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| caption = Sawhny at the 2013 ''[[Delhi Poetry Festival]]''<br />
| name = Ashok Sawhny<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1937|12|06}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Lahore]], now in Pakistan<br />
| occupation = Poet, businessman, film producer<br />
| nationality = Indian<br />
| alma_mater = [[St. Stephen's College, Delhi]]<br />
| genre = Poetry<br />
| website = {{URL|ashoksawhny.com}}<br />
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[[File:Abhishek Singhvi and Ashok Sawhny dpf01.jpg|thumb|Sawhny with Indian politician [[Abhishek Singhvi]]]]<br />
'''Ashok Sawhny''' (born 1937) is bilingual Indian poet, film producer and businessman.<ref name="hindu09">{{Cite news |author= Anupama Raju | title =Words of wisdom: Optimistic and reassuring, Ashok Sawhny’s poems are an enjoyable read. | url =http://www.hindu.com/lr/2009/08/02/stories/2009080250180400.htm | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20110819043008/http://www.hindu.com/lr/2009/08/02/stories/2009080250180400.htm | url-status =dead | archive-date =19 August 2011 | date =2 August 2009 |newspaper= [[The Hindu]] | accessdate = 25 June 2013 }}</ref><ref name="thehindu">{{Cite news | title = A collection of short lyrics for all occasions | url = http://www.thehindu.com/books/article42455.ece |newspaper = The Hindu | date = 3 November 2009 | accessdate = 25 June 2013 }}</ref> He is founder and President of Monarch International (established 1978),<ref name="hindu08">{{Cite news | title = Private aviation firms sore over DGCA norms | url = http://www.hindu.com/2008/10/19/stories/2008101956700800.htm | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20081022060543/http://www.hindu.com/2008/10/19/stories/2008101956700800.htm | url-status = dead | archive-date = 22 October 2008 | date = 19 October 2008 | newspaper = [[The Hindu]] | accessdate = 25 June 2013 }}</ref> an international trading company with offices in several countries.<ref name="AS">{{cite web |url=http://www.ashoksawhny.com/aboutus1.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130628111523/http://www.ashoksawhny.com/aboutus1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2013-06-28 |title=About Poet |publisher=ashoksawhny.com |accessdate=13 October 2009 }}</ref><br />
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== Early life ==<br />
Sawhny was born in the year 1937 in [[Lahore]], Pakistan. He attended [[Modern School (New Delhi)|Modern School]], New Delhi followed by [[St. Stephen's College, Delhi]]<br />
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==Career==<br />
Sawhny worked with Indian Industry till 1977, before starting with his own company, Monarch International in 1978,.<ref>[http://www.monarchinternational.biz/profile.htm Profile] Monarch International</ref> trading internationally with offices in several countries.<ref name="AS"/> He has also critically acclaimed film, ''[[Listen Amaya]]'' (2013), starring Farooq Shaikh and Deepti Naval.<ref>{{IMDb name|5385425}}</ref><br />
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Ashok sawhney has penned 13 solo poetry books so far.<ref name="cyb">{{cite web|url=http://www.cyberwit.net/authors/ashok-sawhny|title=Ashok Sawhny |publisher=Cyberwit.net|date= 26 December 2012 |accessdate=26 December 2012}}</ref> He has been published in anthologies alongside [[A. P. J. Abdul Kalam]], [[Gulzar]], [[Ruskin Bond]], [[Deepti Naval]], [[Shashi Tharoor]], [[Irshad Kamil]], and [[Kapil Sibal]].<ref name="cyb-2">{{cite web|url=http://www.cyberwit.net/publications/442|title=Inklinks |publisher=Cyberwit.net|date= 26 December 2012 |accessdate=26 December 2012}}</ref><br />
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==Bibliography==<br />
*''The Sands of Time and Other Poems'' {{ISBN|978-1-84748-493-2}}<br />
*''As Time Goes By: And Other Poems'' {{ISBN|978-1-84748-538-0}}<br />
*''Chequerboard and Other Poems'' {{ISBN|978-1-84748-637-0}}<br />
*''Fruit Salad: Poems for Children'' {{ISBN|978-1-84748-620-2}}<br />
*''To Have Loved'' {{ISBN|978-1-84748-725-4}}<br />
*''The Tyranny of Truth and Other Poems'' {{ISBN|978-1-84748-795-7}}<br />
*''The Mango Grove at Kashipur'' {{ISBN|978-1-84748-848-0}}<br />
*''Think Poetry, Think Haikus'' {{ISBN|978-1-78035-466-8}}<br />
*''11 Short Stories'' {{ISBN|978-1-78035-514-6}}<br />
*''Till the End of Time and Other Poems'' {{ISBN|978-1-78035-314-2}}<br />
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== References ==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [http://www.ashoksawhny.com/ Ashok Sawhny, website]<br />
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