Nirupama Dutt (born 1955) is an Indian poet, journalist and translator. She writes poems in Punjabi, and translates them into English herself. A senior journalist with forty years of experience, she has worked with leading Indian newspapers and journals. Her biography of Bant Singh, a Dalit Icon, ''The Ballad of Bant Singh: A Qissa of Courage'' has been widely noticed. She has also translated the memoirs and poetry of Punjab's Dalit revolutionary poet Lal Singh Dil in a volume called ''Poet of the Revolution: The Memoirs and Poems of Lal Singh Dil''. She has published one volume of poems – ''Ik Nadi Sanwali Jahi'' (''A Stream Somewhat Dark'') – for which she was awarded the Punjabi Academy Award in 2000. Her poetry has been translated into English,

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and

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an anthology of SAARC(South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation) poetry entitled ''Our Voices''. She has translated the short poems of Gulzar in a volume titled 'Pluto' and 'Stories of the Soil' is her translation of 41 Punjabi stories into English. She has also edited a book of fiction by Pakistani women writers called ''Half the Sky'' and one of resistance literature of

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called 'Children of the Night'. As a journalist, Dutt has taken a strong

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line standing against

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and communalist violence. She has written on issues ranging from

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in Punjab, the November 1984 massacre of the Sikhs, the Babri Masjid demolition and the

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carnage. Nirupama's poetry has been featured on the Poetry Web International. She is convener of a women's study group called Hamshira. She lives and writes in

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Awards

* Punjab Lalit Kala Akademi Sanman - 2019 * Punjabi Academy Award for ''Ik Nadi Sanwali Jahi'' (''A Stream Somewhat Dark'') - 2000

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Dutt, Nirupama 1955 births Living people Indian women journalists Indian women poets 20th-century Indian translators Urdu–English translators Punjabi-language writers 20th-century Indian poets 20th-century Indian women writers Indian women translators