Ajmer Singh Aulakh
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| Intro | Author | |
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| Work field | Literature | |
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| Birth | 19 August 1942 | |
| Death | 15 June 2017 (aged 74 years) |
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Biography
Ajmer Singh Aulakh (ਪੰਜਾਬੀ: ਅਜਮੇਰ ਸਿੰਘ ਔਲਖ, 19 August 1942 – 15 June 2017) was a renowned Punjabi playwright from Mansa district, Punjab.He was born in 1942 at Kishangarh Village Pharwahi, Mansa district, Punjab, India.
Books and plays
Aulakh published his first collection of one-act plays, Arbad narbad dhundukara i.e. 'Eons and Nebulae' in 1978.
collections of one-act plays
- Arbad narbad dhundukara (Eons and Nebulae)
- Begane bohar di chhan (Shade of the Alien Oak)
- Anhe nishanchi (Blind Shooters)
- Gani
plays
- Ik Ramayan hor (One More Ramayana)*Niuṃ-jaṛa
- Satt begaane
- Kehar Singh di maut (Kehar Singh's Death)
- Ishaka bājha namāza dā hajja nāhī
- Bhajian bahin (Broken Arms)
- Ikka sī dariā
- Jhanāṃ de pāṇī
- Aise jana wirale sam̆sāre
Awards
He won the Sahitya Akademi Award in 2006 for his book Ishaka bājha namāza dā hajja nāhī (Plays).