Prabhjot Kaur

Prabhjot Kaur, was a Punjabi author and poet.

Biography

She was born in 1924 in a small village called Langrial in Gujrat, British India.
Kaur married Narenderpal Singh, who was also a writer and novelist. She lived in Defence Colony, New Delhi. She had two daughters, Anupama & Nirupma. Nirupma was married to Harinder Singh, son of Hukam Singh, First speaker of Parliament. Anupama was married to former Indian Army Chief J.J.Singh.

Books and poems

PlateauDreams die young Pabbī : Pañjābī kavitā-saṅkalanaZindagī de kujha pala KiṇakeMadhiāntaraCandara yuga : kawitāwāṃKhāṛī Kandhárí hawá

''Bolaṇa dī nahīṃ jā we aṛiā''

Awards and honours

Kaur, along with her husband Narenderpal Singh, won the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1964 for her collection of poems, "Pabbi".
Padma Shri award, 1967.
"La Rose de France" award, 1968
Poetry Society of America has decorated her with Distinguished Order of Poetry.
Nominated to the Vidhan Parishad of Punjab.
Member of UNESCO