Padma Sachdev

Padma Sachdev
Born 1940 (age 75–76)
Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir, India
Occupation poet, writer
Language Dogri language
Nationality Indian
Spouse First Vedpal Deep and later Surinder Singh (1966-present)

Padma Sachdev (born 1940) is an Indian poet and novelist. She is the first modern woman poet of the Dogri language.[1] She also writes in Hindi. She has published several poetry collections, including Meri Kavita Mere Geet (My Poems, My Songs), which won the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1971.[2][3] She has also received the Padma Shri, India's fourth highest civilian, award in 2001,[4] and the Kabir Samman for poetry for the year 2007-08, given by Government of Madhya Pradesh.[5]

Personal life

Sachdev was born in Jammu in 1940. She was the eldest of three children of a Sanskrit scholar, professor Jai Dev Badu, who was later killed during the partition of India in 1947. She first married famous Dogri poet Vedpal Deep and later married singer Surinder Singh of the musical duo "Singh Bandhu" in 1966.[6] She lives in New Delhi.[2]

Career

Sachdev worked in All India Radio, Jammu as an announcer. Here she met Surinder Singh, Hindustani vocalist of the Singh Bandhu musical duo, who was a duty officer at the time.[6] In the following years, she also worked with All India Radio, Mumbai.[2] Some of her books are Tavi Te Chanhan (Rivers Tavi and Chenab, 1976), Nheriyan Galiyan (Dark Lanes, 1982), Pota Pota Nimbal (Fingertipful Cloudless Sky, 1987), Uttar Vahini (1992) and Tainthian (1992).[1][2]

Awards

Bibliography

Translations

See also

References

  1. 1 2 George, p. 522
  2. 1 2 3 4 Mathur, p. 182
  3. ↑ "Sahitya Akademi Award". Official website. Retrieved Feb 26, 2013.
  4. ↑ "Padma Awards Directory (1954–2009)" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs.
  5. ↑ "Rashtriya Mahatma Gandhi Award to be given to Seva Bharti". August 10, 2008. Retrieved Feb 26, 2013.
  6. 1 2 "Song of the Singhs". The Hindu. May 6, 2004. Retrieved Feb 26, 2013.

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