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'''Nirupama Dutt''' (born 1955) is an [[India]]n poet, journalist and translator.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.speakingtigerbooks.com/authors/nirupama-dutt/ |title=Nirupama Dutt |access-date=18 January 2021}}</ref> She writes poems in [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]], and translates them into English herself.<br />
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A senior journalist with forty years of experience, she has worked with leading Indian newspapers and journals. Her biography of [[Bant Singh]], a Dalit Icon, ''The Ballad of Bant Singh: A Qissa of Courage'' has been widely noticed.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.dnaindia.com/lifestyle/review-book-review-the-ballad-of-bant-singh-a-qissa-of-courage-2183164 |title=Book Review: The Ballad of Bant Singh- A Qissa of Courage |work=DNA India |last=Kulkarni |first=Dhaval |date=February 28, 2016 |access-date=January 18, 2021}}</ref> She has also translated the memoirs and poetry of Punjab's Dalit revolutionary poet [[Lal Singh Dil]] in a volume called ''Poet of the Revolution: The Memoirs and Poems of Lal Singh Dil''. She has published one volume of poems – ''Ik Nadi Sanwali Jahi'' (''A Stream Somewhat Dark'') – for which she was awarded the Punjabi Academy Award in 2000. Her poetry has been translated into English, [[Hindi]], [[Kannada]], [[Bengali language|Bengali]] and [[Urdu]] and featured in various anthologies. In 2004, she co-edited with [[Ajeet Cour]] an anthology of [[SAARC]](South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation) poetry entitled ''Our Voices''.<br />
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She has translated the short poems of Gulzar in a volume titled 'Pluto' and 'Stories of the Soil' is her translation of 41 Punjabi stories into English. She has also edited a book of fiction by Pakistani women writers called ''Half the Sky''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/4254645.stm |title=Pakistan women authors honoured |access-date=2008-01-31 |last=Jolly |first=Asit |date=2005-02-10 |work=BBC News }}</ref> and one of resistance literature of [[Pakistan]] called 'Children of the Night'.<br />
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As a journalist, Dutt has taken a strong [[secularist]] line standing against [[Islamic fundamentalism|fundamentalism]] and [[communalism]]. She has written on issues ranging from [[terrorism]] in Punjab, the November 1984 massacre of the [[Sikhs]], the [[Babri Masjid]] demolition and the [[Gujarat]] carnage.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.poetryinternational.org/pi/site/poet/item/7451/27/Nirupama-Dutt|title=Nirupama Dutt (poet) - India - Poetry International|website=www.poetryinternational.org|access-date=2019-11-09}}</ref> Nirupama's poetry has been featured on the Poetry Web International.<br />
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She is convener of a women's study group called Hamshira.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/love-will-keep-us-alive/513534|title=Love will keep us alive - Indian Express|website=archive.indianexpress.com|access-date=2019-11-09}}</ref> She lives and writes in [[Chandigarh]].<br />
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== Awards ==<br />
* [[Punjab Lalit Kala Akademi]] Sanman - 2019<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/chandigarh/punjab-lalit-kala-akademi-honours-artists/753943.html|title=Punjab Lalit Kala Akademi honours artists|date=6 April 2019|work=The Tribune|access-date=9 November 2019}}</ref><br />
* [[Punjabi Academy, Delhi|Punjabi Academy]] Award for ''Ik Nadi Sanwali Jahi'' (''A Stream Somewhat Dark'') - 2000<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lbZUDwAAQBAJ&q=Ik+Nadi+Sanwali+Jahi&pg=PT446|title=Legacies of the Homeland: 100 Must Read Books by Punjabi Authors|last=Singh|first=Paramjeet|date=2018-04-07|publisher=Notion Press|isbn=9781642494242|language=en}}</ref><br />
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