Ajmer Singh Aulakh

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Ajmer Singh Aulakh
Ajmer Singh Aulakh
Ajmer Singh Aulakh
Born(1942-08-19)19 August 1942
Village Kumbherwal, Dist. Sangrur, Indian Punjab
Died15 June 2017(2017-06-15) (aged 74)
Mansa, Punjab, India
NationalityIndian
Genredrama
SpouseManjit Aulakh

Ajmer Singh Aulakh (19 August 1942 – 15 June 2017) was a renowned Punjabi playwright from Mansa district, Punjab.[1] He was born in 1942 at Kishangarh Urf Pharwahi, Mansa district, Punjab, India.

Books and plays[edit]

Aulakh published his first collection of one-act plays, Arbad narbad dhundukara i.e. 'Eons and Nebulae' in 1978.

collections of one-act plays[edit]

  • Arbad narbad dhundukara (Eons and Nebulae)
  • Begane bohar di chhan (Shade of the Alien Banyan)
  • Anhe nishanchi (Blind Shooters)
  • Gani [2]

plays[edit]

  • Ik Ramayan hor (One More Ramayana)*Niuṃ-jaṛa
  • Satt begaane
  • Kehar Singh di maut (Kehar Singh's Death)
  • Ishaka bājha namāza dā hajja nāhī [3]
  • Bhajian bahin (Broken Arms)
  • Ikka sī dariā
  • Jhanāṃ de pāṇī
  • Aise jana wirale sam̆sāre

Awards[edit]

He won the Sahitya Akademi Award in 2006 for his book Ishaka bājha namāza dā hajja nāhī (Plays).[4]

References[edit]

  1. "Eminent Punjabi writer Ajmer Singh Aulakh passes away". tribuneindia.com. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
  2. "Gānī". worldcat.org. Retrieved 8 July 2016.
  3. "Ishaka bājha namāza dā hajja nāhī". worldcat.org. Retrieved 8 July 2016.
  4. "Sahitya Akademi Award in 2006 for his book Ishaka bājha namāza dā hajja nāhī". sahitya-akademi.gov.in. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 8 July 2016.
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