1919 - 2005
Amrita Pritam Indian Writer
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First Name |
Amrita
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Last Name |
Pritam
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Birthday |
31st August, 1919
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Birthplace |
Gujranwala, British India
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Died |
31st October, 2005
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Place of Death |
Delhi, India
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Zodiac Sign |
Virgo
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Nationality |
Indian
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Occupation Text |
Novelist, poet, essayist
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Occupation |
Writer
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Music Genre (Text) |
poetry, prose, autobiography
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Amrita Pritam; listen ; 31 August 1919 – 31 October 2005) was an Indian novelist, essayist and poet, who wrote in Punjabi and Hindi. She is considered the first prominent female Punjabi poet, novelist, essayist and the leading 20th-century poet of the Punjabi language, who is equally loved on both sides of the India–Pakistan border. With a career spanning over six decades, she produced over 100 books of poetry, fiction, biographies, essays, a collection of Punjabi folk songs and an autobiography that were all translated into several Indian and foreign languages.