Dalip Kaur Tiwana

Dr. Dalip Kaur Tiwana is a foremost novelist and short-story writer of contemporary Punjabi literature. She has won awards, both regional and national, and is a widely translated author. She retired as Professor of Punjabi, and Dean, Faculty of Languages, Punjabi University, Patiala.

Biography

Dalip Kaur Tiwana was born on May 4,1935 in village Rabbon in the Ludhiana district of Punjab in a well-to-do land-owning family. She was educated at Patiala, where her uncle, Sardar Sahib Tara Singh Sidhu was Inspector General of Prisons. She had a distinguished academic career. She got first class first in M.A., and was the first woman in the region to get the Ph.D. degree from the Panjab University, Chandigarh.[1]

In 1963, She joined the Punjabi University, Patiala as a Lecturer and then went on to become Professor [2] and Head of the Department of Punjabi, and Dean, Faculty of Languages. She was a brilliant teacher and researcher and made a significant contribution to literary and critical studies in Punjabi. She was also a UGC National Lecturer for a year.

She is married to sociologist and Poet Prof Bhupinder Singh and has a son Simranjeet, who is working for Ph.D in electronics. Dr Tiwana lives with her family on the campus of Punjabi University Patiala, where she is life fellow and writer-in-residence.

Collection

Novels: 1.Agni Prikhya 2.Eho Hamara Jiwna 3.Waat Hamari 4.Teeli da Nishaan 5.Sooraj te Samandar 6.Doosri Seeta 7.With-in Without 8.Sarkandyaan de Des 9.Dhupp Chhaan te Rukh 10.Sabh Des Paraya 11.Hey Ram 12.Lambi Udaari 13.Peele Pattyaan di daastan 14.Hastaakhar 15.Pairchaal 16.Rin Pittraan da 17.Air wair mildayaan 18.Langh gaye dariya 19.Jimi puchhay asmaan 20.Katha kuknoos di 21.Duni suhava baagh 22.Katha kaho urvashi 23.Bhaujal 24.Oh taan pari si 25.Moh maaya 26.Janam juye haarya 27.Khada pukare pattani 28.Paunaan di jind meri 29.Khitij ton paar 30.Teen lok se nyari 31.Tumri katha kahi na jaye 32.Vichre sabho vaari vaari 33.Takhat hazara door kude Stories: 1.Merian saariyaan kahaniyaan 2.Kise di dhee 3.Saadhna 4.Yaatra 5.Ik kudi 6.Tera Kamra mera kamra 7.Panjaan vich parmeshar 8.Fullan dian kahaniyaan 9.Panchhiyaan dian kahaniyaan 10.Baabaniyaan kahaniyaan 11.Putt saputt karen 12.Paidaan 13.Kaale likh na lekh 14.Athhe pehar Biography: Dr Mohan singh Diwana Autobiography: 1.Nange Pairaan da safar 2.Poochte ho to suno 3.Tere mere sarokaar 4.Jeeun joge 5.Turdyaan turdyaan

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English Translations: 1.Such is her fate 2.Twilight 3.Mark of the nosepin 4.Tell the tale Urvashi (Forthcoming)

The characters in Tiwana's novels and short-stories are the downtrodden and the innocent rural folk with suppressed desires and passions. Tragedy and irony mark the main elements of her fiction. Complex inner duality of the female psyche is the chief theme of Tiwana. Besides her achievement in fiction, Tiwana has written two books on literary criticism too.

Awards

Academic

Literary

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://www.ludhianadistrict.com/personality/dalip-kaur-tiwana.php
  2. ↑ http://www.quamiekta.com/englishnews/p.php?q=1353
  3. ↑ http://www.sikh-history.com/sikhhist/personalities/literature/dalipktiwana.html
  4. ↑ http://www.sahitya-akademi.gov.in/old_version/awa10316.htm#punjabi
  5. ↑ http://www.tribuneindia.com/2002/20020125/nation.htm#8