A great collection of all books of Amrita Pritam has been added online on JSKS. What this means is that people can now access and order these books online from any part of the world. Amrita Pritam can be counted among the greatest of Punjabi writers that the Punjabi motherland has ever produced. She has taken the Punjabi Literature to new heights and set such standards that are hard to beat.
Amrita Pritam is credited to be the first prominent woman Punjabi poet, novelist and essayist. Her career spanned over six decades during which she wrote over a 100 books of poetry, fiction, biographies, a collection of punjabi folk songs and an autobiography that were translated into many other languages. Amrita Pritam was a winner of some very prestigious Literary awards. She not only excelled in the field of poetry but her essays and novels too took the literary world by storm.
In 1956, she became the first woman to win the Sahitya Akademi Award for her magnum opus, a long poem, Sunehray (Messages), later she received the Bhartiya Jnanpith, one of India's highest literary awards, in 1982 for Kagaz Te Canvas (The Paper and the Canvas). The Padma Shri came her way in 1969 and finally, Padma Vibhushan, India's second highest civilian award, in 2004, and in the same year she was honoured with India's highest literary award, given by the Sahitya Akademi (India's Academy of Letters), the Sahitya Akademi Fellowship given to the "immortals of literature" for lifetime achievement.
Some of her popluar Books are:
1. Kagaz Te Canvas
2. Kamini
3. Rasidi Ticket
4. Ik Si Anita Te Faiz
5. Paki Haveli Jalavatan Te Nanda
6. Doctor Dev Te Kachi Sarak
7. Tervan Suraj Te Uninja Din
8. Yatri Adalat Kore Kagaz
9. Pinjar
10. Kagaz Te Canvas To Paihlan
11. Khabarnama Te Chak Number Chhati
12. Amrita Pritam - Meri Ma Vi Saheli Vi (Biography of Amrita Pritam written by her Daughter)
Her works may be viewed HERE.
Amrita Pritam is credited to be the first prominent woman Punjabi poet, novelist and essayist. Her career spanned over six decades during which she wrote over a 100 books of poetry, fiction, biographies, a collection of punjabi folk songs and an autobiography that were translated into many other languages. Amrita Pritam was a winner of some very prestigious Literary awards. She not only excelled in the field of poetry but her essays and novels too took the literary world by storm.
In 1956, she became the first woman to win the Sahitya Akademi Award for her magnum opus, a long poem, Sunehray (Messages), later she received the Bhartiya Jnanpith, one of India's highest literary awards, in 1982 for Kagaz Te Canvas (The Paper and the Canvas). The Padma Shri came her way in 1969 and finally, Padma Vibhushan, India's second highest civilian award, in 2004, and in the same year she was honoured with India's highest literary award, given by the Sahitya Akademi (India's Academy of Letters), the Sahitya Akademi Fellowship given to the "immortals of literature" for lifetime achievement.
Some of her popluar Books are:
1. Kagaz Te Canvas
2. Kamini
3. Rasidi Ticket
4. Ik Si Anita Te Faiz
5. Paki Haveli Jalavatan Te Nanda
6. Doctor Dev Te Kachi Sarak
7. Tervan Suraj Te Uninja Din
8. Yatri Adalat Kore Kagaz
9. Pinjar
10. Kagaz Te Canvas To Paihlan
11. Khabarnama Te Chak Number Chhati
12. Amrita Pritam - Meri Ma Vi Saheli Vi (Biography of Amrita Pritam written by her Daughter)
Her works may be viewed HERE.
