Ajmer Singh Aulakh (19 August 1942 – 15 June 2017) was a renowned Punjabi playwright from

Mansa district, Punjab Mansa district is a district in the state of Punjab, India. The district headquarters is Mansa city. Mansa district was formed on 13 April 1992 from the erst while district of Bathinda. The district has three tehsils: Mansa, Budhlada and Sardu ...

. He was born in 1942 at Kishangarh orf Pharwahi,

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Books and plays

Aulakh published his first collection of one-act plays, Arbad narbad dhundukara i.e. 'Eons and Nebulae' in 1978.

collections of one-act plays

*''Arbad narbad dhundukara'' (Eons and Nebulae) *''Begane bohar di chhan'' (Shade of the Alien Banyan) *''Anhe nishanchi'' (Blind Shooters) * ''Gani''

plays

*''Ik Ramayan hor'' (One More Ramayana)*Niuṃ-jaṛa *''Satt begaane'' * ''Kehar Singh di maut'' (Kehar Singh's Death) *Ishaka bājha namāza dā hajja nāhī * ''Bhajian bahin'' (Broken Arms) *Ikka sī dariā *Jhanāṃ de pāṇī *Aise jana wirale sam̆sāre

Awards

He won the

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in 2006 for his book Ishaka bājha namāza dā hajja nāhī (Plays). *

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Aulakh, Ajmer Singh 1942 births 2017 deaths People from Mansa district, India Dramatists and playwrights from Punjab, India Punjabi-language writers Recipients of the Sahitya Akademi Award in Punjabi 20th-century Indian dramatists and playwrights Deaths from cancer in India