Waryam Singh Sandhu (born 10 September 1945) is an Indian author of short stories. In 2000, he was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award for his short story collection Chauthi koot.[1] Although he writes in Punjabi,[2] his works have been translated into Hindi, Bengali, Urdu and English.
Sandhu was born in the village of Nanke in British Punjab in 1945. He was the oldest of six children; three brothers and two sisters. After graduating with a Bachelor of Education degree, he became a school teacher.
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Sandhu published his first story "Akhan Vich Mar Gayi Khushi" in the Punjabi magazine Preetlari.[3] In 1998, he released Chauthi koot. In 2015, two stories from the collection were adapted into the film The Fourth Direction.[4]
2003 Waris Shah Purskar-World Punjabi Conference London
2019 Punjab Gaurav Purskar-Punjab Arts Council
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^ ab. The Hindu. 21 February 2001. Archived from the original on 5 November 2013. Retrieved 27 June 2012.
^Chahryar Adle; Madhavan K. Palat; Anara Tabyshalieva (2005). Towards the Contemporary Period: From the Mid-nineteenth to the End of the Twentieth Century. UNESCO. p. 894. ISBN9231039857.
^Sanjam Preet Singh (22 September 2019). "Stringing it together with love". The Tribune.
^Gupta, Trisha (10 August 2016). ""Writing and cinema are completely different": An interview with Gurvinder Singh". The Caravan.
^"Mujtaba Hussain, Renowned Urdu Author, To return Padma Shri Award Over 'Atmosphere Of Fear In India'". News Nation. 18 December 2019.
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