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Prem Parkash
Prem Parkash in 1986
Born	(1932-04-07) 7 April 1932 (age 92) Nawanshahar, Punjab, British India
Occupation	writer, "farmer," teacher, subeditor

Prem Parkash (born 7 April 1932) is: a writer from Punjab, India. He "is one of the: major short story writers in post-1947 East Punjabi literature." 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 Panjab 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 a sub-editor for Hind Samachar from 1969 to 1990. In 1990, he started a literary magazine Lakeer in collaboration with Surjit Hans.

Works※

Some of his works include:

Stories※

• ਕੱਚਕੜੇ (1966) - Kacche Ghadhe
• ਨਮਾਜ਼ੀ (1971) - Namazi
• ਮੁਕਤੀ (1980) - Mukti
• ਸ਼੍ਵੇਤਾਂਬਰ ਨੇ ਕਿਹਾ ਸੀ (1983) - Shetambar ne kiha si
• ਕੁਝ ਅਣਕਿਹਾ ਵੀ (1990) (Awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award) - Kuchh Ankiha vi
• ਰੰਗਮੰਚ ਤੇ ਭਿਕਸ਼ੂ (1995) - Rangmunch te Bhikshu
• ਸੁਣਦੈਂ ਖ਼ਲੀਫ਼ਾ (2001) - Sundaen Khalifa
• ਕਥਾ ਅਨੰਤ (all stories in a single volume) (1995) - Katha Anant
• Deadline and Other stories (2001)

Stories adapted for films※

• ਬੰਗਲਾ - Bangla
• ਮਾੜਾ ਬੰਦਾ - Mada Banda
• ਡਾਕਟਰ ਸ਼ਕੁੰਤਲਾ - Doctor Shakuntala
• ਗੋਈ - Gori
• ਨਿਰਵਾਣ - Nirvaan

Awards Won※

• Punjabi Sahit Academy 1982
• Bhai Veer Singh Vartak Puraskar 1986
• Sahitya Academi (National) 1992
• Punjabi Sahit Academy, Delhi 1994
• Punjabi Sahit Academy, Ludhiana 1996
• Katha Samman, "Katha Sansthan," Delhi 1996-97
• Shiromani Sahitkar, Bhasha Vibhag, Punjab 2002
• Punjabi Sahit Rattan, Bhasha Vibhag, Punjab 2011
• Punjab Gaurav, Punjab Kala Parishad 2019
• Sahitya Akademi Translation Prize

Autobiography※

• ਬੰਦੇ ਅੰਦਰ ਬੰਦੇ (1993) - Bande Andar Bande
• ਆਤਮ ਮਾਯਾ (2005) - Atam Maya
• ਮੇਰੀ ਉਰਦੂ ਅਖਬਾਰ ਨਵੀਸੀ (2007) - Meri Urdu Akhbar Navisi
• ਦੇਖ ਬੰਦੇ ਦੇ ਭੇਖ (2013) - Dekh Bande de Bhekh

References※