Dalip Kaur Tiwana

Dr. Dalip Kaur Tiwana is a foremost novelist and short-story writer of

contemporary Punjabi literature. She has won awards, both regional and national,
and is a widely translated author. She has retired as Professor of Punjabi, and Dean,
Faculty of Languages, from Punjabi University
, Patiala.

Contents
Biography
Collection
Novels
Stories
Autobiography
Essays
Dalip Kaur Tiwana
English Translations
Awards
See also
References

Biography
Dalip Kaur Tiwana was born on 4 May 1935 in village Rabbon in the Ludhiana district of Punjab in a well-to-do land-owning family.
She was educated at Patiala, where her uncle, Sardar Sahib Tara Singh Sidhu was Inspector General of Prisons. She had a
distinguished academic career. She earned first class honors in the pursuit of her M.A., and then received a PhD degree from the
Panjab University, Chandigarh.[1]

[2] and Head of the Department

In 1963, she joined the Punjabi University,Patiala as a Lecturer and then went on to become Professor
of Punjabi, and Dean, Faculty of Languages. She was a brilliant teacher and researcher and made a significant contribution to literary
and critical studies in Punjabi. She was also a UGC National Lecturer for a year
.

She is married to sociologist and Poet Prof Bhupinder Singh and has a son Dr Simranjit Singh, who is an Assistant Professor of
Electronics and Communication at Punjabi University. Dr Tiwana lives with her family on the campus of Punjabi University, Patiala,
where she is life fellow and writer-in-residence.

On 14 October 2015, she returned Padma Shri award against increasing intolerance in the country.She received this award in 2004 for
her contribution to literature and education.[3]

Collection

Novels
1. Agni Prikhya
2. Eho Hamara Jiwna
3. Waat Hamari
4. Teeli da Nishaan
 5. Sooraj te Samandar
6. Doosri Seeta
7. Within Without
8. Sarkandyaan de Des
9. Dhupp Chhaan te Rukh
10. Sabh Des Paraya
11. Hey Ram
12. Lambi Udaari
13. Peele Pattyaan di daastan
14. Hastaakhar
15. Pairchaal
16. Rin Pittraan da
17. Air wair mildayaan
18. Langh gaye dariya
19. Jimi puchhay asmaan
20. Katha kuknoos di
21. Duni suhava baagh
22. Katha kaho urvashi
23. Bhaujal
24. Oh taan pari si
25. Moh maaya
26. Janam juye haarya
27. Khada pukare pattani
28. Paunaan di jind meri
29. Khitij ton paar
30. Teen lok se nyari
31. Tumri katha kahi na jaye
32. Vichre sabho vaari vaari
33. Takhat hazara door kude

Stories
1. Merian saariyaan kahaniyaan
2. Kise di dhee
3. Saadhna
4. Yaatra
5. Ik kudi
6. Tera Kamra mera kamra
7. Panjaan vich parmeshar
8. Fullan dian kahaniyaan
9. Panchhiyaan dian kahaniyaan
10. Baabaniyaan kahaniyaan
11. Putt saputt karen
12. Paidaan
13. Kaale likh na lekh
14. Athhe pehar

Autobiography
1. Nange Pairaan da safar
2. Poochte ho to suno
3. Turdyaan turdyaan
Essays
1. Tere mere sarokaar
2. Jeeun joge
[4]

English Translations
1. Such is her fate (Punjabi University)
2. A journey on bare feet (Orient Longman)
3. Twilight+Mark of the nosepin (NBT, Delhi)
4. Gone are the rivers (Macmillan)
5. The tale of the phoenix (Unistar, Chandigarh)
6. Who am I (Diamond Pocket Books, Delhi)
7. Tell the tale Urvashi (Orient Blackswan).
The characters in Tiwana's novels and short-stories are the downtrodden and the innocent rural folk with suppressed desires and
passions. Tragedy and irony mark the main elements of her fiction. Complex inner duality of the female psyche is the chief theme of
Tiwana. Besides her achievement in fiction, Tiwana has written two books on literary criticism too.

Awards
Academic

Honored with UGC National Lecturership.

Literary

Govt. of Punjab Award for Sadhana as the best book of short stories, 1960–61.
Sahitya Akademi Award in 1971 for novel Eho hamara jivan (This our life, 1969)[5]
Ministry of Education and Social Welfare Award for Punjaan Vich Parmeshar in 1975
Nanak Singh Puruskar (Languages Department, Govt. of Punjab) for the novel Peele Patian Di Dastan
Gurmukh Singh Musafir Award (Languages Department, Govt. of Punjab)for the autobiographyNange Pairan Da
Safar in 1982
Canadian International Association of Punjabi Authors and Artists w Aard, 1985.
Shiromani Sahitkar Award, Languages Department, Govt. of Punjab, 1987.
Pramaan Pattar from Punjab Govt. 1989.
Dhaliwal Award from Punjabi Sahit Academy, Ludhiana, 1991.
Best Novelist of the Decade (1980–90), Punjabi Academy , Delhi, 1993.
Nanjanagudu Thirumalamba Award for the novel Katha Kuknus Di, Karnataka, 1994
Vagdevi Award for the novel Duni Suhava Bagh from Bhartiya Bhasha Parishad, Calcutta, 1998
Honored with Mata Sahib Kaur Award during the tercentenary celebrations of the Birth of the Khalsa for outstanding
contribution in the field of language, art and literature at Anandpur Sahib on 11 April 1999.
Kartar Singh Dhaliwal Award (Lifetime achievement) from Punjabi Sahit Academy, Ludhiana,2000
Saraswati Samman in 2001 for novel Katha Kaho Urvashi[6]
Padma Shri Award in 2004 for Literature & Education[7]
Panj Pani Award from Jalandhar Doordarshan, 2005.
Punjabi Sahit Rattan Award from Govt. of Punjab, 2008.
Honorary D.Litt. from Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, 2011.

See also
List of Punjabi authors
List of Punjabi language poets
References
1. "Dr. Dalip Kaur Tiwana" (http://www.ludhianadistrict.com/personality/dalip-kaur-tiwana.php). Ludhianadistrict.com.
2. [1] (http://www.quamiekta.com/englishnews/p.php?q=1353)
3. "Writer Dalip Kaur Tiwana returns Padma Shri, RSS lashes out"(http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-ind
ia/writer-returns-padma-shri-rss-lashes-out/). Indianexpress.com. 14 October 2015. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
4. Bajwa, Sandeep Singh."Dr. Dalip Kaur Tiwana" (http://www.sikh-history.com/sikhhist/personalities/literature/dalipktiw
ana.html). Sikh-history.com.
5. "Archived copy" (https://web.archive.org/web/20090331234058/http://www .sahitya-akademi.gov.in/old_version/awa1
0316.htm). Archived from the original (http://www.sahitya-akademi.gov.in/old_version/awa10316.htm#punjabi)on 31
March 2009. Retrieved 31 March 2009.
6. "The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Nation"(http://www.tribuneindia.com/2002/20020125/nation.htm#8).
Tribuneindia.com.
7. "Padma Awards" (https://www.webcitation.org/6U68ulwpb?url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST -PDA
WD-2013.pdf) (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2015. Archived fromthe original (http://mha.nic.
in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf) (PDF) on 15 November 2014. Retrieved 21 July 2015.

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