Manjit Tiwana

Manjit Tiwana (born 1947) is an eminent poet, was born in Patiala, Punjab.

Biography

She did her M.A. in Psychology and English from the Punjab University^{[disambiguation needed ]} in 1969 and 1973 respectively, and Ph.D. in Psychology in 1984. She also did Diploma in Indian Theatre (Acting and Direction) in 1975.

She has been a teacher of Psychology in colleges. She also worked as Head of the Department of Psychology in Government College for Women, Chandigarh.

Poetry

Tiwana's first poem was published in Nagmani when she was only sixteen. Manjit has authored seven collections of poetry, the significant poetical works are: Ilham (1976), Ilzam (1980), Tarian di joon (1982), Unida Wartman (1987), Savitri (1989)and Jin Prem Kiyo.^[1]

Awards

She is the recipient of the Sahitya Akademi award^[2] (1990) for Uninda Wartman (Poetry) and the Shiromani Punjabi Kavi Puraskar by Punjab State Languages Department for the year 1999.^[3]

References

1. ^ http://web.archive.org/web/20091026144556/http://geocities.com/indian_poets/punjabi.html
2. ^ http://www.sahitya-akademi.gov.in/old_version/awa10316.htm#punjabi
3. ^ http://www.tribuneindia.com/2001/20010125/punjab1.htm

External links

• Poetry by Tiwana
• The Trio of Punjabi Poetesses

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