30:
170:. He was educated in the local DAV School and was a top student from a very early age. In his educational ventures, he was among the top three in Punjab but had to stop his studies for lack of money. He took up odd jobs as a sales-boy at a Homoepathic Chemist Shop in
162:. His father died before he was one year old. Then his mother and two sisters died leaving him without a direct family by the time he was 4 years of age. He was brought up by his mother's younger sister who lived in
1474:
251:
He praised Ustad Reham Din, Lala Suraj Bhan, Dr Mohan Singh Diwana, and Dr
Nagendra as his most preferred teachers throughout his education. The poets he most admired and rated highest were
1479:
1514:
585:
1469:
282:
Many prolific poets and scholars did their PhDs under him, including Attar Singh, Tirlok Singh Kanwar, Atamjit Singh, Mohinder Kaur Gill and
Satinder Singh.
1464:
1175:
1509:
578:
555:
509:
212:
as
Professor Emeritus until he retired in 1984. He visited and gave lectures at many prestigious universities and institutions including the
1484:
571:
463:
1494:
524:
440:
426:
405:
391:
371:
1459:
181:
Singh completed his higher education without going to college, he had two degrees in
English and Hindi Literature, both from the
1454:
329:
114:, Harbhajan is credited with revolutionising the Punjabi poetry writing style. He published 17 collections of poems, including
1168:
213:
545:
221:
867:
823:
763:
1055:
208:
He started his academic career as an
English teacher before switching to Hindi and then to Punjabi. He worked at the
1499:
1449:
755:
594:
1504:
1161:
672:
640:
217:
1065:
1034:
902:
700:
668:
662:
644:
618:
608:
268:
976:
924:
849:
737:
694:
676:
632:
538:
485:
1061:
1489:
1376:
1198:
853:
751:
684:
680:
1228:
293:
1079:
1141:
1444:
1439:
1299:
1281:
1246:
1133:
1010:
898:
861:
845:
831:
793:
789:
460:
103:
90:
1405:
1311:
998:
956:
916:
797:
741:
688:
272:
209:
182:
175:
131:
1370:
1287:
1018:
1006:
819:
767:
626:
622:
229:
29:
1275:
1269:
1234:
1028:
966:
785:
520:
436:
422:
401:
387:
367:
197:
333:, New Delhi – a title only one other Punjabi writer received; Sardar Gurbax Singh Preet Lari.
1411:
1184:
1095:
1083:
960:
946:
888:
857:
841:
815:
733:
654:
636:
320:
276:
225:
150:, Assam, on 8 August 1920 to Ganga Devi and Ganda Singh, his father, who was suffering from
119:
107:
1340:
1293:
1210:
1112:
1089:
992:
988:
984:
704:
549:
516:
471:
467:
363:
298:
236:
1358:
1334:
1204:
1116:
1069:
1024:
980:
970:
920:
781:
759:
747:
716:
658:
312:
256:
252:
54:
1433:
1364:
1352:
1346:
1317:
1240:
1222:
1038:
932:
928:
906:
835:
801:
777:
650:
111:
58:
1382:
1305:
936:
614:
260:
186:
151:
243:, including Professor Pritam Singh, who Singh supported greatly until his death.
1417:
1388:
1137:
1002:
952:
871:
811:
712:
235:
He was invited to join the
Department of Modern Indian Languages by a Board of
1073:
894:
264:
159:
563:
178:
in New Delhi and then as an
Assistant Librarian in Khalsa School, New Delhi.
1263:
942:
240:
190:
127:
123:
1014:
827:
773:
347:
135:
912:
708:
147:
50:
515:, 1999: End-century Edition, by Kartik Chandra Dutt, Ramakanta Rath,
346:– the highest award presented to him by the Punjabi Sahitya Akademi,
171:
167:
163:
155:
122:
and translated 14 pieces of literature of others including those of
1153:
421:(Rajasthani), tr. by Chandra Prakash Deval. Sahitya Akademi, 1997.
1157:
567:
102:(8 August 1920 – 21 October 2002) was an Indian poet, critic,
311:– one of the highest literary honours in India given by the
339:– a now extinct award highly coveted while it existed
1398:
1327:
1256:
1191:
1126:
1105:
1048:
881:
726:
601:
378:
The Spirit of Khalsa – Three centuries of
Interface
85:
77:
65:
36:
20:
1475:Recipients of the Sahitya Akademi Award in Punjabi
360:A Light Within: Selected Poems of Harbhajan Singh
546:Harbhajan Singh (1920 –2002) Biography and works
1169:
579:
8:
1480:Recipients of the Sahitya Akademi Fellowship
324:– award for literary excellence in India, in
1515:People from Punjab Province (British India)
1176:
1162:
1154:
586:
572:
564:
28:
17:
1470:Recipients of the Saraswati Samman Award
453:
435:(Gujarati), National Book Trust, 2000.
709:Kuppali Venkatappa Puttappa 'Kuvempu'
174:, as a lower-division clerk with the
7:
200:is a well-known singer and scholar.
400:(Hindi). Hind Pocket Books, 2003.
1465:Academic staff of Delhi University
386:(Hindi). Hind Pocket Books, 2002.
14:
1025:Santeshivara Lingannaiah Bhyrappa
1510:20th-century Indian male writers
158:where they bought two houses in
552: (archived 26 October 2009)
539:"Biography with selected poems"
1127:Ananda Coomaraswamy Fellowship
214:Indian Institute of Technology
1:
510:Harbhajan Singh, Punjabi Poet
267:, Bulle Shah, Mir Taqi Mir,
154:. The family had to move to
146:Harbhajan Singh was born in
868:Ramchandra Narayan Dandekar
764:Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai
513:Who's who of Indian Writers
185:. His PhD thesis discussed
1531:
1485:Indian literary historians
756:Laxmanshastri Balaji Joshi
595:Sahitya Akademi Fellowship
330:Sahitya Akademi Fellowship
1495:20th-century Indian poets
673:Mangharam Udharam Malkani
641:Vishnu Sakharam Khandekar
218:Guru Nanak Dev University
27:
1066:Daniel H. H. Ingalls Sr.
1035:Nirendranath Chakravarty
701:Atmaram Ravaji Deshpande
669:Masti Venkatesha Iyengar
663:Kalindi Charan Panigrahi
645:Viswanatha Satyanarayana
619:Tarasankar Bandyopadhyay
609:Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
142:Early life and education
134:and selections from the
106:, and translator in the
1460:Delhi University alumni
1199:Harivansh Rai Bachchan
977:Chandranath Mishra Amar
925:Bhadriraju Krishnamurti
850:Gunturu Seshendra Sarma
738:K. R. Srinivasa Iyengar
695:T. P. Meenakshisundaram
633:Vaikom Muhammad Basheer
362:, tr. by S. C. Narula,
337:Soviet Land Nehru Award
116:Registan Vich Lakarhara
1455:Punjabi-language poets
1377:Sitanshu Yashaschandra
752:Vinayaka Krishna Gokak
681:Vasudev Vishnu Mirashi
196:One of his three sons
110:-language. Along with
1229:Shamsur Rahman Faruqi
1062:Edward C. Dimock, Jr.
1056:Léopold Sédar Senghor
466:31 March 2009 at the
294:Sahitya Akademi Award
1300:Jagannath Prasad Das
1282:Govind Chandra Pande
1247:Indira Parthasarathy
1134:Senake Bandaranayake
1106:Premchand Fellowship
1011:M. T. Vasudevan Nair
899:Govind Chandra Pande
862:N. Khelchandra Singh
846:K. S. Narasimhaswamy
832:Sachidananda Routray
824:Subhash Mukhopadhyay
794:Kanhu Charan Mohanty
790:Vishnu Bhikaji Kolte
419:Ni Chhiyan Ni Tavaro
413:Works in translation
104:cultural commentator
91:cultural commentator
1406:Sharankumar Limbale
1312:Lakshmi Nandan Bora
999:Raghuveer Chaudhari
957:Kartar Singh Duggal
917:U. R. Ananthamurthy
798:P. T. Narasimhachar
742:K. Shivaram Karanth
303:Na Dhuppe Na ਛਾਂਵੇਂ
279:, and Puran Singh.
273:Rabindranath Tagore
210:University of Delhi
183:University of Delhi
176:Government of India
132:Rabindranath Tagore
1371:Mahabaleshwar Sail
1288:Sunil Gangopadhyay
1019:Satya Vrat Shastri
1007:Sitakant Mahapatra
820:Vidya Niwas Mishra
768:Annada Shankar Ray
627:C. Rajagopalachari
623:Sumitranandan Pant
433:Punjabni Lokakatha
230:Gauhati University
1500:Indian male poets
1450:Poets from Lahore
1427:
1426:
1276:Mahesh Elkunchwar
1270:Dalip Kaur Tiwana
1235:Manubhai Pancholi
1151:
1150:
1080:Vassilis Vitsaxis
1029:C. Narayana Reddy
967:Gopi Chand Narang
786:Qurratulain Hyder
222:Punjab University
198:Madan Gopal Singh
97:
96:
1522:
1505:Poets from Assam
1412:Ramdarash Mishra
1185:Saraswati Samman
1178:
1171:
1164:
1155:
1142:Azad N. Shamatov
1096:Abhimanyu Unnuth
1084:Eugene Chelyshev
1049:Honorary Fellows
961:Ravindra Kelekar
947:Vishnu Prabhakar
903:Nilamani Phookan
889:Ram Nath Shastri
858:Ram Vilas Sharma
842:Syed Abdul Malik
816:Vinda Karandikar
734:Umashankar Joshi
655:Gopinath Kaviraj
637:Firaq Gorakhpuri
588:
581:
574:
565:
542:
497:
496:
494:
492:
482:
476:
458:
344:Dhaliwal Sanmaan
321:Saraswati Samman
277:Noon Meem Rashid
226:Jammu University
120:literary history
72:
46:
44:
32:
18:
1530:
1529:
1525:
1524:
1523:
1521:
1520:
1519:
1430:
1429:
1428:
1423:
1394:
1341:A. A. Manavalan
1323:
1294:Ayyappa Paniker
1252:
1217:Harbhajan Singh
1211:Vijay Tendulkar
1187:
1182:
1152:
1147:
1122:
1113:Intizar Hussain
1101:
1090:Ronald E. Asher
1044:
993:Khushwant Singh
989:Kedarnath Singh
985:Bholabhai Patel
877:
806:Harbhajan Singh
722:
705:Jainendra Kumar
597:
592:
558:Harbhajan Singh
550:Wayback Machine
537:
534:
517:Sahitya Akademi
506:
504:Further reading
501:
500:
490:
488:
484:
483:
479:
472:Sahitya Akademi
468:Wayback Machine
459:
455:
450:
415:
364:Sahitya Akademi
356:
299:Sahitya Akademi
288:
249:
237:anthropologists
206:
144:
100:Harbhajan Singh
70:
69:21 October 2002
61:
48:
42:
40:
23:
22:Harbhajan Singh
12:
11:
5:
1528:
1526:
1518:
1517:
1512:
1507:
1502:
1497:
1492:
1487:
1482:
1477:
1472:
1467:
1462:
1457:
1452:
1447:
1442:
1432:
1431:
1425:
1424:
1422:
1421:
1415:
1409:
1402:
1400:
1396:
1395:
1393:
1392:
1386:
1380:
1374:
1368:
1362:
1359:Veerappa Moily
1356:
1350:
1344:
1338:
1335:S. L. Bhyrappa
1331:
1329:
1325:
1324:
1322:
1321:
1315:
1309:
1303:
1297:
1291:
1285:
1279:
1273:
1267:
1260:
1258:
1254:
1253:
1251:
1250:
1244:
1238:
1232:
1226:
1220:
1214:
1208:
1205:Ramakanta Rath
1202:
1195:
1193:
1189:
1188:
1183:
1181:
1180:
1173:
1166:
1158:
1149:
1148:
1146:
1145:
1130:
1128:
1124:
1123:
1121:
1120:
1117:Kishwar Naheed
1109:
1107:
1103:
1102:
1100:
1099:
1093:
1087:
1077:
1070:Kamil Zvelebil
1059:
1052:
1050:
1046:
1045:
1043:
1042:
1032:
1022:
996:
981:Kunwar Narayan
974:
971:Ramakanta Rath
964:
950:
940:
921:Vijaydan Detha
910:
892:
885:
883:
879:
878:
876:
875:
865:
839:
809:
782:Ashapurna Devi
771:
760:Amritlal Nagar
748:Mulk Raj Anand
745:
730:
728:
724:
723:
721:
720:
717:Mahadevi Varma
698:
692:
677:Nilmoni Phukan
666:
659:Gurbaksh Singh
648:
630:
612:
605:
603:
599:
598:
593:
591:
590:
583:
576:
568:
562:
561:
553:
543:
533:
532:External links
530:
529:
528:
505:
502:
499:
498:
477:
452:
451:
449:
446:
445:
444:
430:
414:
411:
410:
409:
395:
381:
375:
355:
352:
351:
350:
340:
334:
325:
316:
313:Madhya Pradesh
305:
287:
284:
257:Guru Arjan Dev
253:Guru Nanak Dev
248:
245:
205:
202:
143:
140:
118:, 19 works of
95:
94:
89:Poet, critic,
87:
83:
82:
79:
75:
74:
73:(aged 82)
67:
63:
62:
55:Assam Province
49:
38:
34:
33:
25:
24:
21:
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
1527:
1516:
1513:
1511:
1508:
1506:
1503:
1501:
1498:
1496:
1493:
1491:
1490:Punjabi Sikhs
1488:
1486:
1483:
1481:
1478:
1476:
1473:
1471:
1468:
1466:
1463:
1461:
1458:
1456:
1453:
1451:
1448:
1446:
1443:
1441:
1438:
1437:
1435:
1419:
1416:
1413:
1410:
1407:
1404:
1403:
1401:
1397:
1390:
1387:
1384:
1381:
1378:
1375:
1372:
1369:
1366:
1365:Padma Sachdev
1363:
1360:
1357:
1354:
1353:Govind Mishra
1351:
1348:
1347:Sugathakumari
1345:
1342:
1339:
1336:
1333:
1332:
1330:
1326:
1319:
1318:Surjit Paatar
1316:
1313:
1310:
1307:
1304:
1301:
1298:
1295:
1292:
1289:
1286:
1283:
1280:
1277:
1274:
1271:
1268:
1265:
1262:
1261:
1259:
1255:
1248:
1245:
1242:
1241:Shankha Ghosh
1239:
1236:
1233:
1230:
1227:
1224:
1223:Balamani Amma
1221:
1218:
1215:
1212:
1209:
1206:
1203:
1200:
1197:
1196:
1194:
1190:
1186:
1179:
1174:
1172:
1167:
1165:
1160:
1159:
1156:
1143:
1139:
1135:
1132:
1131:
1129:
1125:
1118:
1114:
1111:
1110:
1108:
1104:
1097:
1094:
1091:
1088:
1085:
1081:
1078:
1075:
1071:
1067:
1063:
1060:
1057:
1054:
1053:
1051:
1047:
1040:
1039:Gurdial Singh
1036:
1033:
1030:
1026:
1023:
1020:
1016:
1012:
1008:
1004:
1000:
997:
994:
990:
986:
982:
978:
975:
972:
968:
965:
962:
958:
954:
951:
948:
944:
941:
938:
934:
933:Shankha Ghosh
930:
929:Amrita Pritam
926:
922:
918:
914:
911:
908:
907:Bhisham Sahni
904:
900:
896:
893:
890:
887:
886:
884:
880:
873:
869:
866:
863:
859:
855:
854:Rajendra Shah
851:
847:
843:
840:
837:
836:Krishna Sobti
833:
829:
825:
821:
817:
813:
810:
807:
803:
802:R. K. Narayan
799:
795:
791:
787:
783:
779:
778:Balamani Amma
775:
772:
769:
765:
761:
757:
753:
749:
746:
743:
739:
735:
732:
731:
729:
725:
718:
714:
710:
706:
702:
699:
696:
693:
690:
689:V. R. Trivedi
686:
682:
678:
674:
670:
667:
664:
660:
656:
652:
651:Kaka Kalelkar
649:
646:
642:
638:
634:
631:
628:
624:
620:
616:
613:
610:
607:
606:
604:
600:
596:
589:
584:
582:
577:
575:
570:
569:
566:
560:
559:
554:
551:
547:
544:
540:
536:
535:
531:
526:
525:81-260-0873-3
522:
518:
514:
511:
508:
507:
503:
487:
481:
478:
474:
473:
469:
465:
462:
457:
454:
447:
442:
441:81-237-3279-1
438:
434:
431:
428:
427:81-260-0304-9
424:
420:
417:
416:
412:
407:
406:81-216-0152-5
403:
399:
396:
393:
392:81-216-0255-6
389:
385:
382:
379:
376:
373:
372:81-260-0540-8
369:
365:
361:
358:
357:
353:
349:
345:
341:
338:
335:
332:
331:
326:
323:
322:
317:
314:
310:
306:
304:
301:, India, for
300:
296:
295:
290:
289:
285:
283:
280:
278:
274:
270:
266:
262:
258:
254:
246:
244:
242:
238:
233:
231:
227:
223:
219:
215:
211:
203:
201:
199:
194:
192:
188:
184:
179:
177:
173:
169:
165:
161:
157:
153:
149:
141:
139:
137:
133:
129:
125:
121:
117:
113:
112:Amrita Pritam
109:
105:
101:
92:
88:
86:Occupation(s)
84:
80:
76:
68:
64:
60:
59:British India
56:
52:
47:8 August 1920
39:
35:
31:
26:
19:
16:
1383:K Siva Reddy
1306:Naiyer Masud
1216:
937:Nirmal Verma
882:2001–present
805:
615:D. R. Bendre
557:
512:
489:. Retrieved
480:
470:
456:
432:
418:
397:
384:Sheikh Farid
383:
377:
359:
354:Bibliography
343:
336:
328:
319:
309:Kabir Samman
308:
302:
292:
281:
261:Shah Hussain
250:
234:
207:
195:
187:Hindi poetry
180:
152:tuberculosis
145:
115:
99:
98:
93:, translator
71:(2002-10-21)
15:
1445:2002 deaths
1440:1920 births
1418:Sivasankari
1389:Vasdev Mohi
1138:Chie Nakane
1003:Arjan Hasid
953:Anita Desai
872:Rehman Rahi
812:Jayakanthan
713:V. Raghavan
685:Sukumar Sen
527:. Page 448.
486:"Biography"
315:Government.
78:Nationality
1434:Categories
1074:Ji Xianlin
895:Kaifi Azmi
448:References
265:Waris Shah
247:Influences
160:Gawalmandi
43:1920-08-08
1399:2020-2029
1328:2010-2019
1264:Manoj Das
1257:2000-2009
1192:1990-1999
943:Manoj Das
727:1981–2000
602:1968–1980
556:Books by
491:10 August
398:Bulleshah
241:linguists
191:Gurumukhi
128:Sophocles
124:Aristotle
1115:(2005),
1015:Asit Rai
828:Raja Rao
774:Nagarjun
464:Archived
366:, 1998.
348:Ludhiana
193:script.
136:Rig Veda
913:Kovilan
548:at the
461:Punjabi
380:, 2000.
286:Honours
189:in the
148:Lumding
108:Punjabi
51:Lumding
1420:(2022)
1414:(2021)
1408:(2020)
1391:(2019)
1385:(2018)
1379:(2017)
1373:(2016)
1367:(2015)
1361:(2014)
1355:(2013)
1349:(2012)
1343:(2011)
1337:(2010)
1320:(2009)
1314:(2008)
1308:(2007)
1302:(2006)
1296:(2005)
1290:(2004)
1284:(2003)
1278:(2002)
1272:(2001)
1266:(2000)
1249:(1999)
1243:(1998)
1237:(1997)
1231:(1996)
1225:(1995)
1219:(1994)
1213:(1993)
1207:(1992)
1201:(1991)
1144:(1996)
1119:(2016)
1098:(2013)
1092:(2007)
1086:(2002)
1076:(1996)
1058:(1974)
1041:(2016)
1031:(2014)
1021:(2013)
995:(2010)
973:(2009)
963:(2007)
949:(2006)
939:(2004)
909:(2002)
891:(2001)
874:(2000)
864:(1999)
838:(1996)
808:(1994)
770:(1989)
744:(1985)
719:(1979)
697:(1975)
691:(1973)
665:(1971)
647:(1970)
629:(1969)
611:(1968)
523:
439:
425:
404:
390:
370:
342:2002:
327:1994:
318:1994:
307:1987:
291:1969:
204:Career
172:Lahore
168:Lahore
164:Ichhra
156:Lahore
81:Indian
269:Lorca
521:ISBN
493:2006
437:ISBN
423:ISBN
402:ISBN
388:ISBN
368:ISBN
239:and
228:and
66:Died
37:Born
1082:,
1436::
1140:,
1136:,
1072:,
1068:,
1064:,
1037:,
1027:,
1017:,
1013:,
1009:,
1005:,
1001:,
991:,
987:,
983:,
979:,
969:,
959:,
955:,
945:,
935:,
931:,
927:,
923:,
919:,
915:,
905:,
901:,
897:,
870:,
860:,
856:,
852:,
848:,
844:,
834:,
830:,
826:,
822:,
818:,
814:,
804:,
800:,
796:,
792:,
788:,
784:,
780:,
776:,
766:,
762:,
758:,
754:,
750:,
740:,
736:,
715:,
711:,
707:,
703:,
687:,
683:,
679:,
675:,
671:,
661:,
657:,
653:,
643:,
639:,
635:,
625:,
621:,
617:,
519:.
297:,
275:,
271:,
263:,
259:,
255:,
232:.
224:,
220:,
216:,
166:,
138:.
130:,
126:,
57:,
53:,
1177:e
1170:t
1163:v
587:e
580:t
573:v
541:.
495:.
475:.
443:.
429:.
408:.
394:.
374:.
45:)
41:(
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
