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{{Infobox writer<br />
| name = Prem Parkash<br />
| image = Prem Parkash. Jalandhar. 1986 by Amarjit Chandan.jpg<br />
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| caption = Prem Parkash in 1986<br />
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1932|4|7}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Nawanshahar]], [[Punjab Province (British India)|Punjab]], [[British India]]<br />
| occupation = writer, farmer, teacher, subeditor<br />
| death_date = <br />
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'''Prem Parkash''' (born 7 April 1932) is a writer from [[Punjab, India|Punjab]], India.<ref name="BakshiSharma1998">{{cite book|author1=S. R. Bakshi|author2=Sita Ram Sharma|author3=S. Gajnani|title=Parkash Singh Badal: Chief Minister of Punjab|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cyebnJdCFlEC&pg=PA213|date=1 January 1998|publisher=APH Publishing|isbn=978-81-7024-987-0|pages=213–}}</ref> He "is one of the major short story writers in post-1947 East [[Punjabi literature]]."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.paperbackswap.com/Prem-Parkash/author/|title=Prem Parkash: , and a List of Books by Author Prem Parkash|work=paperbackswap.com|accessdate=14 February 2015}}</ref> He is also known as '''Prem Parkash Khannvi'''.<br />
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==Early life and career==<br />
Parkash's native village is Bdeenpur which once belonged to the [[Nabha]] dynasty. He took his basic education from Bhadson village and then went to [[Khanna, Ludhiana|Khanna]] for matriculation.{{citation needed|date=December 2014}}. He did J.B.T. from Christian Basic Training School ([[Kharar, Mohali|Kharar]]). He completed his graduation in 1963–64 and then post-graduation from [[Panjab University, Chandigarh|Punjab University]], Chandigarh in [[Urdu]].<br />
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Parkash began his career as a farmer in Badgujjran near Amloh. Parkash then taught in a primary school from 1953 up to 1962 then worked as an editor of an Urdu newspaper in [[Jalandhar]] from 1964 up to 1969 and then as a sub-editor for ''[[Hind Samachar]]'' from 1969 to 1990. In 1990, he started a [[literary magazine]] ''Lakeer'' in collaboration with Surjit Haans.<ref name="Dutt2010">{{cite book|author=Nirupama Dutt|title=Stories of the Soil: Classic Punjabi Stories|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=He0kKXoo0t8C&pg=PA311|year=2010|publisher=Penguin Books India|isbn=978-0-14-306858-7|pages=311–}}</ref><br />
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==Works==<br />
Some of his works include:{{citation needed|date=December 2014}}<br />
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===Stories===<br />
* ਕੱਚ-ਕੜੇ (1966) - Kacche Ghadhe<br />
* ਨਮਾਜ਼ੀ (1971) - Namazi<br />
* ਮੁਕਤੀ (1980) - Mukti<br />
* ਸ਼੍ਵੇਤਾਮਬਰ ਨੇ ਕਿਹਾ ਸੀ (1983) - Shetambar ne keha si<br />
* ਕੁਝ ਅਣਕਿਹਾ ਵੀ (1990) (Awarded the [[Sahitya Akademi Award]]) - Kuch Ankeha vi<br />
* ਰੰਗਮੰਚ ਤੇ ਭਿਕਸ਼ੂ (1995) - Rangmunch te Bhikshu<br />
* ਸੁਣਦੈਂ ਖ਼ਲੀਫ਼ਾ (2001) - Sundaen Khalifa<br />
* ਕਥਾ ਅਨੰਤ (all stories in a single volume) (1995) - Katha Anant<br />
* Deadline and Other stories (2001)<br />
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==Stories adapted for films==<br />
* ਬੰਗਲਾ - Bangla<br />
* ਮਾੜਾ ਬੰਦਾ - Mada Banda<br />
* ਡਾਕਟਰ ਸ਼ਕੁੰਤਲਾ - Doctor Shakuntala<br />
* ਗੋਈ - Gori<br />
* ਨਿਰਵਾਣ - Nirvaan<br />
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==Awards Won==<br />
* Punjabi Sahit Academy 1982<br />
* Bhai Veer Singh Vartak Puraskar 1986<br />
* Sahitya Academi (National) 1992<br />
* Punjabi Sahit Academy, Dehli 1994<br />
* Punjabi Sahit Academy, Ludhiana 1996<br />
* Katha Samman, Katha Sansthan, Dehli 1996-97<br />
* Shiromani Sahitkar, Bhasha Vibhag, Punjab 2002<br />
* Punjabi Sahit Rattan, Bhasha Vibhag, Punjab 2011<br />
* Punjab Gaurav, Punjab Kala Parishad 2019<br />
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===Autobiography===<br />
*ਬੰਦੇ ਅੰਦਰ ਬੰਦੇ (1993) - Bande Andar Bande<br />
*ਆਤਮ ਮਾਯਾ (2005) - Atam Maya<br />
*ਮੇਰੀ ਉਰਦੂ ਅਖਬਾਰ ਨਵੀਸੀ (2007) - Meri Urdu Akhbar Navisi<br />
*ਦੇਖ ਬੰਦੇ ਦੇ ਭੇਖ (2013) - Dekh Bande de Bhekh<br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:1932 births]]<br />
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[[Category:20th-century Indian short story writers]]<br />
[[Category:Writers from Punjab, India]]<br />
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