Narenderpal Singh (born 17 October 1924 in
Lyallpur
Faisalabad (; Punjabi/ ur, , ; ), formerly known as Lyallpur ( Punjabi, Urdu: لائل پور), named after the founder of the city, but was renamed in 1977 in honour of late King Faisal of Saudi Arabia. It is the 3rd largest city of Pak ...
,
British India
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) is an Indian novelist who writes in
Punjabi. He was awarded the
Sahitya Akademi Award
The Sahitya Akademi Award is a literary honour in India, which the Sahitya Akademi, India's National Academy of Letters, annually confers on writers of the most outstanding books of literary merit published in any of the 22 languages of the ...
in 1976 for his book ''Baa Mulahaza Hoshiar'' by the
Government of India
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.
Life and career
Singh served in the armed forces from 1942, serving in West Asia during World War II. He later served as a military attache and was Military Secretary to the
President of India
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from 1962–1966. He retired with the rank of Brigadier in 1972.
Singh was married to poet
Prabhjot Kaur, who died in November 2016, at the age of 92.
Books
*''Trapped''
*''On the Crest of Time''
*''The Flaming Hills''
*''Mohan Singh''
*''Furrows in the Snow''
*''Light Stands Aside''
*''Crossroads''
*''Sūtaradhāra''
*''Ṭāpū''
*''Wālahu Nikkī''
Awards
He won the
Sahitya Akademi Award
The Sahitya Akademi Award is a literary honour in India, which the Sahitya Akademi, India's National Academy of Letters, annually confers on writers of the most outstanding books of literary merit published in any of the 22 languages of the ...
in 1976 for his book ''Baa Mulahaza Hoshiar'' (Be prepared for the royal visit).
See also
*
List of Sahitya Akademi Award winners for Punjabi
References
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1924 births
Possibly living people
20th-century Indian novelists
Indian male novelists
Indian male writers
Punjabi-language writers
Recipients of the Sahitya Akademi Award in Punjabi
People from Faisalabad
Indian Army personnel of World War II