Shiv kumar batalvi biography definitions
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He used to delight in outrageous behavior, often speaking disparagingly about amateur poets who used to abound in literary meetings. Unfortunately he was also an alcoholic and despite his superb literary output, was a slave to this addiction.
Towards the end of his life he was a bitter man, resentful of the attack on him by the leftist literary establishment. However he gave as good as he got, tearing his critics to pieces in his essay “My hostile critics”
His troubled life ended tragically early as he drank himself to death in 1972. He was just 36.
A friend has been translating his poetry to the English.
Jithe Itaraan De Vagde Ne Cho
Jithe itaraan de vagde ne cho,
Ni uthe mera yaar vasda!
Jithon langhdi hae paun vi khalo,
Ni othe mera yaar vasda!
Nange nange paereen
Jithe aun parbhaataan,
Rishmaan di mahindi
Paereen laun jithe raataan,
Jithe chaanani ‘ch nhaave khushbo,
Ni uthe mera yaar vasda!
Jithe han muNgeeyaaN
Cha
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Shiv Kumar Batalvi
Indian Punjabi language poet (1937–1973)
Shiv Kumar Batalvi | |
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Shiv Kumar Batalvi during the interview by BBC in 1970 | |
| Born | Shiv Kumar (1936-07-23)23 July 1936 Barapind, Punjab Province, British India (now in Punjab, Pakistan) |
| Died | 6 May 1973(1973-05-06) (aged 36) Kiri Mangyal, Punjab, India |
| Occupation | Poet, singer, author, playwright, lyricist |
| Language | Punjabi |
| Period | 1960–1973 |
| Genre | poetry, prose, play |
| Subject | Pathos, passion, |
| Literary movement | Romanticism |
| Notable works | Loona (1965) |
| Notable awards | Sahitya Akademi Award |
| Spouse | Aruna Batalvi |
Shiv Kumar Batalvi (23 July 1936[1][2] – 6 May 1973[3][4]) was a Punjabi poet, writer and playwright of the Punjabi language. He was most known for his romantic poetry, noted for its heightened passion, pathos, separation and lover's agony,[5] due to that he was also called Birha Da Sultan. He is also call
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Shiv Kumar Batalvi
Shiv Kumar Batalvi | |
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Shiv Kumar Batalvi during the interview by BBC in 1970 | |
| Born | Shiv Kumar (1936-07-23)23 July 1936 |
| Died | 6 May 1973(1973-05-06) (aged 36) |
| Occupation | Poet |
| Language | Punjabi |
| Period | 1960–1973 |
| Genre | poetry |
| Notable awards | Sahitya Akademi Award |
| Spouse | Aruna Batalvi |
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Shiv Kumar Batalvi (23 July 1936[1][2] - 6 May 1973[3][4]) was an Indian poet, writer and playwright of the Punjabi language. He was best known for his works of romantic poetry. He was also called Birha Da Sultan. He was the youngest recipient of Sahitya Akademi Award.
Biography
[change | change source]He was born in the village Bara Pind Lohtian in the Shakargarh Tehsil of Gurdaspur District into a Punjabi Hindu Brahmin family. His father's name is Pandit Krishan Gopal Sharma and mother's name is Shanti Devi.
He completed his matriculation in 1953 at Panjab University.