Ajaib Kamal (1933-2011) was a writer of the

Punjabi language Punjabi (; ; , ), sometimes spelled Panjabi, is an Indo-Aryan language of the Punjab region of Pakistan and India. It has approximately 113 million native speakers. Punjabi is the most widely-spoken first language in Pakistan, with 80.5 ...

. Born in the

Hoshiarpur Hoshiarpur () is a city and a municipal corporation in Hoshiarpur district in the Doaba region of the Indian state of Punjab. It was founded, according to tradition, during the early part of the fourteenth century. In 1809, it was occupied b ...

District of the

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, he later moved to

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.''Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature'' (Vol. 1), ed. Amaresh Dhatta (Sahitya Akademi: 2006), p. 109. As a poet and playwright, his work is considered part of the modernist tradition in

Punjabi literature Punjabi literature, specifically literary works written in the Punjabi language, is characteristic of the historical Punjab region of India and Pakistan and the Punjabi diaspora. The Punjabi language is written in several scripts, of which the Sha ...

.''Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature'' (Vol. 1), ed. Amaresh Dhatta (Sahitya Akademi: 2006), p. 110 Beginning as a writer of ''ghazals'', he later shifted to other verse forms and is considered a specialist of the long verse form in Punjabi. He has also written several dramas in Punjabi including ''Chaanak Anne Han'', ''Hatheli Te Ugya Shehr'', ''Dahri Wala Ghora'', and ''Langra Aasmaan''.

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