Pritam Singh Safir (1916–1999) was an Indian poet of 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 wrote with classical sensibility imbued with modernism.

Life

Pritam Singh Safir was born at Malikpur in Rawalpindi district, now in Pakistan. His father, Sardar Mehtab Singh was teacher, and a leading Sikh political activist. Safir passed his graduation from

Khalsa College, Amritsar Khalsa College ( pa, ਖਾਲਸਾ ਕਾਲਜ ''khālsā kālaj'') is a historic educational institution in the northern Indian city of Amritsar in the state of Punjab, India. Founded in 1892, the sprawling campus is located about eight ...

. Then he went to Law College, Lahore. after completing his degree there he started practice in 1938. After Partition he moved to Delhi Bar, where he became the Judge of the High Court, Delhi, in 1969.

Publications

* Panj natak (a collection of one-act plays, 1939)

Poetry

* Katak Koonjan (Swallows of Kartik, 1941) * Pape de Sohile (In Praise of Sin, 1943) * Rakat Boondan (Drops of Blood, 1946) * Aad Jugaad (Ever Eternal, 1955) * Sarab Kala (Omnipotent, 1966) * Guru Gobind (1966) * Anik Bistar (Panoramic Creation, 1981) * Agam Agochar (Beyond Reach, 1981) * Sanjog Vijog (Union and Parting, 1982) * Sarab Nirantar (All Pervading, an omnibus volume containing all his works, 1987) * Ape Bauh Rangi (Of many Splendours)

prose works

* Dhur ki Bani (The Song Divine, The only prose work in Punjabi,1975) * Ten Holy Masters and Their Commandments (1980) * The Tenth Master (1983) * A Study of Bhai Veer Singh's Poetry (1985)Encyclopaedic Dictionary of Punjabi Literature: A-L edited by R. P. Malhotra, Kuldeep Arora,page 462
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References

Punjabi-language poets Recipients of the Sahitya Akademi Award in Punjabi 1916 births 1999 deaths 20th-century Indian poets Indian male poets 20th-century Indian male writers {{India-poet-stub