Atamjit Singh

Atamjit Singh
Occupations
  • Playwright
  • Theatre director
Writing career
LanguagePunjabi
Notable awards
  • Sahitya Akademi Award
  • Sangeet Natak Akademi Award
Movement
Dakshinayan Abhiyan

Atamjit Singh is a Sahitya Akademi Award winning Punjabi playwright. He returned his Sahitya Akademi Award in October 2015. Singh is a part of the Dakshinayan Abhiyan.

Books and plays

Awards

Singh won the Sahitya Akademi Award in 2009 for Tatti Tavi Da Sach (Play) and the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 2011.

References

  1. ↑ "Sahitya Akademi Award". indianexpress.com. 26 December 2009. Retrieved 17 July 2016.
  2. ↑ "Revolutionary Road". indianexpress.com. 31 August 2012. Retrieved 17 July 2016.
  3. ↑ "9 writers return Sahitya awards, 1 quits Akademi". 12 October 2015.
  4. ↑ "More writers return Akademi awards". The Hindu. 12 October 2015 – via www.thehindu.com.
  5. ↑ "A movement towards progressive thought". The Navhind Times. 27 October 2016.
  6. ↑ "Sahitya Akademi Award 2009 for Tatti Tavi Da Sach". sahitya-akademi.gov.in. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 17 July 2016.
  7. ↑ "Noted Punjabi playwright Atamjit Singh gets Sangeet Natak Akademi award". timesofindia.indiatimes.com. 21 January 2011. Retrieved 17 July 2016.