Ajmer Singh Aulakh Explained
| Ajmer Singh Aulakh |
| Birth Date: | 19 August 1942 |
| Birth Place: | Pharwahi, Mansa district, Punjab |
| Death Place: | Mansa, Punjab, India |
| Nationality: | Indian |
| Genre: | drama |
| Spouse: | Manjit 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
Aulakh published his first collection of one-act plays, Arbad narbad dhundukara (English: 'Eons and Nebulae') in 1978.
Collections of one-act plays
- Arbad narbad dhundukara (Eons and Nebulae)
- Begane bohar di chhan (Shade of the Alien Banyan)
- Anhe nishanchi (Blind Shooters)
- Gani[2]
Plays
- 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
He won the Sahitya Akademi Award in 2006 for his book Ishaka bājha namāza dā hajja nāhī (Plays).[4]
See also
Notes and References
- Web site: Eminent Punjabi writer Ajmer Singh Aulakh passes away . tribuneindia.com . 2017-06-19.
- Book: Gānī . worldcat.org . 24067995 . 8 July 2016.
- Book: Ishaka bājha namāza dā hajja nāhī . worldcat.org . 54073309 . 8 July 2016.
- Web site: Sahitya Akademi Award in 2006 for his book Ishaka bājha namāza dā hajja nāhī . sahitya-akademi.gov.in . 8 July 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304084937/http://sahitya-akademi.gov.in/sahitya-akademi/awards/akademi%20samman_suchi.jsp#PUNJABI . 4 March 2016 . dead . dmy-all .
