Kulbir Singh Kaang | |
Birth Name: | Kulbir Singh |
Birth Date: | 1936 |
Birth Place: | Amritsar, British Punjab |
Death Date: | November 1, |
Death Place: | Amritsar, Punjab, India |
Nationality: | Indian |
Other Names: | Dr. Kulbir Singh Kang |
Known For: | critic works |
Occupation: | Writer, critic |
Kulbir Singh Kaang (Panjabi; Punjabi: ਕੁਲਬੀਰ ਸਿੰਘ ਕਾਂਗ), also spelled as Kulbir Singh Kang, was a noted, Shromani Sahitya Award winner, Punjabi writer and critic.[1] After serving the Punjabi literature, language and culture for more than 48 years,[1] he died after a prolonged illness on November 1, 2008[1] at his house in Amritsar in Indian Punjab.
Kaang was born in 1936,[2] to father Gurcharan Singh, in Amritsar in British Punjab. He studied higher and received Master of Arts and PhD degrees.[2] Later, he joined as a lecturer in a government college in 1969 and got retired in 1994.
Kaang published many books on noted Punjabi writers about their life and works, including Teja Singh,[3] Bawa Balwant[4] and Sujan Singh.[5] He published more than two dozen books[2] on various topics including critic, essays, journey literature etc. and also edit some books including Principal Sujan Singh Abhinandan Granth, Panjabi Sabhiachar, Hadsian Da Mausam and Amam Baksh De Qisse.[2]