Ajmer Singh Aulakh

Ajmer Singh Aulakh (19 August 1942 – 15 June 2017) was a renowned Punjabi playwright from Mansa district, Punjab. 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

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
 * 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).