Amrita Pritam Birthday, Real Name, Age, Weight, Height, Family, Facts, Death Cause, Dress Size, Contact Details, Spouse(Husband), Children, Bio & More
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PERSONAL INFORMATION
REAL NAME
Amrita Pritam
NICK NAMES
Amrita Pritam
BIRTHDAY
BORN ON DAY
Friday
BIRTHPLACE
Gujranwala, British India
DIED AT AGE
86 Years 2 Months 2 Days
DEATHDATE
October 31, 2005
DEATHPLACE
Delhi, India
PROFESSION
ZODIAC
VIRGO
ALSO NOTED FOR
Poetry
Physical Stats
WAIST
N/A
Hip
N/A
DRESS SIZE
N/A
HEIGHT
N/A
WEIGHT
N/A
Amrita Pritam Family Members
Parents
FATHER
Kartar Singh Hitkari
Amrita Pritam Marriage, Affairs and Children
SPOUSE
Child(ren) of Amrita Pritam and Pritam Singh
Navraj Kwatra
Fame & Address
DEBUT
FAMOUS FROM/AS
Pinjar (novel) 1950, Ajj aakhaan Waris Shah nu (Poem)
More Information
Some Lesser Known Facts About Amrita Pritam
- She is the first famous Punjabi poet, novelist, and essayist who in late 20th-century was beloved in both India And Pakistan.
- In the span of 6 decades, she has written around 100 books which include the biographies, essays, a collection of Punjabi folk songs, autobiography, poetry, and fiction which are translated into many different languages.
- Her mother died when she was very small and to remove loneliness after her mother gone she starts writing a poem in very early. In 1936 her first poem 'Amrit Lehran' was published.
- Before the partition of India, for some time she worked on a Lahore Radio Station.
- An album named 'Amrita recited by Gulzar' was released by in which her poems are recited by him.
- She has got many awards like Punjab Rattan Award, Sahitya Akademi Award in 1956, Padma Shri(1969), Padma Vibhushan, got D.Litt. honorary degrees from Vishwa Bharati (1987), Delhi University (1973), Jabalpur University (1973), International Vaptsarov Award and so on.
- Did Amrita Pritam takes alcohol? NA.
- Was Amrita Pritam in the habit of Smoking? NA.
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