Prem Parkash
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Nawanshahar, Punjab Province, British India
Jalandhar, Punjab, India
Prem Parkash | |
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 Parkash in 1986 | |
| Born | 7 April 1932 Nawanshahar, Punjab Province, British India |
| Died | 30 March 2025 (aged 92) Jalandhar, Punjab, India |
| Occupation | Writer, farmer, teacher, editor, translator |
Prem Parkash (7 April 1932 – 30 March 2025) was an Indian writer from Punjab,[1] who "was one of the major short story writers in post-1947 East Punjabi literature."[2] He was also known as Prem Parkash Khannvi.
Parkash's native village is Bdeenpur, which once belonged to the Nabha dynasty. He took his basic education from Bhadson village and then went to Khanna for matriculation. [citation needed]. He did J.B.T. from Christian Basic Training School Kharar. He completed his graduation in 1963–64 and then post-graduation from Panjab University, Chandigarh in Urdu.
Parkash began his career as a farmer in Badgujjran near Amloh. He then taught in a primary school from 1953 up to 1962 then worked as an editor of an Urdu newspaper in Jalandhar from 1964 up to 1969 and then as a sub-editor for Hind Samachar from 1969 to 1990. In 1970, he started a literary magazine, Lakeer, in collaboration with Surjit Hans. [3] He died on 30 March 2025, at the age of 92.[4]
Works
Some of his works include:[citation needed]
Stories
- ਕੱਚਕੜੇ (1966) – Kacche Ghadhe
- ਨਮਾਜ਼ੀ (1971) – Namazi
- ਮੁਕਤੀ (1980) – Mukti
- ਸ਼੍ਵੇਤਾਂਬਰ ਨੇ ਕਿਹਾ ਸੀ (1983) – Shetambar ne kiha si
- ਕੁਝ ਅਣਕਿਹਾ ਵੀ (1990) (Awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award) – Kuchh Ankiha vi
- ਰੰਗਮੰਚ ਤੇ ਭਿਕਸ਼ੂ (1995) – Rangmunch te Bhikshu
- ਸੁਣਦੈਂ ਖ਼ਲੀਫ਼ਾ (2001) – Sundaen Khalifa
- ਕਥਾ ਅਨੰਤ (all stories in a single volume) (1995) – Katha Anant
- Deadline and Other stories (2001)
