Amrita Pritam

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Amrita Pritam (1948); Author: Amarjit Chandan Collection

Amrita Pritam ( Panjabi ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤਾ ਪ੍ਰੀਤਮ ; August 31, 1919 in Gujranwala , Punjab Province, British India - October 31, 2005 in New Delhi ) was an Indian author best known for her poetry in the Punjabi language . She has published numerous books that have been translated into multiple languages, including an autobiography called Rasidi Ticket , which caused much controversy. For her works she has not only been honored with various literary prizes, but also with medals from the Indian government.

Life

Amrita Pritam grew up in a traditional Sikh family. Her mother died when she was eleven years old. Her father was a teacher and also wrote poetry. Amrita Pritam published her first volume of poetry in Lahore in 1935. In the same year she married Pritam Singh ; the marriage was not happy. After the partition of India , Amrita Pritam moved to Delhi. In 1960, Amrita Pritam separated from her husband. She entered into a relationship with the artist and writer Imroz , with whom she spent the rest of her life.

Amrita Pritam worked for All India Radio for 14 years until 1961 . Then she devoted herself entirely to literary writing.

Work and reception

Amrita Pritam is considered the leading punjabi poet of the 20th century; her poems are so well known that they are sung or recited even by illiterate people. They give voice to the suffering of the people in Punjab in particular and are known for describing being Punjabi, regardless of religion or caste . In one of her poems, Ajj Aakhaan Waris Shah Nu ( Panjabi اَج آکھاں وارث شاہ نُوں / Gurmukhi script ਅੱਜ ਆਖਾਂ ਵਾਰਸ ਸ਼ਾਹ ਨੂੰ ), she describes the massacres during the partition of India from the perspective of Waris Shah , a Sufi poet of the 18th century .

Amrita Pritam was accepted as a Fellow of the Sahitya Akademi in 2004 , an honor reserved in India for the so-called “immortals of literature”. At no time are there more than 21 Fellows at the Academy. In the same year she also received the order Padma Vibhushan . In 1981 she received the prestigious Jnanpith Award for Kagaj te Canvas . In 1956 she had already received the Sahitya Akademi Award for her poem Sunehure .

The French translation of the most famous of Amrita Pritam's novels, Pinjar ( Panjabi ਪਿੰਜਰ , Urdu پنجر, Hindi पिंजर , German: The skeleton ), was honored in 2005 with the La route des Indes literary prize . The novel was adapted as a film in 2003. The story takes place against the background of the partition of India. The film tells the fate of a Hindu woman who is kidnapped by a Muslim man and forced into marriage. The leading actresses include well-known names in Indian film such as Manoj Bajpai , Isha Koppikar and Farida Jalal . The film won the Nargis Dutt Award . At the 2004 Zee Cine Awards , the film won the Best Screenplay Award, among several other categories. On January 25, 2018, the first episode of a television series based on the same novel called Ghughi first aired on the first channel of Pakistani television and half an hour later in India.

She inspired Sahir Ludhianvi , with whom she had a romantic relationship during their marriage, to write lyrics. The best known of these is probably the song Mehfil Se Uth Jaane Walo, written for the 1964 film Dooj ka Chand . In 2014 and 2017 there were plans to turn the love story of the two into a Bollywood film .

The poet Gulzar also claims to have been greatly inspired by Amrita Pritam. He paid tribute to her with an audio CD entitled Amrita Pritam, recited by Gulzar , on which he reads poems by his idol.

In the book Amrita - Imroz. A love story. , published by Penguin Books , tells her relationship with Imroz as a love story. The book's author, Uma Trilok, knew the couple well personally.

Another novel based on the life of Amrita Pritam is controversial. The book Eh Janam Tumhare Lekhe ' by Gurbachan Singh Bhullar describes Amrita Pritam as immoral and selfish and claims to have taken advantage of men. In a detailed criticism of the book, Gurdial Bal asks questions as to whether such a characterization of the writer is not guided by the feudal-patriarchal thinking that a woman should be defamed if she shapes her art and life according to her own ideas.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Kuldip Singh: Amrita Pritam. Punjabi Poet and novelist. The Independent , November 2, 2005, accessed March 8, 2018 .
  2. ^ Reginald Massey: Amrita Pritam. A poet passionate about the suffering of her Punjabi people. The Guardian , November 4, 2005, accessed March 8, 2018 .
  3. ^ Sahitya Akademi Fellowship. (No longer available online.) Sahitya Academy, archived from the original on February 6, 2018 ; accessed on March 8, 2018 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / sahitya-akademi.gov.in
  4. ↑ Padma Vibhushan for Amrita Pritam, Narlikar. The Times of India , January 26, 2004, accessed March 8, 2018 .
  5. ↑ Amrita Pritam. The Poetry Foundation, accessed March 8, 2018 .
  6. ↑ Akademi Awards (1955-2016). (No longer available online.) Sahitya Akademi, archived from the original on March 4, 2016 ; accessed on March 8, 2018 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / sahitya-akademi.gov.in
  7. ↑ Amrita Pritam's 'Pinjar' gets French literary prize. Outlook, February 9, 2005, accessed March 11, 2018 .
  8. ↑ Pinjar: Beyond Boundaries… Filmaffinity, accessed on March 9, 2018 (English).
  9. ^ Nargis Dutt Award. Awards & Shows, accessed March 9, 2018 .
  10. ^ Zee Cine Awards. In: IMDb. Retrieved March 9, 2018 .
  11. ↑ Pakistani TV adaptation of Amrita Pritam's novel 'Pinjar' to be launched on January 25: Report. Scroll.in, January 16, 2018, accessed March 9, 2018 .
  12. ↑ Shivani Bhasin: The untold love story of Sahir Ludhianvi and Amrita Pritam. First Post, July 18, 2014, accessed March 8, 2018 .
  13. ↑ Deepali Dhingra: Gulzar recites for Amrita Pritam. The Times of India , May 7, 2007, accessed March 9, 2018 .
  14. ↑ Nirupama Dutt : A love legend of our times. Tribune India, November 5, 2006, accessed March 9, 2018 .
  15. ↑ Nirupama Dutt: Literary luminaries slam novel attacking Amrita Pritam. Hindustan Time , September 30, 2015, accessed March 11, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Pritam, Amrita
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Prītama, Amṛtā; Prītama, Aṃmritā; Amṛtāprītama; Amritâ Pritan; Amrtāprītama; Kaura, Ammrita; Kaur, Amrit; ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤਾ ਪ੍ਰੀਤਮ (Punjabi)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Indian poet and writer
DATE OF BIRTH August 31, 1919
PLACE OF BIRTH Gujranwala , Punjab Province, British India
DATE OF DEATH October 31, 2005
Place of death New Delhi