giani gurmukh singh musafir was the first punjabi novelist to get jnanpith award.
giani gurmukh singh musafir was the first punjabi novelist to get jnanpith award.
who was the first punjabi novelist to get jnanpith award?
giani gurmukh singh musafir
gurdial singh rahi : he is a famous novelist and was awarded president award from k r narayanan. a street in jaitu name gianpeeth maarg is also named after his name. he is a writer of famous novel "pauh phutale ton pehlan" which is also taught to students of class 10th in punjab board. two of his novels have been made into films including "marhi da deeva" directed by surinder singh and "anhe ghore da daan" directed by gurvinder singh. after amrita pritam he is the second punjabi writer to receive the jnanpith award. he has written ten novels, including "anhoe" (1966), "addh chanani raat" (1972), "anhe ghore da daan" (1976) and "parsa" (1991); 12 collections of short stories, including "saggi phull" (1962), "kutta te aadmi" (1971), "begana pind" (1985) and "kareer di dhingri" (1991); and translated more than 30 books. his novels "marhi da deeva" and "addh chanani raat" have been translated into english as "the last flicker" (by sahitya akademi) and "night of the half moon" (by macmillan) respectively. the national book trust has also published an english translation of his novel "parsa". apart from novels and short stories he has also written three plays, two prose works and nine books for children. he has received approximately 17 awards including the jnanpith award (in 1999),the padma shri (1998), the shiromani sahitkar award, the punjab sahitya akademi award (1979), the soviet land nehru award (1986), the bhai veer singh fiction award (1992) and others.
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the jnanpith award is an indian literary award presented annually by the bharatiya jnanpith to an author for their "outstanding contribution towards literature". instituted in 1961, the award is bestowed only on indian writers writing in indian languages included in the eighth schedule to the constitution of india and english, with no posthumous conferral.
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