Manjit Tiwana Explained
Manjit Tiwana (born 1947) is an Indian poet. Her first poem was published in Nagmani when she was only sixteen. Manjit has authored seven collections of poetry, the significant poetical works are: Ilham (1976), Ilzam (1980), Tarian di joon (1982), Unida Wartman (1987), Savitri (1989)and Jin Prem Kiyo.[1]
Awards
She is the recipient of the Sahitya Akademi award[2] (1990) for Uninda Wartman (Poetry) and the Shiromani Punjabi Kavi Puraskar by Punjab State Languages Department for the year 1999.[3]
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Yahoo | Mail, Weather, Search, Politics, News, Finance, Sports & Videos. https://web.archive.org/web/20091026144556/http://geocities.com/indian_poets/punjabi.html. 26 October 2009.
- Web site: Awards & fellowships-Akademi Awards. www.sahitya-akademi.gov.in . https://web.archive.org/web/20080818093456/http://www.sahitya-akademi.gov.in/old_version/awa10316.htm . 2008-08-18.
- Web site: The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Punjab.