About Gurbakhsh Singh Frank
Lived 1935 – 2022 (aged 86). Gurbakhsh Singh Frank was an Indian professor, translator and writer.
Gurbax Singh Frank (1 September 1935 – 14 April 2022) was a Punjabi scholar and translator. In 2011, he was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Translation Prize for his book, 'Bharat Nikki Kahani', an anthology of short stories of various Indian languages.
Biography Frank completed his PhD on the short stories of Kartar Singh Duggal from Institute of Oriental Studies, Moscow, in 1975. He spent a total of 10 years in Soviet Union (1969–1976 and 1988–1991) and translated literary works of Russian authors like Rasul Gamzatov, Boris Polevoy, Chinghiz Aitmatov, Leo Tolstoy, Maxim Gorky, V Pannova, and Mikhail Lermontov into Punjabi.
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Who was Gurbakhsh Singh Frank?
Punjabi scholar and translator
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Gurbakhsh Singh Frank was born on 1 September 1935.
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Gurbakhsh Singh Frank died on 14 April 2022 in Amritsar, Punjab, India.
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Gurbakhsh Singh Frank was a professor, translator and writer.
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Gurbakhsh Singh Frank was Indian.
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