pritam

Amrita Pritam is credited to be the first prominent woman Punjabi Poet , Novelist and essayist . Her career spanned over six decades during which she wrote over a 100 books of poetry , fiction , biographies , a collection of punjabi folk songs and an autobiography that were translated into many...

She put Punjabi literature on the world map. No other writer is as synonymous with Punjabi literature as Amrita Pritam (1919-2005), a familiar name even for those not acquainted with Punjabi. She {censored}ed a snook at convention and defied social norms. There was no split between life and literature...