Tara Singh Kamil

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.

[1] "..:: SAHITYA : Akademi Awards ::." sahitya-akademi.gov.in. Retrieved 2024-05-04.

[2] Singh, Jaspal (26 November 2017). "New vistas of Punjabi prose".

[3] Singh, Khushwant. A History of the Sikhs: Volume 2: 1839-2004 (2nd edn).

[4] Punni, Amrik Singh (1989). "Punjabi Scene: Love Poetry, Marxism and Punjab". Indian Literature. 32 (6 (134)): 161–168. ISSN 0019-5804.

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