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| name = Gurdev Singh Rupana<br />
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| birth_date = {{ birth date |df=y|1936|4|13}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Rupana]], [[Sri Muktsar Sahib district|Sri Muktsar Sahib]], [[Punjab, India|Punjab]]<br />
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|2021|12|5|1936|4|13}}<br />
| death_place = Rupana, Sri Muktsar Sahib, Punjab<br />
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| language = [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]]<br />
| period = ਭਾਰਤ ਦੀ ਆਜ਼ਾਦੀ ਤੋਂ ਬਾਅਦ - 2021<br />
| genre = ਕਹਾਣੀ<br />
| subject = ਸਮਾਜਕ<br />
| movement = ਸਮਾਜਵਾਦ<br />
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'''Gurdev Singh Rupana''' (13 April 1936 - 5 December 2021) was a Punjabi short story writer. He won the [[List of Sahitya Akademi Award winners for Punjabi|Sahitya Akademi Award]] in 2020<ref>{{Cite web |title=..:: SAHITYA : Akademi Awards ::.. |url=https://sahitya-akademi.gov.in/awards/akademi%20samman_suchi.jsp#PUNJABI |access-date=2024-05-03 |website=sahitya-akademi.gov.in}}</ref> and was a finalist for the [[The Dhahan Prize|Dhahan Prize]] in 2019 for his short story collection ''Aam Khaas''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=2019 Winners Archives |url=https://dhahanprize.com/book-series/2019-winners/ |access-date=2024-05-03 |website=The Dhahan Prize For Punjabi Literature |language=en-US}}</ref><br />
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== Biography ==<br />
Rupana did his post-graduation studies in [[Punjabi literature]] from the [[Delhi University]]. He started his career as a schoolteacher in [[Delhi]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2021-12-06 |title=Punjabi short-story writer Rupana dies |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/chandigarh-news/punjabi-short-story-writer-rupana-dies-101638732944702.html |access-date=2024-05-03 |website=Hindustan Times |language=en}}</ref><br />
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He went on to do a PhD about the life and works of Punjabi poet [[Qadir Yar]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=7 December 2021 |title=Master storyteller Gurdev Singh Rupana dies at 85 |url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/punjab/master-storyteller-rupana-dies-at-85-347241 |work=[[The Tribune]]}}</ref><br />
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He died at the age of 85 in his native village, Rupana of [[Sri Muktsar Sahib district]]. He is survived by his wife Gurmail Kaur and two sons; Nempal Singh and Preetpal Singh Rupana.<ref name=":0" /><br />
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== References ==<br />
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[[Category:Recipients of the Sahitya Akademi Award in Punjabi]]<br />
[[Category:1936 births]]<br />
[[Category:2021 deaths]]<br />
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