Tara Singh Kamil Explained

Tara Singh Kamil (15 August 1929 - 1993) was a Punjabi poet. He won the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1989 for his poetry collection Kahikashan.^[1]

Biography

Tara Singh was born in village Hookran, Hoshiarpur district, British Punjab (now Punjab, India). He lived in New Delhi.^[2]

He was a carpenter by profession and frequently performed at kavi darbars (poetry recitals).^[3]

Literary style

Tara Singh's Sahitya Akademi Award winning collection Kahikashan has two primary themes; love and the situation of Punjab. His love poetry is not romantic poetry but "of a different hue".^[4]

Notes and References

1. Web site: ..:: SAHITYA : Akademi Awards ::.. . 2024-05-04 . sahitya-akademi.gov.in.
2. News: Singh . Jaspal . 26 November 2017 . New vistas of Punjabi prose .
3. Book: Singh, Khushwant . A History of the Sikhs: Volume 2: 1839-2004 (2nd edn).
4. Punni . Amrik Singh . 1989 . Punjabi Scene: Love Poetry, Marxism and Punjab . Indian Literature . 32 . 6 (134) . 161–168 . 0019-5804.