Narenderpal Singh
{{short description|Indian novelist (1923–2003))}}
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Narenderpal Singh or Narinder Pal Singh (17 October 1923 – {{circa}} May 2003) was an Indian novelist who wrote in Punjabi. He was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1976 for his book Baa Mulahaza Hoshiar by the Government of India.{{cite book |title=Two-in-one Special Edition of the International Authors and Writers Who's Who, International Who's who in Poetry |date=1982 |publisher=International Biographical Centre |page=935 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0iI4AAAAIAAJ&q=Narenderpal+Singh++october+17+1924 |access-date=14 March 2021}}
Life and career
Singh was born in Lyallpur, British India on 17 October 1923. He served in the armed forces from 1942, serving in West Asia during World War II. He later served as a military attache and was Military Secretary to the President of India from 1962–1966. He retired with the rank of Brigadier in 1972.{{cite encyclopedia | url=https://www.thesikhencyclopedia.com/biographies/famous-sikh-personalities/singh-narinderpal-1922-23 | title=Narenderpal Singh | encyclopedia=thesikhencyclopedia.com | accessdate=7 July 2016 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160917191754/https://www.thesikhencyclopedia.com/biographies/famous-sikh-personalities/singh-narinderpal-1922-23 | archivedate=17 September 2016 }}
Singh was married to poet Prabhjot Kaur, who died in November 2016, at the age of 92.[https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/archive/features/punjabi-poet-prabhjot-kaur-passes-away-328108 Punjabi poet Prabhjot Kaur passes away] Singh suffered from osteoarthritis in later life. He died in 2003, at the age of 79.{{cite news |last1=Hans |first1=S. S. |title=End of a literary dynast |url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/2003/20030509/punjab1.htm#26 |access-date=6 March 2023 |publisher=Tribune India |date=9 May 2003}}
==Books==
- Trapped{{cite book | url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/7173063 | title=Trapped | via=worldcat.org | oclc=7173063 | accessdate=7 July 2016}}
- On the Crest of Time{{cite book | url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/7955394 | title=On the crest of time | via=worldcat.org | oclc=7955394 | accessdate=7 July 2016}}
- The Flaming Hills{{cite book | url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/8126950 | title=The flaming hills | via=worldcat.org | oclc=8126950 | accessdate=7 July 2016}}
- Mohan Singh
- Furrows in the Snow
- Light Stands Aside
- Crossroads
- Sūtaradhāra
- Ṭāpū
- Wālahu Nikkī
Awards
He won the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1976 for his book Baa Mulahaza Hoshiar (Be prepared for the royal visit).{{cite web | url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/book-review-trapped-by-narenderpal-singh/1/427975.html | title=Sahitya Akademi Award for 1976 | work=indiatoday.intoday.in | accessdate=7 July 2016}}{{cite web | url=http://sahitya-akademi.gov.in/sahitya-akademi/awards/akademi%20samman_suchi.jsp#PUNJABI | title=Sahitya Akademi Award winners for 1976 Punjab (work Baa mulahaza hoshiar) | work=sahitya-akademi.gov.in | accessdate=7 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 }}
See also
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Category:20th-century Indian novelists
Category:Indian male novelists
Category:Punjabi-language writers
Category:Recipients of the Sahitya Akademi Award in Punjabi
Category:People from Faisalabad