About Harbhajan Singh Halwarvi
Lived 1943 – 2003 (aged 59–60). Harbhajan Singh Halwarvi was an Indian writer, poet and journalist.
Harbhajan Singh Halwarvi (1943 - 2003) was a Punjabi poet. He won the Sahitya Akademi Award in 2002 for his poetry collection Pullan Ton Paar.
Biography Halwarvi was born in 1943 in village Halwara, district Ludhiana, Punjab, India. He did post graduation in Punjabi and Mathematics. He started working with the Punjabi newspaper Punjabi Tribune in 1977 as an assistant editor and went on to become the acting editor and editor. He stopped working at the Punjabi Tribune in 1997 but joined again in 2000 to work until 2002.
He was a part of the Naxalite movement and went to jail multiple times.
Awards
Bhai Vir Singh Award by Languages Department, Government of Punjab Shromani Punjabi Patrakar Award by the Government of Punjab 2002 - Sahitya Akademi Award
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Punjabi poet
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Harbhajan Singh Halwarvi was born in 1943 in Ludhiana.
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Harbhajan Singh Halwarvi died on 22 October 2003.
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Harbhajan Singh Halwarvi was a writer, poet and journalist.
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