Baldev Singh

Baldev Singh (11 December 1942), also known as Baldev Singh Sadaknaama, is an Indian novelist and story writer in Punjabi-language. He received the Sahitya Akademi Award 2011 for his novel Dhahwan Dilli De Kingre. As of 2012, he has written 55 novels and various short stories and plays.

His novel Laal Batti dealt with the red-light area of Kolkatta, for which he studied his subject for over a decade. It was also adapted into play by Manch Rang Manch, and directed by Kewal Dhaliwal. His novel Annadaata was about plights of farmers in Punjab and is also part of the Punjabi literature curriculum in the Guru Nanak Dev University and Punjabi University. He plans to write sequels to both these books. His play Mitti Rudan Kare also remains popular.

His work Dhahwan Dilli De Kingre was about the legendary rebel Dulla Bhatti. The novel won him a Sahitya Akademi Award for Punjabi in 2011. He recently published a monogram on Giani Gurdit Singh (1923-2007), a noted Punjabi writer, for Sahitya Akademi, Delhi’s, "Makers of Indian Literature" series.

Works Sadaknaama Laal Batti Anndaata Dhahwan Dilli De Kingre Ikkwin Sadi