Prabhjot Kaur

Prabhjot Kaur (6 July 1924 – 24 November 2016), was a Punjabi author and poet.

Biography
She was born in Gujrat, British India.

Kaur married Narenderpal Singh, who was also a writer and novelist. She lived in Defence Colony, New Delhi. She had two daughters, Anupama & Nirupma. Nirupma was married to Harinder Singh, son of Hukam Singh, First speaker of Parliament. Anupama was married to former Indian Army Chief J.J.Singh.

Books and poems

 * Plateau
 * Dreams die young
 * Pabbī : Pañjābī kavitā-saṅkalana
 * Zindagī de kujha pala
 * Kiṇake
 * Madhiāntara
 * Candara yuga : kawitāwāṃ
 * Khāṛī 
 * Kandhárí hawá
 * Bolaṇa dī nahīṃ jā we aṛiā

Awards and honours

 * Kaur, along with her husband Narenderpal Singh, won the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1964 for her collection of poems, "Pabbi".
 * Padma Shri award, 1967.
 * "La Rose de France" award, 1968
 * Poetry Society of America has decorated her with Distinguished Order of Poetry.
 * Nominated to the Vidhan Parishad of Punjab.
 * Member of UNESCO