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'''Sukhpal Vir Singh Hasrat''' (1938 – {{circa|2001}})<ref>{{cite web|title=The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Chandigarh Stories|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2002/20020902/cth1.htm#14|website=www.tribuneindia.com}}</ref> was an [[India]]n poet in the [[Punjabi language]].<ref>{{cite web|title=HASRAT, SUKHPAL VIR SINGH - Famous Women|url=https://www.thesikhencyclopedia.com/biographies/famous-women/hasrat-sukhpal-vir-singh|language=en-gb|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160917194007/https://www.thesikhencyclopedia.com/biographies/famous-women/hasrat-sukhpal-vir-singh|archive-date=17 September 2016|df=dmy-all}}</ref><br />
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== Early life ==<br />
Hasrat was born in 1938 in [[Khanewal]], [[British India]]. Hasrat and his family, however, moved to India after the [[partition of India]] in 1947. He attended and graduated from the [[Panjab University]], [[Chandigarh]].<ref name="Hasrat1">{{cite book|last1=Malhotra|first1=R. P.|last2=Arora|first2=Kuldeep|title=Encyclopaedic Dictionary of Punjabi Literature: A-L|year=2003|publisher=Global Vision Publishing House|isbn=9788187746522|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WLAwnSA2uwQC&q=Sukhpal+Vir+Singh+Hasrat&pg=PA240|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Lal|first1=Mohan|title=Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature: Sasay to Zorgot|year=1992|publisher=Sahitya Akademi|isbn=9788126012213|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KnPoYxrRfc0C&q=Sukhpal+Vir+Singh+Hasrat&pg=PA4216|language=en}}</ref><br />
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== Career ==<br />
After completing his education Hasrat joined the Public Relation Department of the [[Government of Punjab, India|Punjab Government]].<br />
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Following which he started serving as an editor of the Punjab Government's monthly journal, ''[[Jagriti]]''.<br />
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Hasrat's career as a poet started in 1966, when he published his poem collection &mdash; ''Sarsabaz Patjharhan''.<br />
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Throughout his career as a poet, Hasrat has published as many as twelve collections of his work. ''Hussan Kinare'', ''Hayati de somme'', ''Van kambia'', ''Shakti naad'', ''Hasrat kavya'', ''Shakti da darya'' being among his most significant collections.<br />
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Other than being a poet he has written a novel, a biography and few books on applied criticism.<ref name="Hasrat1"/><br />
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== Awards ==<br />
Hasrat received the [[Sahitya Akademi]] award for his book, ''Suraj te kahkashan'' in 1980. Two of his collections, ''Shakti naad'' and ''Suraj da kafla'' were awarded by the Government of Punjab. The books were marked as the best collections in Punjab for the years 1967–68 and 1971–72.<ref name="Hasrat1"/><ref>{{cite book|last1=George|first1=K. M.|title=Modern Indian Literature, an Anthology: Surveys and poems|year=1992|publisher=Sahitya Akademi|isbn=9788172013240|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=m1R2Pa3f7r0C&q=Sukhpal+Vir+Singh+Hasrat&pg=PA335|language=en}}</ref><br />
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