Prem Parkash
| Prem Parkash | |
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Prem Parkash in 1986 | |
| Born |
7 April 1932 nawan shahar near kharar(Ropar), punjab, India |
| Occupation | story-teller, farmer, teacher, subeditor |
Prem Parkash (born 7 April 1932) is a story-teller from Punjab, India.[1] He "is one of the major short story writers in post-1947 East Punjabi literature."[2] He is also known as Prem Parkash Khannvi.
Early life and career
Parkash's native village is Bdeenpur which once belonged to the Nabha dynasty. He took his basic education from Bhadson village and then went to Khanna for matriculation.. He did J.B.T. from Christian Basic Training School (Kharar). He completed his graduation in 1963–64 and then post-graduation from Punjab University, Chandigarh in Urdu.
Parkash began his career as a farmer in Badgujjran near Amloh. Parkash then taught in a primary school from 1953 up to 1962 then worked as an editor of an Urdu newspaper in Jalandhar from 1964 up to 1969 and then as an sub-editor for Hind Samachar from 1969 to 1990.[3] In 1990, he started a literary magazine Lakeer in collaboration with Surjit Haans.[4]
Works
Some of his works include:
Stories
- kach-kade (1966)
- nmazee (1971)
- muktee (1980)
- shwetambr ne kiha see (1983)
- kujh ankiha vee (1990) – he was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award for this notable work
- rangmanch te bhikshoo (1995)
- sunde khleefa (2001)
- love stories (1985)
- Prem Parkash's anthology (by bhasha vibhag, punjab in 1993)
- katha anant (all stories in a single volume) in 1995
- Prem Parkash's anthology (1999)
- Deadline and Other stories (2001)
Stories adapted for films
- bangla
- mada bnda
- docter shkuntala
- goee
- nirvaan
Autobiography
- bnde andr bnde (1993)
- aatm maia (2005)
- meri urdu akhbar naweesi (2007)
- dekh bnde de bekh (2013)
References
- ↑ S. R. Bakshi; Sita Ram Sharma; S. Gajnani (1 January 1998). Parkash Singh Badal: Chief Minister of Punjab. APH Publishing. pp. 213–. ISBN 978-81-7024-987-0.
- ↑ "Prem Parkash: , and a List of Books by Author Prem Parkash". paperbackswap.com. Retrieved 14 February 2015.
- ↑ "A Study About The Role of Media in Punjab: A Nationalist Perspective Of Indian Mass Media ". countercurrents.org. Retrieved 14 February 2015.
- ↑ Nirupama Dutt (2010). Stories of the Soil: Classic Punjabi Stories. Penguin Books India. pp. 311–. ISBN 978-0-14-306858-7.