Gurbax Singh Frank Explained

Gurbax Singh Frank
Birth Date:	1935 9, df=y
Death Place:	Amritsar, Punjab, India
Language:	Punjabi
Citizenship:	India

Gurbax Singh Frank (1 September 1935 – 14 April 2022) was a Punjabi scholar and translator. In 2011, he was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Translation Prize for his book, 'Bharat Nikki Kahani', an anthology of short stories of various Indian languages.^{[1] [2]}

Biography

Frank completed his PhD on the short stories of Kartar Singh Duggal from Institute of Oriental Studies, Moscow, in 1975.^[3] He spent a total of 10 years in Soviet Union (1969–1976 and 1988–1991) and translated literary works of Russian authors like Rasul Gamzatov, Boris Polevoy, Chinghiz Aitmatov, Leo Tolstoy, Maxim Gorky, V Pannova, and Mikhail Lermontov into Punjabi.

He became a professor at the Guru Nanak Dev University in 1979 and retired as head of the department in 1995.

He died on 14 April 2022 in Amritsar.^{[4] [5]}

Works

Books

• Book: Gurbax Singh Frank . 1987 . Sahit sambad . Literature . Panjabi Writers' Co-operative Society . pa.
• Book: Gurbax Singh Frank . 1987 . Sabhiachar ate Panjabi sabhiachar . Culture and Punjabi Culture. Panjabi Writers' Co-operative Society . pa.

Criticism

• 1984^[6]

Translations

• Book: Gamzatov. Rasul . Rasul Gamzatov . Gurbax Singh Frank. 1967. Mera Dagistan. My Dagistan. My Dagestan . Gracious Books. 9789380906409 . 1971 . pa.
• Book: Sarkadi, Imre. Buzdil. Coward. Gurbax Singh Frank. National Book Shop. 1961 . 1997. 978-81-7116-203-1. pa.

Notes and References

1. Web site: ..:: SAHITYA : Akademi Awards ::.. . 14 April 2022 . sahitya-akademi.gov.in . 7 July 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220707101505/https://sahitya-akademi.gov.in/awards/anuvad_samman_suchi.jsp . live .
2. Web site: Ex-GNDU prof bags Sahitya Akademi prize for translation . 16 February 2012 . 14 April 2022 . . Tribune News Service . 8 December 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211208151712/https://www.tribuneindia.com/2012/20120216/punjab.htm#13 . live .
3. Web site: Singh . Harkirat . Writer finally gets national recognition at 76 . . 16 February 2012 . 9 August 2023 . . 14 April 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220414141321/https://www.pressreader.com/india/hindustan-times-amritsar/20120216/283119950833937 . live .
4. Web site: 'Mera Dagistan' translator Gurbax Singh Frank dies at 85 . 15 April 2022 . . en . 15 April 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220415010045/https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/punjab/mera-dagistan-translator-dies-at-85-386380 . live .
5. Web site: ਰੂਸੀ ਸਾਹਿਤਕ ਰਚਨਾਵਾਂ ਦਾ ਅਨੁਵਾਦਕ ਤੇ ਪ੍ਰਸਿੱਧ ਵਿਦਵਾਨ ਡਾ.ਗੁਰਬਖਸ਼ ਸਿੰਘ ਫਰੈਂਕ ਦਾ ਦੇਹਾਂਤ . 14 April 2022 . Punjabi Jagran News . 14 April 2022 . pa . 10 August 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230810104855/https://www.punjabijagran.com/punjab/jalandhar-death-of-dr-gurbaksh-singh-frank-translator-of-russian-literary-works-and-famous-scholar-9057120.html . live .
6. KANWAR . P.S. . 1985 . The Punjabi Scene: Some Good Fiction . Indian Literature . 28 . 6 (110) . 119–127 . 24158214 . 0019-5804 . 14 April 2022 . 14 April 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220414142610/https://www.jstor.org/stable/24158214 . live .