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'''Prabhjot Kaur''' (6 July 1924 – 24 November 2016), was a Punjabi author and poet. <br />
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==Biography==<br />
She was born in Gujrat, [[British India]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.thesikhencyclopedia.com/biographies/famous-sikh-personalities/kaur-prabhjot-1924 |title=KAUR, PRABHJOT (1924 - ) - Famous Sikh personalities |date=2016-09-17 |access-date=2018-01-07 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160917192213/https://www.thesikhencyclopedia.com/biographies/famous-sikh-personalities/kaur-prabhjot-1924 |archive-date=2016-09-17 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n88648809/ | title=Prabhjot Kaur worldcat. | work=worldcat.org | access-date=6 July 2016}}</ref><ref name="tribune">{{Cite web |url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/nation/punjabi-poet-prabhjot-kaur-passes-away/328108.html |title=Punjabi poet Prabhjot Kaur passes away |publisher=tribuneindia.com}}</ref><br />
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Kaur married [[Narenderpal Singh]], who was also a writer and novelist.<ref name="tribune" /> She lived in Defence Colony, New Delhi. She had two daughters, Anupama & Nirupma. Nirupma was married to Harinder Singh, son of Hukam Singh, First speaker of Parliament. Anupama was married to former Indian Army Chief J.J.Singh.<br />
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==Books and poems==<br />
* ''Plateau''<br />
* ''Dreams die young''<ref>{{cite book | url=http://www.worldcat.org/title/dreams-die-young-poems/oclc/7548887 | title=Dreams die young | work=worldcat.org | oclc=7548887 | access-date=7 July 2016}}</ref> <br />
* ''Pabbī : Pañjābī kavitā-saṅkalana''<br />
* ''Zindagī de kujha pala'' <br />
* ''Kiṇake''<br />
* ''Madhiāntara''<br />
* ''Candara yuga : kawitāwāṃ''<br />
* ''Khāṛī ''<br />
* ''Kandhárí hawá'' <br />
* ''Bolaṇa dī nahīṃ jā we aṛiā''<br />
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==Awards and honours== <br />
* Kaur, along with her husband Narenderpal Singh, won the [[List of Sahitya Akademi Award winners for Punjabi|Sahitya Akademi Award]] in 1964 for her collection of poems, "Pabbi". <br />
* [[Padma Shri]] award,<ref>{{cite web | url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/YearWiseListOfRecipientsBharatRatnaPadmaAwards-1954-2014.pdf | title=Year wise list of Padma Shri recipients - 1954 to 2014. | work=mha.nic.in | access-date=6 July 2016 | pages=Page 27 of 193 No. 42 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161115022326/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/YearWiseListOfRecipientsBharatRatnaPadmaAwards-1954-2014.pdf | archive-date=15 November 2016 | url-status=dead }}</ref> 1967.<br />
* "La Rose de France" award, 1968<br />
* [[Poetry Society of America]] has decorated her with Distinguished Order of Poetry.<br />
*Nominated to the [[Vidhan Parishad]] of [[Punjab]].<br />
*Member of [[UNESCO]]<br />
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