Manjit Tiwana (born 1947) is an Indian poet. Her first poem was published in Nagmani when she was only sixteen.[citation needed] 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 edit
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]
References edit
- ^ "Yahoo | Mail, Weather, Search, Politics, News, Finance, Sports & Videos". Archived from the original on 26 October 2009.
- ^ "Awards & fellowships-Akademi Awards". www.sahitya-akademi.gov.in. Archived from the original on 18 August 2008.
- ^ "The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Punjab".
External links edit
- Poetry by Tiwana at the Wayback Machine (archived 28 October 2009)
- The Trio of Punjabi Poetesses
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