Amrita Pritam
Punjabi poet and novelist whose lament for Partition, Ajj Akhan Waris Shah Nu, is the most celebrated poem in modern Punjabi literature. She was the first woman to receive the Sahitya Akademi Award.
Punjabi poet and novelist whose lament for Partition, Ajj Akhan Waris Shah Nu, is the most celebrated poem in modern Punjabi literature. She was the first woman to receive the Sahitya Akademi Award.