Gurcharan Rampuri (
Punjabi: ਗੁਰਚਰਨ ਰਾਮਪੁਰੀ; January 23, 1929 – October 8, 2018) was a Canadian poet of
Punjabi descent who writes in 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 ...
. He lived in
Coquitlam
Coquitlam ( ) is a city in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia, Canada. Mainly suburban, Coquitlam is the sixth-largest city in the province, with a population of 148,625 in 2021, and one of the 21 municipalities comprising Metro Vancouver. ...
, British Columbia.
Rampuri has been writing poems in Punjabi for well over 60 years. He lives in Vancouver, BC, where he has lived since 1964. In May 2011, Weavers Press in San Francisco (a member of Small Press Distribution) brought out The Circle of Illusion, a collection of Rampuri's poems translated into English by Amritjit Singh of Ohio University and Judy Ray of Tucson, AZ.
Works
*''Kankan di Khushbo''
*''Qaul Qarar''
*''Ahnnee Gali''
*''Kanchni''
*''Qatalgah''
*''Agnaar''
*''Kirnan da Ahlanan''
Awards
* K.S. Dhaliwal Award, Ludhiana, India, 1997.
* Nand Lal Noorpuri Award, Yuba City, USA, 1987.
* Panjab Languages Department, Patiala, India, 1984.
* Panjabi Sahit Akadamy, Chandigarh, India, 1982.
* Panjabi Likhari Sabha (Writers Society) Rampur, India, 1980.
References
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20th-century Canadian poets
Canadian male poets
People from Coquitlam
Canadian writers of Asian descent
Rampuri, Gurcharan
2018 deaths
20th-century Canadian male writers
1929 births