Surjit Patar is a

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writer and poet of

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. His poems enjoy immense popularity with the general public and have won high acclaim from critics.

Biography

Patar hails from village Pattar ( pa, ਪੱਤੜ) Kalan in Jalandhar district from where he got his surname. He graduated from Randhir College, Kapurthala and then went on to get a Master's degree from

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and then a PhD in Literature on "Transformation of Folklore in Guru Nanak Vani" from Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar. He then joined the academic profession and retired as Professor of Punjabi from Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana. He started writing poetry in mid-sixties. Among his works of poetry are ''"Hawa ਵਿਚ Likhe Harf"'' (Words written in the Air), ''Birkh Arz Kare'' (Thus Spake the Tree), ''Hanere Vich Sulagdi Varnmala'' (Words Smouldering in the Dark), ''Lafzaan Di Dargah'' (Shrine of Words), ''Patjhar Di Pazeb'' (Anklet of Autumn) and ''Surzameen'' (Music Land). He has translated into Punjabi the three tragedies of Federico García Lorca, the play Nagmandala of Girish Karnad, and poems of Bertolt Brecht and Pablo Neruda. He has also adapted plays from Jean Giradoux, Euripides and Jean Racine, Racine. He has written tele-scripts on Punjabi poets from Fariduddin Ganjshakar, Sheikh Farid to Shiv Kumar Batalvi. He is the president of Punjab Arts Council, Chandigarh. In the past, he has held the office of the President, Punjabi Sahit Akademi, Ludhiana. He was awarded Padma Shri in 2012.

Well known poems

"Candles", "Hanere vich sulagdi Varanmala", "Aiya Nand Kishore", "Hanera Jarega Kiven", "Fasla", "Koi Daalia Cho Langeya Hawa Bann Ke" and others.

Filmography

Surjit Patar has written dialogues of the Punjabi language, Punjabi movie ''Shaheed Uddham Singh'' and ''Videsh'', the Punjabi version of Deepa Mehta's movie ''Heaven on Earth (2008 film), Heaven on Earth''.

Awards

* 1979 Punjab Sahitya Akademi Award * 1993: Sahitya Akademi Award for ''Hanere Vich Sulghdi Varnmala'' * 1999: Panchnad Puruskar by Bhartiya Bhasha Parishad, Kolkata * 1999 Bhartiya Bhasha Prishad, Kolkata * 2007–2008 Anad Kav Sanman * 2009: Saraswati Samman by K.K.Birla foundation. * 2009 Gangadhar National Award for Poetry, Sambalpur University, Orissa * 2012: Padma Shri Award in the field of Literature and Education (fourth highest civilian award in the Republic of India) * 2014 Kusumagraj Literary Award-2014

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