| Gurbachan Singh Bhullar | |
| Birth Date: | 18 March 1937 |
| Birth Place: | Pitho village (now in Bathinda district of Punjab, India) |
| Occupation: | Author |
| Language: | Punjabi |
| Period: | 1956-present |
| Genre: | story |
| Movement: | socialism |
| Notableworks: | Agni-Kalas |
Gurbachan Singh Bhullar (born 18 March 1937) is a Punjabi author of short stories. In 2005, he was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award for his short story collection Agni-Kalas.[1] [2]
On 11 October 2015 Bhullar joined other Punjabi writers in returning his Sahitya Akademi award to protest the assassination of M. M. Kalburgi and other liberal activists and writers.[3]
Bhullar was born in 1937 in Pitho village in district Bhatinda punjab, India. His father, Hazura Singh, was an ex-serviceman, who had a keen interest in literature and had a personal library containing works of Punjabi literature. Bhullar consequently developed a taste for literature during his early childhood.[2]