| Santokh Singh Dhir | |
| Birth Name: | Santokh Singh |
| Birth Date: | 1920 12, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Dadheri, Punjab Province, British India |
| Death Place: | Chandigarh, Punjab, India |
| Nationality: | Indian |
| Other Names: | Santokh Singh Dheer |
| Occupation: | Writer, poet |
Singh was born on 2 December 1920,[1] to a Sikh father and Hindu mother,[1] in a little village of Dadheri that now falls under Fatehgarh district[4] of Indian Punjab. He first worked as a tailor and then as a journalist for Preetlarhi, a monthly magazine[2] but was temporary. Later, he started as a full-time writer and wrote about 50 books[3] including novels, story anthologies, poetic and an autobiography, Brahaspati (1998).[5]
His father Giani Isher Singh Dard was a poet and his mother Jamni Devi alias Gursharan Kaur was a housewife. He was married to Surinder Kaur[4] and survived by his four daughters and a son.[2]
He received the Sahitya Akademi Award for his story collection, Pakhi (1991) in 1996.[1] [2] Language Department of Punjab honored him with Shromani Sahitkar Award in 1991 and Punjabi Sahit Akademi, Ludhiana awarded him the Kartar Singh Dhaliwal Sharv Sharest Award in 2002. Punjabi University, Guru Nanak Dev University and Punjabi Sahit Sabha, Delhi awarded him the life fellowships.[2]
His noted books includes:[2]