Tara Singh Kamil (15 August 1929 - 1993) was a Punjabi poet. He won the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1989 for his poetry collection Kahikashan.[1]
Biography
Tara Singh was born in village Hookran, Hoshiarpur district, British Punjab (now Punjab, India).[citation needed] He lived in New Delhi.[2]
He was a carpenter by profession and frequently performed at kavi darbars (poetry recitals).[3]
Literary style
Tara Singh's Sahitya Akademi Award winning collection Kahikashan has two primary themes; love and the situation of Punjab. His love poetry is not romantic poetry but "of a different hue".[4]
References
- ↑ "..:: SAHITYA : Akademi Awards ::." sahitya-akademi.gov.in. Retrieved 2024-05-04.
- ↑ Singh, Jaspal (26 November 2017). "New vistas of Punjabi prose".
- ↑ Singh, Khushwant. A History of the Sikhs: Volume 2: 1839-2004 (2nd edn).
- ↑ Punni, Amrik Singh (1989). "Punjabi Scene: Love Poetry, Marxism and Punjab". Indian Literature. 32 (6 (134)): 161–168. ISSN 0019-5804.