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{{Use Indian English|date=August 2018}}'''Sohinder Singh Wanjara Bedi''' (1924-2001) was a [[Punjabi people|Punjabi]] [[novelist]] and a [[British Indian]] born in [[Sialkot]], a city now part of [[Pakistan]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2001/20010828/nation.htm#11 | title=Punjabi writer Bedi dead | work=tribuneindia.com | accessdate=18 July 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.thesikhencyclopedia.com/biographies/famous-sikh-personalities/bedi-s-s-wanjara | title=S S Wanjara Bedi | work=thesikhencyclopedia.com | accessdate=18 July 2016}}</ref><br />
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==Personal life==<br />
Wanjara Bedi was born in [[Sialkot]], now in [[Pakistan]]. He did his M.A. in [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]] from the [[Punjabi University]] and Ph.D. from the [[University of Delhi]]. He worked as a senior lecturer of [[Dyal Singh College, Delhi|Dayal Singh College]], Delhi. Dr. Bedi has written some eighty books, which includes three collections of poems, five books on literary criticism, and some books on Punjab folklore. He has been a proud recipient of some fifteen prestigious literary awards, including the Sahitya Kala Parishad Award. He has been a member of some literary and cultural associations. Bedi's autobiography Galley Chikar Duri Ghar, the book chosen for the award, not only record the autobiographical details of the author's life but also explores new dimensions of a person's total view of life. For the maturity of thought, sincerity of expression the book is considered to be a great contribution to Punjabi literature.{{citation needed|date=July 2017}}<br />
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==Books==<br />
*Addhī miṭṭī, addhā sonā <ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.worldcat.org/title/adhi-mitte-adha-sona/oclc/59077240 | title=Addhī miṭṭī, addhā sonā | work=worldcat.org | accessdate=18 July 2016}}</ref> <br />
*Bātāṃ muḍḍha kadīma dīāṃ <br />
*Folk tales of India, <br />
*Folklore of the Punjab. <br />
*Galiey chikkad doori ghari <br />
*Galīe cikaṛu dūri gharu <br />
*Gurū Arajana Dewa Jī dī bāṇī wica loka-tatta. <br />
*Gurū Nānaka te loka-prawāha-Guru Nanak and folklore <br />
*Ika ghuṭa rasa dā. <br />
*Loka ākhade hana<br />
*Virse di phulkari <ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.worldcat.org/title/virse-di-phulkari/oclc/59049513 | title=Virse di phulkari | work=worldcat.org | accessdate=18 July 2016}}</ref><br />
*Panjabi lokdhara vishav kosh. Vol. 5, 'Kalh' ton 'ghorewah' tak.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.worldcat.org/title/panjabi-lokdhara-vishav-kosh-vol-5-kalh-ton-ghorewah-tak/oclc/59897532 | title=Panjabi lokdhara vishav kosh. Vol. 5, 'Kalh' ton 'ghorewah' tak. | work=worldcat.org | accessdate=18 July 2016}}</ref><br />
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==Awards==<br />
Bedi won the [[List of Sahitya Akademi Award winners for Punjabi|Sahitya Akademi Award]] in 1988 for his book ''Galiey Chikar Duri Ghar''.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://sahitya-akademi.gov.in/sahitya-akademi/awards/akademi%20samman_suchi.jsp#PUNJABI | title=1988 Galiey Chikar Duri Ghar (Autobiography) S.S. Wanjara Bedi | work=sahitya-akademi.gov.in | accessdate=18 July 2016}}</ref><br />
{{Main|List of Sahitya Akademi Award winners for Punjabi}}<br />
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[[Category:20th-century Indian novelists]]<br />
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