Kartar Singh Duggal

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Kartar Singh Duggal
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Born 1 March 1917
Dhamal, Rawalpindi District, British India
Died 26 January 2012 (aged 94)
Language Punjabi, English
Nationality Indian
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Kartar Singh Duggal (1 March 1917 � 26 January 2012) 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, All India Radio.[1][2]

He was awarded the Padma Bhushan by Government of India in 1988.[3] In 2007, he was
awarded the Sahitya Akademi Fellowship, the highest honour given by Sahitya
Akademi, India's National Academy of Letters.[2][4]

Contents
1 Early life and education
2 Career
3 Work
3.1 Short stories
3.2 Poetry
3.3 Novels
3.4 Other works
4 Awards
5 See also
6 References
7 External links
Early life and education
He was born in Dhamal, Rawalpindi District, (now in Pakistan) to Mr. Jiwan Singh
Duggal and Mrs. Satwant Kaur. He was married to Ayesha Duggal (formerly Ayesha
Jaffri), a medical doctor. He received his M.A. Honours in English at Forman
Christian College, Lahore.

Career
Duggal started his professional career with All India Radio (AIR). He worked there
from 1942 to 1966 in various jobs including Station Director. For the AIR, he wrote
and produced programmes in Punjabi and other languages. In addition, he authored a
large number of plays and dramas. He was the Secretary/Director, National Book
Trust, India from 1966 to 1973. From 1973 to 1976, he served as an Information
Advisor at the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (Planning Commission).[5]

He has founded many institutions, including:

Raja Rammohun Roy Library Foundation

Institute of Social and Economic Change, Bangalore
Zakir Husain Educational Foundation
Duggal had been a member of many literary and cultural centres including being the
President of Punjabi Sahitya Sabha (Punjabi Literary Society), Delhi. He was
nominated Fellow of the Punjabi University in 1984. He was also honoured with
nomination to the Rajya Sabha (Indian Parliament Upper House) in August, 1997.

He died on 26 January 2012 after a brief illness.[6]

Work
Duggal has authored twenty four collections of short stories, ten novels, seven
plays, seven works of literary criticism, two poetry collections and an
autobiography. Many of his books have been adopted by various universities for
graduate studies. Among his works are:

Short stories
Birth of a Song (in English)
Come Back My Master (in English)
Dangar (Animal)
Ikk Chhit Chananh Di (One Drop of Light)
Nawan Ghar (New House)
Sonar Bangla (Golden Bungalow)
Tarkalan Vele (In the Evening)
Jeenat Aapa(A Muslim girl)
Poetry
Veehveen Sadi te Hor Kavitaavaan (Twentieth Century and Other Poems)
Kandhe Kandhe (Shore Shore)
Novels
Sarad Poonam Ki Raat (A Cold Full Moon Night)
Tere Bhanhe (Your Wishes)
Nails and flesh (1969)
"Man Pardesi"(1982)
"Ab Na Bassoon ih gaon" (Hindi-1996)
Other works
Sat Natak (True Nanak) (One-Act Play)
Band Darwaaze (Closed Doors)
Mitti Musalmaan Ki (A Muslim�s Earth)
Philosophy and Faith of Sikhism, Himalayan Institute Press, 1988. ISBN 978-0-89389-
109-1.
Giani Gurmukh Singh Musafir, New Delhi: National Book Trust, 1999. ISBN 81-237-
2765-8.
Awards
Kartar Singh Duggal has been bestowed by many awards throughout his career,
including:

Padma Bhushan[7]
Sahitya Akademi Award
Ghalib Award
Soviet Land Award
Bharatiya Bhasha Parishad Award
Bhai Mohan Singh Vaid Award
Bhartiya Bhasa Parishad Award
Punjabi Writer of the Millennium, Award of Government of Punjab
Bhai Vir Singh Award (1989) presented by the Vice-President of India for
outstanding literary contribution
Praman Patra (1993) presented by the Chief Minister of Punjab for outstanding
contribution to Punjabi literature
Sahir Award (1998)by Adeeb International (Sahir Cultural Academy) Ludhiana, India
He is well travelled. He has visited Bulgaria, North Korea, Russia, Singapore, Sri
Lanka, Tunisia, the UK and U.S.. He resided in New Delhi after retirement and spent
his time reading.

The Library of Congress has 118 of his works.[1]

See also
Indian literature
References
"Kartar Singh Duggal, 1917�". Library of Congress.
 Anita Desai among Sahitya Akademi Fellows The Hindu, 23 Feb 2007.
"Padma Bhushan Awardees". Ministry of Communications and Information Technology.
Archived from the original on 5 June 2009.
Kartar Singh Duggal gets Sahitya Akademi Fellowship Archived 19 September 2012 at
Archive.today 6 May 2007.
Singh, Ranjit; Kripa Shankar (2008). Sikh achievers. Hemkunt Press. p. 100. ISBN
81-7010-365-7.
"Eminent Punjabi Writer Kartar Singh Duggal Dead". Outlook. 26 January 2012.
Archived from the original on 28 January 2012. Retrieved 26 January 2012.
"Padma Awards" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2015.
Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 October 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
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