Mohinder Singh Sarna

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Mohinder Singh Sarna (1923, Rawalpindi, Punjab, British India - 2001) was an Indian civil servant and novelist who wrote in the Punjabi language.{{cite web |title=Mohinder Singh Sarna |url=http://rupapublications.co.in/authors/mohinder-singh-sarna/ |publisher=Rupa Publications |accessdate=31 July 2019}}{{cite news | url=https://www.thehindu.com/books/books-authors/hope-is-alive/article5554073.ece | title= Hope is alive | date=8 January 2014 | newspaper=The Hindu | first1=Abir | last1=Ahmed | first2=Rupal | last2=Raina | accessdate=28 December 2018}} He won the 1994 Sahitya Akademi Award for his short story collection Nawen Yug De Waris. He served as an officer of Indian Audit and Accounts Service from the 1950 batch and is the father of diplomat Navtej Sarna.

==Books==

  • Naweṃ yugga de wārasa
  • Aba jhūjana ko dāu : mahāṅkāwi
  • Aurata īmāna
  • Camakaura.
  • Dukh Bhanjan Tera Naam
  • Gāthā g̲h̲ama de māriāṃ dī
  • Inheritors of a new age{{cite book | url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/61446080 | title=Inheritors of a new age | via=worldcat.org | oclc=61446080 | accessdate=14 July 2016}}
  • Katala pañjāṃ pạ̄ṇīāṃ dā : desha-waṇḍa dīāṃ kahāṇīāṃ
  • Kāliñgā.

Awards

Sarna won the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1994 for his book Nawen Yug De Waris (Short stories){{cite web | url=http://sahitya-akademi.gov.in/sahitya-akademi/awards/akademi%20samman_suchi.jsp#PUNJABI | title=AKADEMI AWARDS 1994 | work=sahitya-akademi.gov.in | accessdate=14 July 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304084937/http://sahitya-akademi.gov.in/sahitya-akademi/awards/akademi%20samman_suchi.jsp#PUNJABI | archive-date=4 March 2016 | url-status=dead }}

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