Waryam Singh Sandhu

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{{short description|Indian author of short stories (born 1945)}}
{{BLP sources|date=April 2018}}
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{{Use Indian English|date=April 2018}}
{{Infobox writer 
| name = Waryam Singh Sandhu
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1945|09|10}}
| birth_place = Nanke, [[Amritsar district]], [[Punjab Province (British India)|Punjab]], [[British Raj]]
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| occupation = Author
| language = [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]]
| period = 1967–present
| genre = short story
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| movement = socialism
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| spouse = Rajwant Kaur Sandhu
| children = Rupinder Kaur, Supan Sandhu, Ramneek Kaur
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'''Waryam Singh Sandhu''' (born 10 September 1945) is an Indian author of short stories. In 2000, he was awarded the [[Sahitya Akademi Award]] for his short story collection ''Chauthi koot''.<ref name=sahitya>{{cite news|title=Sahitya Akademi awards presented|url=http://hindu.com/2001/02/21/stories/0221000z.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131105080937/http://hindu.com/2001/02/21/stories/0221000z.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 November 2013|accessdate=27 June 2012|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|date=21 February 2001}}</ref> Although he writes in [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]],<ref>{{cite book|title=Towards the Contemporary Period: From the Mid-nineteenth to the End of the Twentieth Century|year=2005|publisher=UNESCO|isbn=9231039857|author=Chahryar Adle |author2=Madhavan K. Palat |author3=Anara Tabyshalieva|page=894}}</ref> his works have been translated into [[Hindi]], [[Bengali language|Bengali]], [[Urdu]] and [[English language|English]].

==Early life==
Sandhu was born in the village of Nanke in [[Punjab Province (British India)|British Punjab]] in 1945. He was the oldest of six children; three brothers and two sisters. After graduating with a [[Bachelor of Education]] degree, he became a school teacher.

==Career==
Sandhu published his first story "Akhan Vich Mar Gayi Khushi" in the Punjabi magazine ''Preetlari''.<ref>{{cite news |author1=Sanjam Preet Singh |title=Stringing it together with love |url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/archive/stringing-it-together-with-love-835495 |work=The Tribune |date=22 September 2019}}</ref>
In 1998, he released ''Chauthi koot''. In 2015, two stories from the collection were adapted into the film ''[[The Fourth Direction]]''.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Gupta |first1=Trisha |title="Writing and cinema are completely different": An interview with Gurvinder Singh |url=https://caravanmagazine.in/vantage/writing-cinema-completely-different-interview-gurvinder-singh |work=The Caravan |date=10 August 2016}}</ref>

Sandhu, who holds a [[Doctor of Philosophy]] degree, retired as a lecturer from [[Lyallpur Khalsa College]], [[Jalandhar]]. He entered into the arena of non-fiction after his retirement, penning several volumes about the [[Ghadar Party]]. In 2019, he returned his Sahitya Akademi Award in protest of the [[Premiership of Narendra Modi|Modi administration]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Mujtaba Hussain, Renowned Urdu Author, To return Padma Shri Award Over 'Atmosphere Of Fear In India' |url=https://www.newsnation.in/india/news/mujtaba-hussain-renowned-urdu-author-to-return-padma-shri-award-over-atmosphere-of-fear-in-india-247938.html |publisher=News Nation |date=18 December 2019}}</ref>

==Works==

===Short story collections===
*1971 ''Lohe De hath''
*1981 ''Ang sang''
*1987 ''Bhajian Bahin''
*1998 ''Chauthi koot''
*2000 ''Til Phul''
* 2021 Jamraud
* Apna Apna Hissa (Selected 15 stories)
*''Chonvian Kahanian'' (Jatt Di Jun)
*..Til-Ful te Hor Kahania

===Non-fiction===
*''Kulwant Singh Virk Da Kahani Sansar''
*''Kushti Da Dhroo Tara-Kartar Singh''
*''Pardesi Panjab''
*..Vagdi-E-Ravi
*..Novelkar Sohan Singh Seetal-Smaj-Shashtri pripekh
*..Padhia-Vachia
*..Sahitak-Swaijiwani
*..Gupha Vichli Udaan
*..Ghadri Jarnail Kartar Singh Sarabha
*..Sahid Bhai Mewa Singh Lopoke
*..Ghadar Lehar di Gatha
*..Ghadri Babe Kaun San
*..Ghadar Lehar da Choumukhia Chirag
*Guru Nank Patshah nu MildiaN

==Awards==
*1979 Hira Singh Dard Award
*1980 Bhai Veer Singh Purskar from [[Guru Nanak Dev University]]
*1981 Punjab Sahit Academy Award
*1990 [[Sujan Singh]] Purskar
*1992 Navtej Singh Purskar
*1993 Manjit Yadgari Purskar Canada
*1997 Waris-Shah Purskar-Punjabi Sath
*1988 [[Kulwant Singh Virk]] Purskar
*1999 Maulavi Ghulam Rasool Purskar
*1999 Sahit Trust Dhudike Purskar
*1999 Punjab Lok Sabhiacharik Manch Purskar
*2000 Hashim Shah Purskar
*2000 Pash Yadgari Purskar
*2000 Kartar Singh Dhaliwal Purskar
*2000 [[List of Sahitya Akademi Award winners for Punjabi|Sahitya Akademi Award for Punjabi]]<ref name=sahitya/>
*2001 Waris Shah Purskar-World Punjabi Conference Lahore
*2002 Punjab Rattan Purskar
*2003 Sharomani Punjabi Sahitkar Award-Bhasha Vibhag Punjab
*2003 Waris Shah Purskar-World Punjabi Conference London
*2019 Punjab Gaurav Purskar-Punjab Arts Council

==References==
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[[Category:Punjabi-language writers]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Sahitya Akademi Award in Punjabi]]
[[Category:Indian male short story writers]]
[[Category:Guru Nanak Dev University faculty]]
[[Category:1945 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:People from Jalandhar]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian short story writers]]
[[Category:Writers from Punjab, India]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian male writers]]

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