Sardar Narinder Singh Kapoor (born 6 March 1944) is an Indian writer from Punjab. His writings are about social, cultural and psychological issues. He lives in
Patiala, Punjab.
Kapoor was born in the village of
Adhi, in
Rawalpindi District
Rawalpindi District ( Punjabi and ur, ) is a district located in the northernmost part of the Punjab province of Pakistan. Parts of the district form part of the Islamabad Rawalpindi metropolitan area. Rawalpindi city is the district capi ...
(formerly in India, now Pakistan.) His family settled in Patiala, after staying at a number of refugee camps after being misplaced in the
division of Punjab.
He graduated with his M.A. in English from the Punjabi University at Patiala.
He was made Lecturer in English by
Punjab Public Service Commission in 1966 and he worked at the Colleges in
Nabha,
Sangrur and
Patiala.
His writings are influenced by his life's experiences, academically and personally. He has been awarded the Shiromani Sahitkaar award for his works.
Awards
* Shiromani Sahitkaar Award by Language Department, Punjab.
* Gurbax Singh Preetlari Prize by Languages Department, Punjab for the book ''Ahmo Sahmane''.
List of Works
Collections of essays
*Vyakhya Vishleshan/Tarkved ()
*Ahmo Sahmane ()
*Ghaat Ghaat da Paani
*Buhe Barian ()
*Antar Jhaat ()
*Sukhan Sunehe ()
*Dhoongiaan Sikhraan
*Tarakved ()
*Raah -Raaste
*Giyani Ditt Singh (Jeevan Te Rachna )
*Dar-Darvaaje ()
*SAccho-Sach (America Da SAfarnaama )()
*Punjabi Kavita Vich RAshtri Ekta Di Bhavna
*Punjabi Patrkari Da Ithaas
Anthologies
*Mala Manke ()
*Kaleyan Da Kaflaa ()
*Khidkiyaan ()
*Mala Manke 2
He has been awarded the Shiromani Sahitkaar Award and the Gurbax Singh Preetlari Prize for his book ''Ahmo Sahmane''.
Other works
* Kandaadhe Chhadh ke Vekhya Amreeka (Travelogue)
* Punjabi Pattarkaari da ithaas (History of Punjabi Journalism)
Translations
* Pio Puttar (ਪਿਓ ਪੁੱਤਰ, translation in Punjabi of Ivan Turgnev's
Fathers and Sons)
* Bharat di khoj (ਭਾਰਤ ਦੀ ਖੋਜ, translation in Punjabi of Jawaharlal Nehru's
The Discovery of India)
References
External links
Narinder Singh Kapoor
20th-century Indian translators
Writers from Punjab, India
Sikh writers
20th-century Indian essayists
1944 births
Living people
People from Patiala
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