(1919-06-27)27 June 1919 Dhudike, Punjab, British India (now India)
Died
1 February 2020(2020-02-01) (aged 100) Dhudike, Punjab, India
Occupation
Novelist
poet
essayist
Language
Punjabi (Gurmukhi)
Nationality
Indian
Period
1944–2017
Genre
Short story
romance
classic
memoir
realistic fiction
textbook
historical fiction
poetry
prose
autobiography
Subject
social customs and beliefs, social and gender equality, Khalistan, Left
Literary movement
Pro Left, Khalistan, Pro Punjab
Years active
1935-2019
Notable works
Sach nu Phansi (1944-novel)
Raat baki Hai (1954-novel)
Haani (1961-novel)
Bhavani (1961-poem)
Lahu Di Lo (1985-novel)
Ainion Chon Utho Surma (1985-novel)
Taushali di hanso (1993-novel)
Ik Hor Halen (2001-novel)
Punia Da Chanan (2007-Auto biography)
Dhur Dargaah (2017-Proverbs)
Notable awards
Sahitya Akademi Award (1995) Shiromani Punjabi Sahitkar (1990) Punjabi Sahit Shiromani Award (2007) Degree of Doctor of Literature by Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar (2008) Tagore Literature Award (2009) Lifetime Achievement Award by Punjab Kala Parishad (2018) Kartar Singh Dhaliwal Award (1986)
Spouses
Mukhtiar Kaur
Jaswant Kaur Gill
Children
5
Amarjit Kaur
Charanjeet Kaur
Kanwaljit Kaur
Roopinderjit Kaur
Sarbjit Singh Gill
Relatives
S. Mahla Singh (Father)
Website
www.jaswantsinghkanwal.com
Jaswant Singh Kanwal (27 June 1919 – 1 February 2020) was an Indian novelist, short story writer and essayist of the Punjabi language. He was born in the village of Dhudike, Moga District, Punjab, India.[1] As a young teenager he left school and went to Malaya. It was there that he first got interested in literature. He returned to Dhudike after a few years and has lived there ever since. He was awarded the Punjabi Sahit Shiromani Award[2] in the year 2007.
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^"Jaswant Kanwal chosen as Sahit Shiromani". UNP. 24 July 2008. Retrieved 29 July 2019.
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