Manjit Tiwana
Manjit Tiwana (born 1947) is an Indian poet. Her first poem was published in Nagmani when she was only sixteen. Manjit has authored seven collections of poetry, the significant poetical works are: Ilham (1976), Ilzam (1980), Tarian di joon (1982), Unida Wartman (1987), Savitri (1989) and Jin Prem Kiyo.[1]
Awards
She is the recipient of the Sahitya Akademi award[2] (1990) for Uninda Wartman (Poetry) and the Shiromani Punjabi Kavi Puraskar by Punjab State Languages Department for the year 1999.[3]
References
- ^ "Yahoo | Mail, Weather, Search, Politics, News, Finance, Sports & Videos". Archived from the original on 26 October 2009.
- ^ "Awards & fellowships-Akademi Awards". www.sahitya-akademi.gov.in. Archived from the original on 18 August 2008.
- ^ "The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Punjab".
External links
- Poetry by Tiwana at the Wayback Machine (archived 28 October 2009)
- The Trio of Punjabi Poetesses