Amrita Pritam (1919–2005)
Author of Pinjar: The Skeleton and Other Stories
About the Author
Image credit: Pritam in 1948 By Amarjit Chandan Collection - http://theprg.co.uk/2008/08/, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=8641179
Works by Amrita Pritam
LAL DHAGE KA RISHTAA 2 copies
Doctor Dev 2 copies
Main Tumhen Phir Milungi 2 copies
Death of a city 2 copies
6 Ruttaan 2 copies
Dilli Ki Galiyan 2 copies
Ish Sahasra Naam 1 copy
Alif Laila Hazaar Dastan 1 copy
Chune Hue Upanyas 1 copy
49 Divasam (49 Days) 1 copy
DO KHIDKIYAN 1 copy
Man-Manthan Ki Gatha 1 copy
KELLI, KAMINI AUR ANITA 1 copy
सत्रह कहानियाँ 1 copy
NaveeN Rut / نویں رت 1 copy
Jab We Met 1 copy
Anant Naam Jigyasa 1 copy
Punjabi Kavitavali 1 copy
Pinjar le squelette 1 copy
एक खाली जगह 1 copy
Darti Sagar Aur Sippiya 1 copy
दीवारों के साये में 1 copy
Dhoop Ka Tukda 1 copy
Adalat 1 copy
Two Faces of Eve 1 copy
That Man 1 copy
Doctor Dev 1 copy
एक सवाल 1 copy
Kacce resama si laraki 1 copy
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- Canonical name
- Pritam, Amrita
- Birthdate
- 1919
- Date of death
- 2005
- Gender
- female
- Awards and honors
- Eredoctoraat Universiteit van Delhi, India (1973)
- Short biography
- Amrita Pitram werd in 1919 geboren in Gujranwala, Punjab. Haar moeder overleed toen zij elf jaar was en zij groeide op onder de hoede van haar streng religieuze vader. In 1935 verscheen haar eerste dichtbundel, in 1943 haar eerste bundel korte verhalen. Gedurende haar reizen naar zowel Oost- als West-Europa had zij contact met vele collega-schrijvers. Haar werk omvat inmiddels 16 poëziebundels, 17 romans en 4 verhalenbundels. Voor haar Kagaz Te Canvas ontving Amrita Pritam de Jnanpith Award, de belangrijkste literaire prijs van India. Ondanks deze en andere onderscheidingen, en het eredoctoraat dat zij in 1973 ontving van de Universiteit van Delhi, is zij als schrijfster niet altijd even geëerd. In 1970 werd een gedicht van haar verboden als pornografisch, en in 1975 werd het door haar uitgegeven maandblad Nagmanti bestempeld als ; vulgair, sex-georiënteerd en onomwonden pornografisch’. Amrita Pritam schrijft in het Punjabi; veel van haar werk is vertaald in het Hindi, het Engels en andere Europese talen.
- Nationality
- Punjab
- Birthplace
- Gujranwala, Punjab, India
- Map Location
- India
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A lyrical narrative with unusually mysterious and mythological intonations blend into sheer realism. It shows how existential enquiry can be successfully undertaken with progressive optimism rather than tragic, and somewhat deterministically regressive pessimism which is so often presumed as the default human condition. Though I haven't read the original, I believe Balraj Verma's translation carries the soul of the original.
यह जानना कि आप यतीम हैं, स्वयं के अनुभवप्राप्त अतीत और स्वयं के प्रति वर्तमानकालिक चेतना पर किस तरह का असर डालता है? इसके साथ-साथ इस उपन्यास में पारिवारिक प्रेम और पीड़ा तथा भारत-पाकिस्तान show more के विभाजन की भयंकर घटनाओं के सवाल भी उठ खड़े हो जाते हैं। पढ़ते वक़्त कई पात्रों के अस्तित्व मुझे कुछ अधूरे-से लगे, विचार आया कि कथा थोड़ी बहुत और लम्बी लिखनी चाहिए थी। इसकी जानकारी अभी मेरे पास नहीं है लेकिन ऐसा भी लगता था जैसे इसकी कहानी आत्मकथात्मक हो, और शायद इसलिए ज़्यादा लिखी नहीं गई। show less
Good practice for my Urdu; it’s been a while since I’ve really dug in. I feel like my inventory of “identifiable-on-sight” words about tripled over the course of this book. I also enjoyed the plot and style of this more than the other works I’ve read by Pritam.
A great piece of art must read for punjabi readers and other also because to understand the past happen to our old generation as from what time they come around...
A dystopian novel, told us that during partition of 1947, how women faced the worst of phase as they are being abducted from Camp or from the herd for marriage, lust or for doing household works , how they are treated. This book is plight of one women who face the same but found a way to reunite with family after running away from show more her plight of abduction. Love found is just an incentive in the story. show less
A dystopian novel, told us that during partition of 1947, how women faced the worst of phase as they are being abducted from Camp or from the herd for marriage, lust or for doing household works , how they are treated. This book is plight of one women who face the same but found a way to reunite with family after running away from show more her plight of abduction. Love found is just an incentive in the story. show less
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- Works
- 89
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- Members
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- Rating
- 4.0
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- ISBNs
- 75
- Languages
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