Amrita Pritam

Pinjar

Partition novel about a woman's trauma and displacement

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Amrita Pritam
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.

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