Ram Sarup Ankhi

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Ram Sarup Ankhi
Born Ram Sarup
(1932-08-28)28 August 1932
Dhaula (now Sangrur district), British Punjab
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Barnala, Punjab, India
Occupation Writer, Novelist, Poet
Known for Partapi, Kothe Kharhak Singh

Ram Sarup Ankhi (Punjabi: ਰਾਮ ਸਰੂਪ ਅਣਖੀ) was a Sahitya Akademi Award winning[1] Punjabi writer,[2] novelist and poet of Punjab. He started as a poet but ended up as a fiction writer. He received Sarb Shresht Sahitkaar award in 2009.[3]

Early life

Ankhi was born on 28 August 1932, to a Brahmin family, in the village of Dhaula in [[barnala district]][2][3] of Indian Punjab. He left his college-study and did agriculture and then got a job as a school teacher and got retired in 1990. He married thrice[2] and survived by his widow, three daughters and two sons.

Career

He started his career as a poet but ended as fiction writer. There are 15 novels, eight-story-books and five poem collections to his credit.[2] He mostly wrote about the village life of Punjab; about farmer suicide and indebtedness and drug addiction etc.[1] His well-known works includes Kothe Kharhak Singh (1985),[4] Partapi (1993),[5] Dulle Di Dhab (2003), Salphas,[6] Kanak Da Qatleam.[7] Malhe Jharhian (1988)[8] and Apni Mitti De Rukh (2004) are the autobiographies.

Awards

He received the Sahitya Akademi Award given by Sahitya Akademi, India's National Academy of Letters in 1987 for his novel Kothe Kharhak Singh.[9] He received many more including, Kartar Singh Dhaliwal award of 1992 from Panjabi Sahit Akademi, Ludhiana and Sarb Shresht Sahitkaar award in 2009.[3]

Notable books

Stories
  • Sutta Naag (1966)
  • Kachcha Dhaga (1967)
  • Manukh Di Maut (1968)
  • Teesi Da Ber (1970)
  • Khaara Duddh (1973)
  • Adha Admi (1977)
  • Kadon Phirange Din (1985)[10]
  • Kidhar Jaawan (1992)[11]
  • Chhad Ke Na Ja (1994)
Novels
  • Kothe Kharhak Singh (1985)[4]
  • Partapi (1993)[5]
  • Dulle Di Dhab (2003)
  • Kaidan[12]
Autobiographies
  • Malhe Jharhian (1988)[8]
  • Apni Mitti De Rukh (2004)[13]

References

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  9. ↑ Official list of Awardees Sahitya Akademi website.
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