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{{Short description|Indian Punjabi language poet and writer (1945–2024)}}
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| native_name = ਸੁਰਜੀਤ ਪਾਤਰ
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| birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1945|01|14}}
| birth_name = Surjit Hundal
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| birth_place = [[Pattar Kalan]], [[Punjab Province (British India)|Punjab]], [[British India]]
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| birth_place = [[Pattar Kalan]], [[Punjab Province (British India)|Punjab Province]], [[British India]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|2024|05|11|1945|01|14|df=yes}}
| death_date = {{death date and age|2024|05|11|1945|01|14|df=yes}}
| death_place = [[Ludhiana]], [[Punjab, India|Punjab]], [[India]]
| death_place = [[Ludhiana]], [[Punjab, India|Punjab]], India
| education = Phd. in Literature, [[Guru Nanak Dev University]] ([[Amritsar]])
| education = [[Guru Nanak Dev University]] ([[Doctor of Philosophy|PhD]])
| occupation = {{hlist|Writer|poet|teacher}}
| occupation = {{hlist|Writer|poet|teacher}}
| language = [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]]
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'''Surjit Patar''' (born '''Surjit Hunjan''') (14 January, 1945 – 11 May, 2024)<ref name="j393">{{cite web | last=Majeed | first=Shariq | title=Dr Surjit Patar to be cremated with full state honours on May 13 | website=The Times of India | date=11 May 2024 | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ludhiana/dr-surjit-patar-to-be-cremated-with-full-state-honours-on-may-13/articleshow/110033527.cms | access-date=11 May 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=PTI |date=2024-05-11 |title=Punjabi poet, writer Surjit Patar passes away at 79 |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/punjab/punjabi-poet-writer-surjit-patar-passes-away-at-79/article68163927.ece |access-date=2024-05-11 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}</ref> was a [[Punjabi language]] writer and poet of [[Punjab, India]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.ramgarhiakom.com/2020/news/news_doc/01_jan_20.html | title=Ramgarhia kom News, January-2020 }}</ref> His poems enjoy immense popularity with the general public and have won high acclaim from critics.<ref name=ssingh>{{cite journal |last=Singh |first= Surjit |date=Spring–Fall 2006 |title=Surjit Patar: Poet of the Personal and the Political |journal=Journal of Punjab Studies |volume=13 |issue= 1|pages= 265 |quote= His poems enjoy immense popularity with the general public and have won high acclaim from critics. }}</ref>
'''Surjit Patar''' (born '''Surjit Hundal'''; {{langx|pa|ਸੁਰਜੀਤ ਪਾਤਰ}}; 14 January 1945 – 11 May 2024) was an Indian [[Punjabi language]] writer and poet from [[Punjab, India|Punjab]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.ramgarhiakom.com/2020/news/news_doc/01_jan_20.html | title=Ramgarhia kom News, January-2020 | access-date=27 January 2023 | archive-date=27 January 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230127210729/http://www.ramgarhiakom.com/2020/news/news_doc/01_jan_20.html | url-status=live }}</ref> His poems enjoy immense popularity with the general public and have won high acclaim from critics.<ref name=ssingh>{{cite journal |last=Singh |first= Surjit |date=Spring–Fall 2006 |title=Surjit Patar: Poet of the Personal and the Political |journal=Journal of Punjab Studies |volume=13 |issue= 1|pages= 265 |quote= His poems enjoy immense popularity with the general public and have won high acclaim from critics. }}</ref>


==Biography==
==Biography==
[[File:Dr. Surjit Patar and Stalinjeet at WikiConference India 2016.jpg|thumb|Surjit Patar with a fan]]
[[File:Dr. Surjit Patar and Stalinjeet at WikiConference India 2016.jpg|thumb|Surjit Patar with a fan]]
[[File:Padam Shree Dr. Surjeet Patar.png|thumb|Surjit Patar (2024)]]
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Patar hailed from the village of Pattar ({{lang-pa|ਪੱਤੜ}}) Kalan in [[Jalandhar]] district from which he got his surname.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lbZUDwAAQBAJ&q=Surjit+Patar&pg=PT268|title=Legacies of the Homeland: 100 Must Read Books by Punjabi Authors|last=Singh|first=Paramjeet|date=2018-04-07|publisher=Notion Press|isbn=978-1-64249-424-2|language=en}}</ref> He graduated from Randhir College, [[Kapurthala]] and then went on to get a Master's degree from [[Punjabi University]], [[Patiala]] and then a PhD in Literature on "Transformation of Folklore in Guru Nanak Vani" from [[Guru Nanak Dev University]], [[Amritsar]]. He then joined the academic profession and retired as Professor of Punjabi from [[Punjab Agricultural University]], [[Ludhiana]].<ref name=":0" /> He started writing poetry in the mid-sixties{{what?}}. Among his works of poetry are ''"Hawa ਵਿਚ Likhe Harf"'' (Words written in the Air), ''Birkh Arz Kare'' (Thus Spake the Tree), ''Hanere Vich Sulagdi Varnmala'' (Words Smouldering in the Dark), ''Lafzaan Di Dargah'' (Shrine of Words), ''Patjhar Di Pazeb'' (Anklet of Autumn) and ''Surzameen'' (Music Land).<ref name=":0" />
Patar hailed from the village of Pattar ({{langx|pa|ਪੱਤੜ}}) Kalan in [[Jalandhar]] district from which he got his surname.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lbZUDwAAQBAJ&q=Surjit+Patar&pg=PT268|title=Legacies of the Homeland: 100 Must Read Books by Punjabi Authors|last=Singh|first=Paramjeet|date=7 April 2018|publisher=Notion Press|isbn=978-1-64249-424-2|language=en|access-date=3 November 2020|archive-date=12 May 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240512143840/https://books.google.com/books?id=lbZUDwAAQBAJ&q=Surjit+Patar&pg=PT268#v=snippet&q=Surjit%20Patar&f=false|url-status=live}}</ref> His father's name was Harbhajan Singh and mother's Harbhajan Kaur. He had four older sisters. His father had migrated to [[Kenya]] for work and would only return home for short time after every five years. He matriculated from a nearby village school. After that admitted in as science student in a college in [[Kapurthala]]. But the next year, he took up Arts.<ref>"Surjit Patar: Poet of the Personal and the Political", by Surjit Singh, Punjabi University, Patiala, Page 265, Paragraph 3 and 4, https://punjab.global.ucsb.edu/sites/secure.lsit.ucsb.edu.gisp.d7_sp/files/sitefiles/journals/volume13/13.1.2_Singh.pdf {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240512143908/https://punjab.global.ucsb.edu/sites/secure.lsit.ucsb.edu.gisp.d7_sp/files/sitefiles/journals/volume13/13.1.2_Singh.pdf |date=12 May 2024 }}</ref>


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Patar graduated from Randhir College, [[Kapurthala]] and then went on to get a Master's degree from [[Punjabi University]], [[Patiala]] and then a PhD in Literature on "Transformation of Folklore in Guru Nanak Vani" from [[Guru Nanak Dev University]], [[Amritsar]]. He then joined the academic profession and retired as Professor of Punjabi from [[Punjab Agricultural University]], [[Ludhiana]].<ref name=":0" /> He started writing poetry in the mid-1960s.<ref name=Padmashri/> Among his works of poetry are ''"Hawa Vich Likhe Harf"'' (Words written in the Air), ''Birkh Arz Kare'' (Thus Spake the Tree), ''Hanere Vich Sulagdi Varnmala'' (Words Smouldering in the Dark), ''Lafzaan Di Dargah'' (Shrine of Words), ''Patjhar Di Pazeb'' (Anklet of Autumn) and ''Surzameen'' (Music Land).<ref name=":0" />
He translated into Punjabi the three tragedies of [[Federico García Lorca]], the play Nagmandala of [[Girish Karnad]],<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7-22DQAAQBAJ&q=Nagamandala+Surjit+patar&pg=PA69|title=Re-visiting and Re-staging|last=Vatsyayan|first=Anupam|date=2016-12-14|publisher=Cambridge Scholars Publishing|isbn=978-1-4438-5731-4|language=en}}</ref> and poems of [[Bertolt Brecht]] and [[Pablo Neruda]]. He also adapted plays from Jean Giradoux, [[Euripides]] and [[Jean Racine|Racine]]. He has written tele-scripts on Punjabi poets from [[Fariduddin Ganjshakar|Sheikh Farid]] to [[Shiv Kumar Batalvi]].


Patar translated into Punjabi the three tragedies of [[Federico García Lorca]], the play Nagmandala of [[Girish Karnad]],<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7-22DQAAQBAJ&q=Nagamandala+Surjit+patar&pg=PA69|title=Re-visiting and Re-staging|last=Vatsyayan|first=Anupam|date=14 December 2016|publisher=Cambridge Scholars Publishing|isbn=978-1-4438-5731-4|language=en|access-date=3 November 2020|archive-date=12 May 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240512171625/https://books.google.com/books?id=7-22DQAAQBAJ&q=Nagamandala+Surjit+patar&pg=PA69#v=snippet&q=Nagamandala%20Surjit%20patar&f=false|url-status=live}}</ref> and poems of [[Bertolt Brecht]] and [[Pablo Neruda]].<ref name=Padmashri/> He also adapted plays from [[Jean Giraudoux]], [[Euripides]] and [[Jean Racine|Racine]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Issue 17: March 1998 |url=https://www.seagullindia.com/stq/pdf/stq17.pdf |website=Seagull Theatre Quarterly |access-date=13 May 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Surjit Patar |url=https://modernpoetryintranslation.com/poet/surjit-patar/ |website=Modern Poetry in Translation |access-date=13 May 2024}}</ref> He wrote television scripts on Punjabi poets from [[Fariduddin Ganjshakar|Sheikh Farid]] to [[Shiv Kumar Batalvi]].<ref name=Times>{{cite news |title=Padma awardee Punjabi poet Patar passes away in Ludhiana at 79 |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ludhiana/padma-awardee-punjabi-poet-patar-passes-away-in-ludh-at-79/articleshow/110050633.cms |access-date=13 May 2024 |work=The Times of India |date=12 May 2024}}</ref>
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He was president of the Punjab Arts Council, Chandigarh.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/chandigarh/eminent-poet-surjit-patar-is-new-punjab-arts-council-chief-4809036/|title=Eminent poet Surjit Patar is new Punjab Arts Council chief|date=2017-08-23|website=The Indian Express|language=en-US|access-date=2020-01-29}}</ref> In the past, he has held the office of the President, Punjabi Sahit Akademi, [[Ludhiana]]. He was awarded [[Padma Shri]] in 2012.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/chandigarh/punjabi-poet-surjit-patar-gets-padma-shri/|title=Punjabi poet Surjit Patar gets Padma Shri|date=2012-01-26|website=The Indian Express|language=en-US|access-date=2020-01-29}}</ref>


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Patar was president of the Punjab Arts Council, [[Chandigarh]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/chandigarh/eminent-poet-surjit-patar-is-new-punjab-arts-council-chief-4809036/|title=Eminent poet Surjit Patar is new Punjab Arts Council chief|date=23 August 2017|website=The Indian Express|language=en-US|access-date=29 January 2020|archive-date=29 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200129181743/https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/chandigarh/eminent-poet-surjit-patar-is-new-punjab-arts-council-chief-4809036/|url-status=live}}</ref> Earlier, he had held the office of the President, Punjabi Sahit Akademi, [[Ludhiana]]. He was awarded [[Padma Shri]] in 2012.<ref name=Padmashri>{{Cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/chandigarh/punjabi-poet-surjit-patar-gets-padma-shri/|title=Punjabi poet Surjit Patar gets Padma Shri|date=26 January 2012|website=The Indian Express|language=en-US|access-date=29 January 2020|archive-date=29 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200129202018/https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/chandigarh/punjabi-poet-surjit-patar-gets-padma-shri/|url-status=live}}</ref>
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==Death==
On 11 May, 2024, Surjit Patar passed away due to [[cardiac arrest]] at his residence on Barewal Road in [[Ludhiana]] at the age of 79. According to his family members, he did not woke up that morning and was declared dead after arriving in the hospital.<ref>"Eminent Punjabi poet Surjit Patar is no more" - The Indian Express, Written by Raakhi Jagga,
Ludhiana, Updated: May 11, 2024, https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/chandigarh/eminent-punjabi-poet-surjit-patar-is-no-more-9321524/</ref><ref>"Renowned Punjabi poet Padma Shri Dr Surjit Patar passes away at 79" - Hindustan Times, by Tarsem Singh Deogan,
May 11, 2024, Ludhiana, https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/renowned-punjabi-poet-padma-shri-dr-surjit-patar-passes-away-at-79-101715401825132.html</ref>


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===Death===
== Well known poems ==
Patar died of cardiac arrest at his residence on Barewal Road in [[Ludhiana]], on 11 May 2024, at the age of 79.<ref name="j393">{{cite web | last=Majeed | first=Shariq | title=Dr Surjit Patar to be cremated with full state honours on May 13 | website=The Times of India | date=11 May 2024 | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ludhiana/dr-surjit-patar-to-be-cremated-with-full-state-honours-on-may-13/articleshow/110033527.cms | access-date=11 May 2024 | archive-date=11 May 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240511103021/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ludhiana/dr-surjit-patar-to-be-cremated-with-full-state-honours-on-may-13/articleshow/110033527.cms | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=PTI |date=11 May 2024 |title=Punjabi poet, writer Surjit Patar passes away at 79 |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/punjab/punjabi-poet-writer-surjit-patar-passes-away-at-79/article68163927.ece |access-date=11 May 2024 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X |archive-date=11 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240511042934/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/punjab/punjabi-poet-writer-surjit-patar-passes-away-at-79/article68163927.ece |url-status=live }}</ref> According to his family members, he did not wake up that morning and was declared dead after arriving in the hospital.<ref>"Eminent Punjabi poet Surjit Patar is no more" – The Indian Express, Written by Raakhi Jagga, Ludhiana, Updated: 11 May 2024, https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/chandigarh/eminent-punjabi-poet-surjit-patar-is-no-more-9321524/ {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240511181430/https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/chandigarh/eminent-punjabi-poet-surjit-patar-is-no-more-9321524/ |date=11 May 2024 }}</ref><ref>"Renowned Punjabi poet Padma Shri Dr Surjit Patar passes away at 79" – Hindustan Times, by Tarsem Singh Deogan, 11 May 2024, Ludhiana, https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/renowned-punjabi-poet-padma-shri-dr-surjit-patar-passes-away-at-79-101715401825132.html {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240511130131/https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/renowned-punjabi-poet-padma-shri-dr-surjit-patar-passes-away-at-79-101715401825132.html |date=11 May 2024 }}</ref>
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"Candles",<ref>{{cite journal |last=Patar |first= Surjit |author2= Translated by Ami P. Shah |date=Spring–Fall 2006 |title=Punjabi Poetry – with translations by Randi L. Clary, Gibb Schreffler, and Ami P. Shah |journal=Journal of Punjab Studies |volume=13 |issue= 1}}</ref> "Hanere Vich Sulagdi Varanmala",<ref>{{cite journal |last=Patar |first= Surjit |author2= Translated by Gibb Schreffler from Hanere vichch sulagdi Varanmala (1992) |date=Spring–Fall 2006 |title=Punjabi Poetry – with translations by Randi L. Clary, Gibb Schreffler, and Ami P. Shah |journal=Journal of Punjab Studies |volume=13 |issue= 1}}</ref> "Aiya Nand Kishore",<ref name=ssingh/> "Hanera Jarega Kiven", "Fasla", "Koi Daalia Cho Langeya Hawa Bann Ke" and others.

==Works==
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Among Patar's works are "Candles",<ref>{{cite journal |last=Patar |first= Surjit |translator=Ami P. Shah |date=Spring–Fall 2006 |title=Punjabi Poetry – with translations by Randi L. Clary, Gibb Schreffler, and Ami P. Shah |journal=Journal of Punjab Studies |volume=13 |issue= 1}}</ref> "Hanere Vich Sulagdi Varanmala",<ref>{{cite journal |last=Patar |first=Surjit |translator=Gibb Schreffler |date=Spring–Fall 2006 |title=Punjabi Poetry – with translations by Randi L. Clary, Gibb Schreffler, and Ami P. Shah |journal=Journal of Punjab Studies |volume=13 |issue= 1}}</ref> "Aiya Nand Kishore",<ref name=ssingh/> "Hanera Jarega Kiven", "Fasla", and "Koi Daalia Cho Langeya Hawa Bann Ke".<ref>{{cite web |title=Surjit Patar |url=https://kavishala.com/sootradhar/surjit-patar |website=kavishala.com |access-date=13 May 2024 |language=en}}</ref>


==Filmography==
==Filmography==
Surjit Patar has written dialogues of the [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]] movie ''[[Shaheed Uddham Singh]]'' and ''Videsh'', the Punjabi version of [[Deepa Mehta]]'s movie ''[[Heaven on Earth (2008 film)|Heaven on Earth]]''.
Surjit Patar wrote dialogues for the [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]] films ''[[Shaheed Uddham Singh]]'' and ''Videsh'', the Punjabi version of [[Deepa Mehta]]'s film ''[[Heaven on Earth (2008 film)|Heaven on Earth]]''.<ref>{{cite news |title=Eminent Punjabi poet Surjit Patar dies at 79 |url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/punjab/eminent-punjabi-poet-padma-shri-dr-surjit-patar-dies-at-79-620112 |access-date=13 May 2024 |work=The Tribune (India)}}</ref>


==Awards==
==Awards==
[[File:Sahitya Akademi Award - Surjit Patar.JPG|thumb|Sahitya Akademi Award - Surjit Patar]]
[[File:Sahitya Akademi Award - Surjit Patar.JPG|thumb|Sahitya Akademi Award – Surjit Patar]]

* 1979: Punjab Sahitya Akademi Award
* 1979: Punjab Sahitya Akademi Award<ref>{{cite news |title=Eminent Punjabi poet Surjit Patar is no more |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/chandigarh/eminent-punjabi-poet-surjit-patar-is-no-more-9321524/ |access-date=13 May 2024 |work=The Indian Express |date=11 May 2024 |language=en}}</ref>
* 1993: [[Sahitya Akademi Award]] for ''Hanere Vich Sulghdi Varnmala''<ref name=":1" />
* 1993: [[Sahitya Akademi Award]] for ''Hanere Vich Sulghdi Varnmala''<ref name=":1" />
* 1999: Panchnad Puruskar by Bhartiya Bhasha Parishad, Kolkata<ref name="Awards">{{cite news |title=पद्मश्री से सम्मानित साहित्यकार और पंजाबी कवि सुरजीत पातर का निधन, 79 साल की उम्र में दुनिया को कहा अलविदा |url=https://www.aajtak.in/india/punjab/story/padmashree-awarded-punjabi-poet-surjit-patar-passes-away-bid-goodbye-to-world-at-age-of-79-lcla-1941931-2024-05-11 |access-date=13 May 2024 |work=आज तक |date=11 May 2024 |language=hi}}</ref>
* 1999: Panchnad Puruskar by Bhartiya Bhasha Parishad, Kolkata
* 2007–2008: Anad Kav Sanman<ref>{{cite web |title=2008 |url=https://anadfoundation.org/anad-kav-sanman-poetry-award/kav-sanman/2008-kav-sanman/ |website=The Anād Foundation |access-date=13 May 2024 |language=en |date=13 January 2012}}</ref>
* 1999: Bhartiya Bhasha Prishad, Kolkata
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* 2009: [[Saraswati Samman]] by K.K.Birla foundation.<ref>{{cite news | url = http://punjabpanorama.blogspot.in/2010/05/saraswati-samman-for-patar.html | title = Saraswati Samman for Patar | author = Jatinder Preet | publisher = Punjab Panorama | date = 30 April 2010 | access-date = 30 April 2010 | archive-date = 4 November 2013 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131104201100/http://punjabpanorama.blogspot.in/2010/05/saraswati-samman-for-patar.html | url-status = live }}</ref>
* 2007–2008: Anad Kav Sanman
* 2009: Gangadhar National Award for Poetry, Sambalpur University, Orissa<ref>{{Cite web |date=23 December 2019 |title=SELF STUDY REPORT FOR REACCREDITATION (Volume –I) |url=https://www.suniv.ac.in/documents/Sambalpur%20University%20NAAC%20SSR-%20Volume-1.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191223120942/https://www.suniv.ac.in/documents/Sambalpur%20University%20NAAC%20SSR-%20Volume-1.pdf |archive-date=23 December 2019 |access-date=13 May 2024}}</ref>
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* 2009: [[Saraswati Samman]] by K.K.Birla foundation.<ref>{{cite news | url = http://punjabpanorama.blogspot.in/2010/05/saraswati-samman-for-patar.html | title = Saraswati Samman for Patar | author = Jatinder Preet | publisher = Punjab Panorama | date = 30 April 2010 | access-date = 30 April 2010 }}</ref>
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* 2012: Padma Shri Award in the field of Literature and Education (fourth highest civilian award in the Republic of India)<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=79881|title= Padma Awards|publisher= pib|date= 27 January 2013|access-date= 27 January 2013|archive-date= 24 May 2013|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130524145714/http://www.pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=79881|url-status= live}}</ref>
* 2009: Gangadhar National Award for Poetry, Sambalpur University, Orissa
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* 2014: Kusumagraj Literary Award<ref>{{cite news|url= http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/punjabi-litterateur-surjit-patar-conferred-kusumagraj-award-114030701112_1.html|title= Punjabi litterateur Surjit Patar conferred Kusumagraj Award|newspaper= Business Standard India|publisher= Business Standard|date= 7 March 2014|access-date= 8 August 2015|agency= Press Trust of India|archive-date= 24 September 2015|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150924143316/http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/punjabi-litterateur-surjit-patar-conferred-kusumagraj-award-114030701112_1.html|url-status= live}}</ref>
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* 2012: Padma Shri Award in the field of Literature and Education (fourth highest civilian award in the Republic of India)<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=79881|title= Padma Awards|publisher=pib|date= 27 January 2013 |access-date= 27 January 2013 }}</ref>
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* 2014: Kusumagraj Literary Award<ref>{{cite news|url= http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/punjabi-litterateur-surjit-patar-conferred-kusumagraj-award-114030701112_1.html|title= Punjabi litterateur Surjit Patar conferred Kusumagraj Award|newspaper= Business Standard India|publisher=Business Standard|date= 7 March 2014 |access-date= 8 August 2015|agency= Press Trust of India}}</ref>


==See also==
==See also==
*[[Vir Singh (writer)]]
* [[Ajit Cour]]
*[[Puran Singh|Prof. Puran Singh (writer)]]
* [[Puran Singh|Prof. Puran Singh (writer)]]
*[[Ajit Cour]]
* [[Vir Singh (writer)]]


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
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Surjit Patar
Patar in 2010
Patar in 2010
Native name
ਸੁਰਜੀਤ ਪਾਤਰ
BornSurjit Hundal
(1945-01-14)14 January 1945[1]
Pattar Kalan, Punjab Province, British India
Died11 May 2024(2024-05-11) (aged 79)
Ludhiana, Punjab, India
Occupation
  • Writer
  • poet
  • teacher
LanguagePunjabi
EducationGuru Nanak Dev University (PhD)

Surjit Patar (born Surjit Hundal; Punjabi: ਸੁਰਜੀਤ ਪਾਤਰ; 14 January 1945 – 11 May 2024) was an Indian Punjabi language writer and poet from Punjab.[2] His poems enjoy immense popularity with the general public and have won high acclaim from critics.[3]

Biography

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Surjit Patar with a fan
Surjit Patar (2024)

Patar hailed from the village of Pattar (Punjabi: ਪੱਤੜ) Kalan in Jalandhar district from which he got his surname.[4] His father's name was Harbhajan Singh and mother's Harbhajan Kaur. He had four older sisters. His father had migrated to Kenya for work and would only return home for short time after every five years. He matriculated from a nearby village school. After that admitted in as science student in a college in Kapurthala. But the next year, he took up Arts.[5]

Patar graduated from Randhir College, Kapurthala and then went on to get a Master's degree from Punjabi University, Patiala and then a PhD in Literature on "Transformation of Folklore in Guru Nanak Vani" from Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar. He then joined the academic profession and retired as Professor of Punjabi from Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana.[4] He started writing poetry in the mid-1960s.[6] Among his works of poetry are "Hawa Vich Likhe Harf" (Words written in the Air), Birkh Arz Kare (Thus Spake the Tree), Hanere Vich Sulagdi Varnmala (Words Smouldering in the Dark), Lafzaan Di Dargah (Shrine of Words), Patjhar Di Pazeb (Anklet of Autumn) and Surzameen (Music Land).[4]

Patar translated into Punjabi the three tragedies of Federico García Lorca, the play Nagmandala of Girish Karnad,[7] and poems of Bertolt Brecht and Pablo Neruda.[6] He also adapted plays from Jean Giraudoux, Euripides and Racine.[8][9] He wrote television scripts on Punjabi poets from Sheikh Farid to Shiv Kumar Batalvi.[1]

Patar was president of the Punjab Arts Council, Chandigarh.[10] Earlier, he had held the office of the President, Punjabi Sahit Akademi, Ludhiana. He was awarded Padma Shri in 2012.[6]

Death

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Patar died of cardiac arrest at his residence on Barewal Road in Ludhiana, on 11 May 2024, at the age of 79.[11][12] According to his family members, he did not wake up that morning and was declared dead after arriving in the hospital.[13][14]

Works

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Among Patar's works are "Candles",[15] "Hanere Vich Sulagdi Varanmala",[16] "Aiya Nand Kishore",[3] "Hanera Jarega Kiven", "Fasla", and "Koi Daalia Cho Langeya Hawa Bann Ke".[17]

Filmography

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Surjit Patar wrote dialogues for the Punjabi films Shaheed Uddham Singh and Videsh, the Punjabi version of Deepa Mehta's film Heaven on Earth.[18]

Awards

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Sahitya Akademi Award – Surjit Patar
  • 1979: Punjab Sahitya Akademi Award[19]
  • 1993: Sahitya Akademi Award for Hanere Vich Sulghdi Varnmala[10]
  • 1999: Panchnad Puruskar by Bhartiya Bhasha Parishad, Kolkata[20]
  • 2007–2008: Anad Kav Sanman[21]
  • 2009: Saraswati Samman by K.K.Birla foundation.[22]
  • 2009: Gangadhar National Award for Poetry, Sambalpur University, Orissa[23]
  • 2012: Padma Shri Award in the field of Literature and Education (fourth highest civilian award in the Republic of India)[24]
  • 2014: Kusumagraj Literary Award[25]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Padma awardee Punjabi poet Patar passes away in Ludhiana at 79". The Times of India. 12 May 2024. Retrieved 13 May 2024.
  2. ^ "Ramgarhia kom News, January-2020". Archived from the original on 27 January 2023. Retrieved 27 January 2023.
  3. ^ a b Singh, Surjit (Spring–Fall 2006). "Surjit Patar: Poet of the Personal and the Political". Journal of Punjab Studies. 13 (1): 265. His poems enjoy immense popularity with the general public and have won high acclaim from critics.
  4. ^ a b c Singh, Paramjeet (7 April 2018). Legacies of the Homeland: 100 Must Read Books by Punjabi Authors. Notion Press. ISBN 978-1-64249-424-2. Archived from the original on 12 May 2024. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
  5. ^ "Surjit Patar: Poet of the Personal and the Political", by Surjit Singh, Punjabi University, Patiala, Page 265, Paragraph 3 and 4, https://punjab.global.ucsb.edu/sites/secure.lsit.ucsb.edu.gisp.d7_sp/files/sitefiles/journals/volume13/13.1.2_Singh.pdf Archived 12 May 2024 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ a b c "Punjabi poet Surjit Patar gets Padma Shri". The Indian Express. 26 January 2012. Archived from the original on 29 January 2020. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
  7. ^ Vatsyayan, Anupam (14 December 2016). Re-visiting and Re-staging. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4438-5731-4. Archived from the original on 12 May 2024. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
  8. ^ "Issue 17: March 1998" (PDF). Seagull Theatre Quarterly. Retrieved 13 May 2024.
  9. ^ "Surjit Patar". Modern Poetry in Translation. Retrieved 13 May 2024.
  10. ^ a b "Eminent poet Surjit Patar is new Punjab Arts Council chief". The Indian Express. 23 August 2017. Archived from the original on 29 January 2020. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
  11. ^ Majeed, Shariq (11 May 2024). "Dr Surjit Patar to be cremated with full state honours on May 13". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 11 May 2024. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
  12. ^ PTI (11 May 2024). "Punjabi poet, writer Surjit Patar passes away at 79". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Archived from the original on 11 May 2024. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
  13. ^ "Eminent Punjabi poet Surjit Patar is no more" – The Indian Express, Written by Raakhi Jagga, Ludhiana, Updated: 11 May 2024, https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/chandigarh/eminent-punjabi-poet-surjit-patar-is-no-more-9321524/ Archived 11 May 2024 at the Wayback Machine
  14. ^ "Renowned Punjabi poet Padma Shri Dr Surjit Patar passes away at 79" – Hindustan Times, by Tarsem Singh Deogan, 11 May 2024, Ludhiana, https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/renowned-punjabi-poet-padma-shri-dr-surjit-patar-passes-away-at-79-101715401825132.html Archived 11 May 2024 at the Wayback Machine
  15. ^ Patar, Surjit (Spring–Fall 2006). "Punjabi Poetry – with translations by Randi L. Clary, Gibb Schreffler, and Ami P. Shah". Journal of Punjab Studies. 13 (1). Translated by Ami P. Shah.
  16. ^ Patar, Surjit (Spring–Fall 2006). "Punjabi Poetry – with translations by Randi L. Clary, Gibb Schreffler, and Ami P. Shah". Journal of Punjab Studies. 13 (1). Translated by Gibb Schreffler.
  17. ^ "Surjit Patar". kavishala.com. Retrieved 13 May 2024.
  18. ^ "Eminent Punjabi poet Surjit Patar dies at 79". The Tribune (India). Retrieved 13 May 2024.
  19. ^ "Eminent Punjabi poet Surjit Patar is no more". The Indian Express. 11 May 2024. Retrieved 13 May 2024.
  20. ^ "पद्मश्री से सम्मानित साहित्यकार और पंजाबी कवि सुरजीत पातर का निधन, 79 साल की उम्र में दुनिया को कहा अलविदा". आज तक (in Hindi). 11 May 2024. Retrieved 13 May 2024.
  21. ^ "2008". The Anād Foundation. 13 January 2012. Retrieved 13 May 2024.
  22. ^ Jatinder Preet (30 April 2010). "Saraswati Samman for Patar". Punjab Panorama. Archived from the original on 4 November 2013. Retrieved 30 April 2010.
  23. ^ "SELF STUDY REPORT FOR REACCREDITATION (Volume –I)" (PDF). 23 December 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 December 2019. Retrieved 13 May 2024.
  24. ^ "Padma Awards". pib. 27 January 2013. Archived from the original on 24 May 2013. Retrieved 27 January 2013.
  25. ^ "Punjabi litterateur Surjit Patar conferred Kusumagraj Award". Business Standard India. Business Standard. Press Trust of India. 7 March 2014. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 8 August 2015.
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