Atamjit Singh is a Sahitya Akademi Award winning Punjabi playwright.[1][2] He returned his Sahitya Akademi Award in October 2015.[3][4] Singh is a part of the Dakshinayan Abhiyan.[5]

Books and plays

Awards

Main article: List of Sahitya Akademi Award winners for Punjabi

Singh won the Sahitya Akademi Award in 2009 for Tatti Tavi Da Sach (Play)[6] and the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 2011.[7]

References

  1. ^ "Sahitya Akademi Award". indianexpress.com. 26 December 2009. Retrieved 17 July 2016.
  2. ^ "Revolutionary Road". indianexpress.com. 31 August 2012. Retrieved 17 July 2016.
  3. ^ "9 writers return Sahitya awards, 1 quits Akademi". 12 October 2015.
  4. ^ Bureau, National (12 October 2015). "More writers return Akademi awards". The Hindu – via www.thehindu.com.
  5. ^ "A movement towards progressive thought". The Navhind Times. 27 October 2016.
  6. ^ "Sahitya Akademi Award 2009 for Tatti Tavi Da Sach". sahitya-akademi.gov.in. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 17 July 2016.
  7. ^ "Noted Punjabi playwright Atamjit Singh gets Sangeet Natak Akademi award". timesofindia.indiatimes.com. 21 January 2011. Retrieved 17 July 2016.


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