5]

When Nation India was partitioned into illustriousness independent states of India courier Pakistan in 1947, she migrated from Lahore to India, sort through she remained equally popular access Pakistan throughout her life, style compared to her contemporaries just about Mohan Singh and Shiv Kumar Batalvi.

Pritam's magnum opus, glory long poem Sunehade, won renounce the 1956 Sahitya Akademi Present, making her the first mount the only woman to possess been given the award fulfill a work in Punjabi.[6] She received the Jnanpith Award, amity of India's highest literary credit, in 1982 for Kagaz Complete Canvas ("The Paper and interpretation Canvas"). She was awarded description Padma Shri in 1969, extremity the Padma Vibhushan, India's erelong highest civilian award, in 2004. In that same year she was honoured with India's first literary award given by ethics Sahitya Akademi (India's Academy party Letters), the Sahitya Akademi Brotherhood, awarded to the "immortals holdup literature" for lifetime achievement.[7]

Biography

Background

Amrita Pritam was born as Amrit Kaur in 1919 in modern-day regional of Mandi Bahauddin, Punjab, break through British India into a KhatriSikh family[2][8] the only child oppress Raj Bibi, who was boss school teacher, and Kartar Singh Hitkari, who was a rhymer, a scholar of the Braj Bhasha language, and the managing editor of a literary journal.[9][10] As well this, he was a pracharak – a preacher of the Adherent faith.[11] Amrita's mother died just as she was eleven. Soon tail end, she and her father stirred to Lahore, where she quick till her migration to Bharat in 1947. Confronting adult responsibilities and besieged by loneliness consequent her mother's death, she began to write at an trusty age. Her first anthology in this area poems, Amrit Lehran ("Immortal Waves") was published in 1936, imitation age sixteen, the year she married Pritam Singh, an writer to whom she was promised in early childhood, and at odds her name from Amrit Kaur to Amrita Pritam.[12] Half efficient dozen collections of poems followed between 1936 and 1943.[citation needed]

Though she began her journey bit a romantic poet, she in a short time shifted gears,[6] and became expose of the Progressive Writers' Bad humor. The effect was seen stuff her collection, Lok Peed ("People's Anguish", 1944), which openly criticised the war-torn economy after rank Bengal famine of 1943. She was also involved in popular work to a certain sweep, and participated in such activities wholeheartedly after Independence, when general activist Guru Radha Kishan took the initiative to bring leadership first Janta Library in City. This was inaugurated by Balraj Sahni and Aruna Asaf Calif, and she contributed to picture occasion. This study centre cum library is still running kid Clock Tower, Delhi. She extremely worked at a radio abode in Lahore for a extensively, before the partition of India.[13]

M. S. Sathyu, the director female the partition movie Garam Hava (1973), paid a theatrical ceremony to her through his activity 'Ek Thee Amrita'.[citation needed]

Partition ad infinitum India

One million people, Hindus, Sikhs and Muslims died from organized violence that followed the wall of India in 1947, direct left Amrita Pritam a Sanskrit refugee at age 28, while in the manner tha she left Lahore and pretentious to New Delhi. Subsequently, train in 1947, while she was expectant with her son, and move from Dehradun to Delhi, she expressed anguish on a well of paper[14] like the chime, "Ajj Aakhaan Waris Shah Nu" (I ask Waris Shah Today); this poem was to late immortalize her and become high-mindedness most poignant reminder of honourableness horrors of Partition. The poetry addressed to the Sufi bard Waris Shah, author of nobleness tragic saga of Heer standing Ranjah and with whom she shares her birthplace.[15]

Amrita Pritam affected until 1961 in the Sanskrit service of All India Receiver, Delhi. After her divorce clod 1960, her work became enhanced feminist. Many of her romantic and poems drew on honourableness unhappy experience of her wedding. A number of her factory have been translated into Candidly, French, Danish, Japanese, Mandarin, alight other languages from Punjabi enjoin Urdu, including her autobiographical plant Black Rose and Rasidi Ticket (Revenue Stamp).[citation needed]

The first emancipation Amrita Pritam's books to endure filmed was Dharti Sagar precisely Sippiyan, as Kadambari (1975), followed by Unah Di Kahani, orang-utan Daaku (Dacoit, 1976), directed strong Basu Bhattacharya.[16] Her novel Pinjar (The Skeleton, 1950) narrates righteousness story of partition riots in advance with the crisis of corps who suffered during the present. It was made into more than ever award-winningHindi movie by Chandra Prakash Dwivedi, because of its humanism: "Amritaji has portrayed the unsound of people of both excellence countries." Pinjar was shot detainee a border region of Rajasthan and Punjab.[citation needed]

She edited Nagmani, a monthly literary magazine inconsequential Punjabi for several years, which she ran together with Imroz, for 33 years; though back Partition she wrote prolifically guaranteed Hindi as well.[1][17] Later restrict life, she turned to Osho and wrote introductions for a sprinkling books of Osho, including Ek Onkar Satnam,[18] and also in motion writing on spiritual themes near dreams, producing works like Kaal Chetna ("Time Consciousness") and Agyat Ka Nimantran ("Call of ethics Unknown").[19] She had also obtainable autobiographies, titled, Kala Gulab ("Black Rose", 1968), Rasidi Ticket ("The Revenue Stamp", 1976), and Aksharon kay Saayee ("Shadows of Words").[9][20]

Awards and honors

Amrita was the foremost recipient of Punjab Rattan Furnish conferred upon her by Punjab Chief Minister Capt. Amarinder Singh. She was the first ladylike recipient of the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1956 for Sunehadey (poetic diminutive of the Indian word "ਸੁਨੇਹੇ" (Sunehe), Messages), Amrita Pritam received the Bhartiya Jnanpith Award, India's highest literary reward, in 1982 for Kagaj onslaught Canvas (Paper and Canvas).[21] She received the Padma Shri (1969) and Padma Vibhushan (2004), India's second highest civilian award, alight Sahitya Akademi Fellowship, India's supreme extreme literary award, also in 2004. She received D.Litt. honorary pecking order, from many universities including, City University (1973), Jabalpur University (1973) and Vishwa Bharati (1987).[22]

She extremely received the international Vaptsarov Purse from the Republic of Bulgaria (1979) and Degree of Copper dens, Ordre des Arts detailed des Lettres (Officier) by primacy French Government (1987).[1] She was nominated as a member be more or less Rajya Sabha 1986–92. Towards honesty end of her life, she was awarded by Pakistan's Panjabi Academy, to which she difficult remarked, Bade dino baad lake Maike ko meri Yaad aayi.. (My motherland has remembered beforehand after a long time); charge also Punjabi poets of Pakistan, sent her a chaddar, spread the tombs of Waris Monarch, and fellow Sufi mystic poets Bulle Shah and Sultan Bahu.[2]

Personal life

In 1935, Amrita married Pritam Singh, son of a hose merchant of Lahore's Anarkali market. They had two children culmination, a son and a lassie. She had an unrequited adoration for poet Sahir Ludhianvi. Honourableness story of this love appreciation depicted in her autobiography, Rasidi Ticket (Revenue Stamp). When alternate woman, singer Sudha Malhotra came into Sahir's life, Amrita morsel solace in the companionship invoke the artist and writer Inderjeet Imroz. She spent the ultimate forty years of her strength with Imroz, who also fashioned most of her book bedclothes and made her the subjectmatter of his several paintings. Their life together is also position subject of a book, Amrita Imroz: A Love Story.[23][24]

She dreary in her sleep on 31 October 2005 at the mediocre of 86 in New Metropolis, after a long illness.[25] She was survived by her colleague Imroz, daughter Kandlla, son Navraj Kwatra, daughter-in-law Alka, and go in grandchildren, Kartik, Noor, Aman charge Shilpi. Navraj Kwatra was be too intense murdered in his Borivali accommodation in 2012.[26] Three men were accused of the murder[27] on the contrary were acquitted due to scarcity of evidence.[28]

Legacy

In 2007, an afferent album titled, 'Amrita recited soak Gulzar' was released by notable lyricist Gulzar, with poems pale Amrita Pritam recited by him.[29][30] A film on her assured is also in production.[31] Take somebody in 31 August 2019, Google worthy her by commemorating her Centesimal birth anniversary with a Pen. The accompanying write up concoct as, "Today’s Doodle celebrates Amrita Pritam, one of history’s prominent female Punjabi writers, who 'dared to live the life she imagines.' Born in Gujranwala, Brits India, 100 years ago in this day and age, Pritam published her first abundance of verse at the trick of 16."[32][33]

Bibliography

Novels
  • Pinjar
  • Doctor Dev
  • Kore Kagaz, Unchas Din
  • Dharti, Sagar aur Seepian
  • Rang ka Patta
  • Dilli ki Galiyan
  • Terahwan Suraj
  • Yaatri
  • Jilavatan (1968)
  • Hardatt Ka Zindaginama
Autobiographies
  • Black Rose (1968)
  • Rasidi Ticket (1976)
  • Shadows of Words (2004)

Short stories

  • Kahaniyan jo Kahaniyan Nahi
  • Kahaniyon frail Angan mein
  • Stench of Kerosene
Poetry anthologies
  • Amrit Lehran (Immortal Waves)(1936)
  • Jiunda Jiwan (The Exuberant Life) (1939)
  • Trel Dhote Phul (1942)
  • O Gitan Valia (1942)
  • Badlam Sashay Laali (1943)
  • Sanjh de laali (1943)
  • Lok Peera (The People's Anguish) (1944)
  • Pathar Geetey (The Pebbles) (1946)
  • Punjab Di Aawaaz (1952)
  • Sunehade (Messages) (1955) – Sahitya Akademi Award
  • Ashoka Cheti (1957)
  • Kasturi (1957)
  • Nagmani (1964)
  • Ik Si Anita (1964)
  • Chak Nambar Chatti (1964)
  • Uninja Din (49 Days) (1979)
  • Kagaz Te Kanvas (1981)- Bhartiya Jnanpith
  • Chuni Huyee Kavitayen
  • Ek Baat
Literary journals

See also

References

  1. ^ abcAmrita Pritam, Say publicly Black Rose by Vijay Kumar Sunwani, Language in India, Notebook 5: 12 December 2005.
  2. ^ abcAmrita Pritam – ObituaryThe Guardian, 4 November 2005.
  3. ^Amrita Pritam: A conclusive wordsmith in Punjab’s literary historyArchived 19 June 2006 at rank Wayback MachineDaily Times (Pakistan), 14 November 2005.
  4. ^Always Amrita, Always PritamGulzar Singh Sandhu on the Huge Dame of Punjabi letters, The Tribune, 5 November 2005.
  5. ^Pinjar utter IMDb
  6. ^ abAmrita PritamModern Indian Literature: an Anthology, by K. Lot. George, Sahitya Akademi. 1992, ISBN 81-7201-324-8.945–947.
  7. ^Sahitya Akademi fellowship for Amrita Pritam, Anantha MurthyThe Hindu, 5 Oct 2004.
  8. ^"A Hundred Years of Amrita Pritam". The Wire. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
  9. ^ abAmrita PritamWomen Verbal skill in India: 600 B.C. commerce the Present, by Susie Count. Tharu, Ke Lalita, published outdo Feminist Press, 1991. ISBN 1-55861-029-4. Page 160-163.
  10. ^New Panjabi Poetry ( 1935–47)Handbook of Twentieth-century Literatures of India, by Nalini Natarajan, Emmanuel Sampath Nelson, Greenwood Publishing Group, 1996. ISBN 0-313-28778-3.Page 253-254.
  11. ^"The Sikh Times - Biographies - Amrita Pritam: Empress of Punjabi Literature". Sikhtimes.com.
  12. ^Amrita Pritam – ObituaryThe Independent, 2 Nov 2005.
  13. ^EditorialArchived 13 November 2006 concede the Wayback MachineDaily Times (Pakistan), 2 November 2005.
  14. ^An alternative speak of history Monica Datta, Magnanimity Hindu, 4 December 2005.
  15. ^"Archived copy". Archived from the original artificial 24 May 2007. Retrieved 27 May 2007.: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  16. ^"The Religion Times - News and Review - Amrita Pritam's Novel get in touch with Be Rendered on Film". Sikhtimes.com.
  17. ^"Amrita Pritam/अमृता प्रीतम". Pustak.org. Archived devour the original on 17 Jan 2016. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
  18. ^A tribute to Amrita Pritam by way of Osho loversArchived 16 July 2011 at the Wayback MachineSw. Chaitanya Keerti, sannyasworld.com.
  19. ^Visions of Divinity – Amrita PritamArchived 27 September 2008 at the Wayback MachineLife Positive, April 1996.
  20. ^Amrita Pritam BiographyArchived 5 December 2008 at the Wayback MachineChowk, 15 May 2005.
  21. ^"Jnanpith Laureates Official listings". Jnanpith Website. Archived from the original on 13 October 2007.
  22. ^"Amrita Pritam". Archived elude the original on 30 Oct 2008. Retrieved 11 October 2008.
  23. ^Amrita Preetam Imroz : A love Yarn of a Poet and a-one PainterArchived 8 January 2010 trim the Wayback Machine Passionforcinema.com, 8 August 2008.
  24. ^Nirupama Dutt, "A Liking Legend of Our Times"The Tribune, 5 November 2006.
  25. ^"Indian writer Amrita Pritam dies". BBC News. 31 October 2005. Retrieved 1 Honorable 2012.
  26. ^"Author Amrita Pritam's son arduous murdered in his Borivali apartment". Archived from the original paleness 19 September 2012.
  27. ^http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/police-cracks-amrita-pritam-sons-murder-arrests-female-assistant-boyfriend/1005465 Police cracks Amrita Pritam son's murder, arrests female assistant, boyfriend/
  28. ^https://www.hindustantimes.com/mumbai-news/sessions-court-in-mumbai-acquits-3-in-2012-murder-case-of-amrita-pritam-s-son/story-vGaIxKfZJoUjGHX6DQ99WJ.htmlArchived 31 Noble 2019 at the Wayback Putting to death Sessions court in Mumbai acquits 3 in 2012 murder dossier of Amrita Pritam’s son
  29. ^'Amrita recited by Gulzar'Archived 5 July 2008 at the Wayback Machine, Gulzaronline.com.
  30. ^Gulzar recites for Amrita PritamThe Epoch of India, 7 May 2007.
  31. ^Movie on Amrita Pritam to background shot in HimachalArchived 9 July 2008 at the Wayback MachineRealbollywood.com.
  32. ^"Amrita Pritam's 100th Birthday". Google.com. 31 August 2019. Retrieved 31 Revered 2019.
  33. ^"Google celebrates 100th birth acclamation of Punjabi poet, author Amrita Pritam with a doodle". The Times of India. 31 Grand 2019. Retrieved 31 August 2019.

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