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Surjit Patar
Surjit Patar
	Patar in 2010
Native name	ਸੁਰਜੀਤ ਪਾਤਰ
Born	Surjit Hundal; 14 January 1945; Pattar Kalan, Punjab Province, British India
Died	11 May 2024 (aged 79); Ludhiana, Punjab, India
Occupation	Writer; poet; teacher;
Language	Punjabi
Education	Guru Nanak Dev University (PhD)

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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

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

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

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

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

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]

References

^ ^a ^b "Padma awardee Punjabi poet Patar passes away in Ludhiana at 79". The Times of India. 12 May 2024. Retrieved 13 May 2024.
^ "Ramgarhia kom News, January-2020". Archived from the original on 27 January 2023. Retrieved 27 January 2023.
^ ^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.
^ ^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.
^ "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
^ ^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.
^ 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.
^ "Issue 17: March 1998" (PDF). Seagull Theatre Quarterly. Retrieved 13 May 2024.
^ "Surjit Patar". Modern Poetry in Translation. Retrieved 13 May 2024.
^ ^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.
^ 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.
^ 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.
^ "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
^ "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
^ 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.
^ 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.
^ "Surjit Patar". kavishala.com. Retrieved 13 May 2024.
^ "Eminent Punjabi poet Surjit Patar dies at 79". The Tribune (India). Retrieved 13 May 2024.
^ "Eminent Punjabi poet Surjit Patar is no more". The Indian Express. 11 May 2024. Retrieved 13 May 2024.
^ "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.
^ "2008". The Anād Foundation. 13 January 2012. Retrieved 13 May 2024.
^ Jatinder Preet (30 April 2010). "Saraswati Samman for Patar". Punjab Panorama. Archived from the original on 4 November 2013. Retrieved 30 April 2010.
^ "SELF STUDY REPORT FOR REACCREDITATION (Volume –I)" (PDF). 23 December 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 December 2019. Retrieved 13 May 2024.
^ "Padma Awards". pib. 27 January 2013. Archived from the original on 24 May 2013. Retrieved 27 January 2013.
^ "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.

External links

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Surjit Patar at IMDb

[Times-1] "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.

[ssingh-3] 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.

[:0-4] 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

[Padmashri-6] "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.

[:1-10] "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.

[j393-11] 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.

[Awards-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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-'''Surjit Patar''' (born '''Surjit Hunjan'''; [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]]: 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>
+'''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==
 [[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)]]
-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=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>
+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>
-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-sixties{{what?|date=May 2024}}. 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 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" />
-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]]. He also adapted plays from [[Jean Giraudoux]], [[Euripides]] and [[Jean Racine|Racine]].{{cn|date=May 2024}} He wrote television scripts on Punjabi poets from [[Fariduddin Ganjshakar|Sheikh Farid]] to [[Shiv Kumar Batalvi]].{{cn|date=May 2024}}
+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>
-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>{{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>
+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>
 ===Death===
-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,
+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>
-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,
-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>
 ==Works==
-Among Patar's works are "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", and "Koi Daalia Cho Langeya Hawa Bann Ke".{{cn|date=May 2024}}
+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==
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 ==Awards==
 [[File:Sahitya Akademi Award - Surjit Patar.JPG|thumb|Sahitya Akademi Award – Surjit Patar]]
 * 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" />
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 * 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>
 * 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>
+* 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>
-* 2009: Gangadhar National Award for Poetry, Sambalpur University, Orissa
 * 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>
 * 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>
 ==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==
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 ==External links==
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+* {{Facebook|PATARSURJIT |Surjit Patar }}
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+* {{IMDb name| id=2539698| name=Surjit Patar}}
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v t e Recipients of Padma Shri in Literature & Education
1950s	K. Shankar Pillai (1954) Krishna Kanta Handique (1955) Surya Kumar Bhuyan (1956) Sukhdev Pande (1956) Nalini Bala Devi (1957) S. R. Ranganathan (1957) Ram Chandra Varma (1958) Magan Lal Tribhuvandas Vyas (1958) K. S. Chandrasekharan (1958)
1960s	B. S. Kesavan (1960) Artaballabha Mohanty (1960) N. D. Sundaravadivelu (1961) Vinayaka Krishna Gokak (1961) Vishnukant Jha (1961) Jinvijay (1961) Evengeline Lazarus (1961)
1970s	Ananda Chandra Barua (1970) Sulabha Panandikar (1971)
1980s	Krishan Dutta Bharadwaj (1981) Abid Ali Khan (1981) Ram Punjwani (1981) Vaikom Muhammad Basheer (1982) R. V. Pandit (1982) Sher Singh Sher (1982) Gaura Pant Shivani (1982) Ahalya Chari (1983) Amitabha Chaudhuri (1983) Saliha Abid Hussain (1983) Komal Kothari (1983) Hundraj Lial Ram Dukhayal Manik (1983) Raghuvir Sharan Mitra (1983) Attar Singh (1983) Mayangnokcha Ao (1984) Kshem Suman Chandra (1984) Lakshmi Kumari Chundawat (1984) Shanta Gandhi (1984) Sadhu Singh Hamdard (1984) Qurratulain Hyder (1984) Ganpatrao Jadhav (1984) Syed Abdul Malik (1984) John Arthur King Martyn (1984) Sooranad Kunjan Pillai (1984) Syed Hasan Askari (1985) Jamesh Dokhuma (1985) Kaka Hathrasi (1985) Bharat Mishra (1985) Harishankar Parsai (1985) Ashangbam Minaketan Singh (1985) Anil Agarwal (1986) Binod Kanungo (1986) Chitra Naik (1986) Abdur Rahman (1986) Nuchhungi Renthlei (1986) Raghunath Sharma (1986) Abdul Sattar (1987) Nazir Ahmed (1987) Vanaja Iyengar (1987) Khawlkungi (1987) Badri Narayan (1987) Debi Prasanna Pattanayak (1987) Sant Singh Sekhon (1987) N. Khelchandra Singh (1987) Madaram Brahma (1988) Nissim Ezekiel (1988) K. M. George (1988) Mario Miranda (1988) Vidya Niwas Mishra (1988) Ali Jawad Zaidi (1988) Kalim Aajiz (1989) Barsane Lal Chaturvedi (1989) Anita Desai (1989) Moti Lal Saqi (1989) Rongbong Terang (1989) V. Venkatachalam (1989)
1990s	M. Aram (1990) Vijay Kumar Chopra (1990) Behram Contractor (1990) Radha Mohan Gadanayak (1990) Madhav Yeshwant Gadkari (1990) Yashpal Jain (1990) Sharad Joshi (1990) Kanhiyalal Prabhakar Mishra (1990) Gopi Chand Narang (1990) Dagdu Maruti Pawar (1990) Nilmani Phookan Jr (1990) Shyam Singh Shashi (1990) Ram Nath Shastri (1990) Bharat Bhushan (yogi) (1991) Kapil Deva Dvivedi (1991) B. K. S. Iyengar (1991) Satish Chandra Kakati (1991) Vishnu Bhikaji Kolte (1991) Madan Lal Madhu (1991) Namdeo Dhondo Mahanor (1991) Keshav Malik (1991) Surendra Mohanty (1991) P. T. Narasimhachar (1991) V. G. Bhide (1992) Gulabdas Broker (1992) Krishna Chaithanya (1992) Rajammal P. Devadas (1992) Vasant Shankar Kanetkar (1992) V. C. Kulandaiswamy (1992) R. S. Lugani (1992) Shovana Narayan (1992) Nisith Ranjan Ray (1992) M. Kirti Singh (1992) B. K. Thapar (1992) Mark Tully (1992) B. N. Goswamy (1998) O. N. V. Kurup (1998) Lalsangzuali Sailo (1998) Gurdial Singh (1998) Narayan Gangaram Surve (1998) Ruskin Bond (1999) Shayama Chona (1999) G. P. Chopra (1999) Namdeo Dhasal (1999) Kanhaiya Lal Nandan (1999) Satya Vrat Shastri (1999) Rajkumar Jhalajit Singh (1999)
2000s	Grigoriy Lvovitch Bondarevsky (2000) P. S. Chawngthu (2000) Piloo Nowshir Jungalwalla (2000) Mandan Mishra (2000) Rehman Rahi (2000) K. P. Saxena (2000) Nabaneeta Dev Sen (2000) Elangbam Nilakanta Singh (2000) Bala V. Balachandran (2001) Jeelani Bano (2001) Manoj Das (2001) Javare Gowda (2001) Chandrashekhara Kambara (2001) Gnanananda Kavi (2001) Kumar Ketkar (2001) Ravindra Kumar (2001) Kalidas Gupta Riza (2001) Padma Sachdev (2001) Bhabendra Nath Saikia (2001) Vachnesh Tripathi (2001) Munirathna Anandakrishnan (2002) Gopal Chhotray (2002) Gyan Chand Jain (2002) Madhu Mangesh Karnik (2002) Ashok Ramchandra Kelkar (2002) V. K. Madhavan Kutty (2002) Turlapaty Kutumba Rao (2002) Kim Yang-shik (2002) Manzoor Ahtesham (2003) Jagdish Chaturvedi (2003) Motilal Jotwani (2003) Yarlagadda Lakshmi Prasad (2003) Tekkatte Narayan Shanbhag (2003) Shailendra Nath Shrivastava (2003) Pritam Singh (2003) Vairamuthu (2003) Hamlet Bareh (2004) Kumarpal Desai (2004) Tatyana Elizarenkova (2004) Anil Kumar Gupta (2004) Gowri Ishwaran (2004) Leeladhar Jagudi (2004) Sunita Jain (2004) Prithvi Nath Kaula (2004) Ayyappa Paniker (2004) P. Parameswaran (2004) Bal Samant (2004) Kanhaiyalal Sethia (2004) Ramesh Chandra Shah (2004) Heinrich von Stietencron (2004) Sudhir Tailang (2004) Dalip Kaur Tiwana (2004) Amiya Kumar Bagchi (2005) Shobhana Bhartia (2005) Manas Chaudhuri (2005) Darchhawna (2005) J. S. Grewal (2005) Amin Kamil (2005) Gadul Singh Lama (2005) Mammen Mathew (2005) S. B. Mujumdar (2005) Bilat Paswan Vihangam (2005) Ajeet Cour (2006) Sucheta Dalal (2006) Laltluangliana Khiangte (2006) Lothar Lutze (2006) Mrinal Pande (2006) Sugathakumari (2006) Sitanshu Yashaschandra (2006) Temsüla Ao (2007) Vijaydan Detha (2007) Bakul Harshadrai Dholakia (2007) Amitav Ghosh (2007) Meenakshi Gopinath (2007) Giriraj Kishore (2007) Shekhar Pathak (2007) Pratibha Ray (2007) Rostislav Rybakov (2007) Vikram Seth (2007) Vaali (2007) Sivanthi Adithan (2008) Bina Agarwal (2008) Vellayani Arjunan (2008) Nirupam Bajpai (2008) Surjya Kanta Hazarika (2008) Vinod Dua (2008) M. Leelavathy (2008) Amitabh Mattoo (2008) Bholabhai Patel (2008) Rajdeep Sardesai (2008) Sukhadeo Thorat (2008) Srinibash Udgata (2008) Suresh Gundu Amonkar Abhay Chhajlani Birendra Nath Datta Shashi Deshpande Bannanje Govindacharya Panchapakesa Jayaraman Mathoor Krishnamurty Jayanta Mahapatra Laxman Mane John Ralston Marr Alok Mehta A. Sankara Reddy Lalthangfala Sailo Ngawang Samten Ranbir Chander Sobti Ram Shankar Tripathi
2010s	Lalzuia Colney (2010) Maria Aurora Couto (2010) Romuald D'Souza (2010) Bertha Gyndykes Dkhar (2010) Surendra Dubey (2010) Sadiq-ur-Rahman Kidwai (2010) Hermann Kulke (2010) Ramaranjan Mukherji (2010) Govind Chandra Pande (2010) Mrs YGP (2010) Sheldon Pollock (2010) Arun Sarma (2010) Jitendra Udhampuri (2010) Granville Austin (2011) Mahim Bora (2011) Urvashi Butalia (2011) Pullella Sriramachandrudu (2011) Mamang Dai (2011) Pravin Darji (2011) Chandra Prakash Deval (2011) Deviprasad Dwivedi (2011) Balraj Komal (2011) Krishna Kumar (2011) Rajni Kumar (2011) Devanur Mahadeva (2011) Barun Mazumder (2011) Ritu Menon (2011) Avvai Natarajan (2011) Bhalchandra Nemade (2011) Karl Harrington Potter (2011) Koneru Ramakrishna Rao (2011) Devi Dutt Sharma (2011) Nilamber Dev Sharma (2011) Geeta Dharmarajan (2012) Eberhard Fischer (2012) Kedar Gurung (2012) Surjit Patar (2012) Sachchidanand Sahai (2012) Allan Sealy (2012) Pepita Seth (2012) Vijay Dutt Shridhar (2012) Ralte L. Thanmawia (2012) Anvita Abbi (2013) Nida Fazli (2013) Radhika Herzberger (2013) Noboru Karashima (2013) Salik Lucknawi (2013) J. Malsawma (2013) Devendra Patel (2013) Christopher Pinney (2013) Mohammad Sharaf-e-Alam (2013) Rama Kant Shukla (2013) Jagdish Prasad Singh (2013) Akhtarul Wasey (2013) Naheed Abidi (2014) Ashok Chakradhar (2014) Keki N. Daruwalla (2014) G. N. Devy (2014) Kolakaluri Enoch (2014) Ved Kumari Ghai (2014) Manorama Jafa (2014) Rehana Khatoon (2014) P. Kilemsungla (2014) Sengaku Mayeda (2014) Waikhom Gojen Meitei (2014) Vishnunarayanan Namboothiri (2014) Dinesh Singh (2014) Huang Baosheng (2015) Bettina Bäumer (2015) Lakshmi Nandan Bora (2015) Jean-Claude Carrière (2015) Gyan Chaturvedi (2015) Raj Chetty (2015) Bibek Debroy (2015) Ashok Gulati (2015) George L. Hart (2015) Sunil Jogi (2015) Usha Kiran Khan (2015) Narayana Purushothama Mallaya (2015) Lambert Mascarenhas (2015) Taarak Mehta (2015) Ram Bahadur Rai (2015) J. S. Rajput (2015) Bimal Kumar Roy (2015) Annette Schmiedchen (2015) Gunvant Shah (2015) Brahmdev Sharma (2015) Dhirendra Nath Bezbaruah (2016) S. L. Bhyrappa (2016) Kameshwar Brahma (2016) Jawahar Lal Kaul (2016) Sal Khan (2016) Ashok Malik (2016) Haldhar Nag (2016) Pushpesh Pant (2016) Dahyabhai Shastri (2016) Prahlad Chandra Tasa (2016) Anant Agarwal (2017) Eli Ahmed (2017) Michel Danino (2017) Narendra Kohli (2017) Akkitham Achuthan Namboothiri (2017) Kashi Nath Pandita (2017) Vishnu Pandya (2017) V. G. Patel (2017) H.R. Shah (2017) Chamu Krishna Shastry (2017) Bhawana Somaaya (2017) Punam Suri (2017) Harihar Kripalu Tripathi (2017) G. Venkatasubbiah (2017) Prafulla Govinda Baruah (2018) Shyamlal Chaturvedi (2018) Arup Kumar Dutta (2018) Arvind Gupta (2018) Digamber Hansda (2018) Anwar Jalalpuri (2018) Piyong Temjen Jamir (2018) Joyasree Goswami Mahanta (2018) Zaverilal Mehta (2018) Tomio Mizokami (2018) Habibullo Rajabov (2018) Vagish Shastri (2018) Maharao Raghuveer Singh (2018) A Zakia (2018) Narsingh Dev Jamwal (2019) Nagindas Sanghavi (2019) Mohammed Hanif Khan Shastri (2019) Devendra Swarup (2019)
2020s	Abhiraj Rajendra Mishra (2020) Binapani Mohanty (2020) Damayanti Beshra (2020) H. M. Desai (2020) Lil Bahadur Chettri (2020) Meenakshi Jain (2020) N. Chandrasekharan Nair (2020) Narayan Joshi Karayal (2020) Prithwindra Mukherjee (2020) Robert Thurman (2020) S. P. Kothari (2020) Shahabuddin Rathod (2020) Sudharma (2020) Vijayasarathi Sribhashyam (2020) Yeshe Dorjee Thongchi (2020) Yogesh Praveen (2020) Benichandra Jamatia (2020) Carlos G. Vallés (2021) Dadudan Gadhvi (2021) Imran Shah (2021) Mangal Singh Hazowary (2021) Mridula Sinha (2021) Namdeo Kamble (2021) Rangasami L. Kashyap (2021) Srikant Datar (2021) Solomon Pappaiah (2021) Asavadi Prakasarao (2021) Lalbiakthanga Pachuau (2021) Najma Akhtar (2022) T Senka Ao (2022) J K Bajaj (2022) Sirpi Balasubramaniam (2022) Akhone Asgar Ali Basharat (2022) Harmohinder Singh Bedi (2022) Maria Christopher Byrski (2022) Khalil Dhantejvi (Posthumous) (2022) Dhaneswar Engti (2022) Narasimha Rao Garikapati (2022) Girdhari Ram Gonjhu (Posthumous) (2022) Shaibal Gupta (Posthumous) (2022) Narasingha Prasad Guru (2022) Avadh Kishore Jadia (2022) Tara Jauhar (2022) Rutger Kortenhorst (2022) P Narayana Kurup (2022) V L Nghaka (2022) Chirapat Prapandavidya (2022) Vidyanand Sarek (2022) Kali Pada Saren (2022) Dilip Shahani (2022) Vishwamurti Shastri (2022) Tatiana Lvovna Shaumyan (2022) Siddhalingaiah (Posthumous) (2022) Vidya Vindu Singh (2022) Raghuvendra Tanwar (2022) Badaplin War (2022) Radha Charan Gupta (2023) C. I. Issac (2023) Rattan Singh Jaggi (2023) Anand Kumar (2023) Prabhakar Bhanudas Mande (2023) Antaryami Mishra (2023) Ramesh Patange (2023) B. Ramakrishna Reddy (2023) Mohan Singh (2023) Prakash Chandra Sood (2023) Janum Singh Soy (2023) Vishwanath Prasad Tiwari (2023) Dhaniram Toto (2023)

v t e Saraswati Samman
1990-1999	Harivansh Rai Bachchan (1991) Ramakanta Rath (1992) Vijay Tendulkar (1993) Harbhajan Singh (1994) Balamani Amma (1995) Shamsur Rahman Faruqi (1996) Manubhai Pancholi (1997) Shankha Ghosh (1998) Indira Parthasarathy (1999)
2000-2009	Manoj Das (2000) Dalip Kaur Tiwana (2001) Mahesh Elkunchwar (2002) Govind Chandra Pande (2003) Sunil Gangopadhyay (2004) Ayyappa Paniker (2005) Jagannath Prasad Das (2006) Naiyer Masud (2007) Lakshmi Nandan Bora (2008) Surjit Paatar (2009)
2010-2019	S. L. Bhyrappa (2010) A. A. Manavalan (2011) Sugathakumari (2012) Govind Mishra (2013) Veerappa Moily (2014) Padma Sachdev (2015) Mahabaleshwar Sail (2016) Sitanshu Yashaschandra (2017) K Siva Reddy (2018) Vasdev Mohi (2019)
2020-2029	Sharankumar Limbale (2020) Ramdarash Mishra (2021) Sivasankari (2022)

v t e Gangadhar National Award For Poetry
1991–2009	Ali Sardar Jafri (1991) Nabakanta Barua (1992) Shakti Chattopadhyay (1993) Jayanta Mahapatra (1994) Kedarnath Singh (1995) Ayyappa Paniker (1996) Sitakant Mahapatra (1997) Nirupama Kaur (1998) Vinda Karandikar (1999) Ramakanta Rath (2000) K. Satchidanandan (2001) Sankha Ghosh (2002) Sitanshu Yashaschandra (2003) Dilip Chitre (2004) Gulzar (2005) Nilmani Phookan Jr (2006) Haraprasad Das (2007) Akhlaq Mohammed Khan (2008) Surjit Patar (2009)
2010–2029	Rajendra Kishore Panda (2010) Balraj Komal (2011) Vasdev Mohi (2012) Soubhagya Kumar Misra (2013) Subodh Sarkar (2014) Leeladhar Jagudi (2015) K. Siva Reddy (2016) Chandrashekhara Kambara (2017) Vishwanath Prasad Tiwari (2018) Sheen Kaaf Nizam (2019) Kamal Vora (2020) K. G. Sankara Pillai (2021)
(awarded by Sambalpur University)

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