About Tara Singh Kamil
Lived 1929 – 1993 (aged 63). Tara Singh Kamil was an Indian writer, poet, satirist, translator and journalist.
Tara Singh Kamil (15 August 1929 - 1993) was a Punjabi poet. He won the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1989 for his poetry collection Kahikashan.
Biography Tara Singh was born in village Hookran, Hoshiarpur district, British Punjab (now Punjab, India). He lived in New Delhi.
He was a carpenter by profession and frequently performed at kavi darbars (poetry recitals).
Literary style Tara Singh's Sahitya Akademi Award winning collection Kahikashan has two primary themes; love and the situation of Punjab. His love poetry is not romantic poetry but "of a different hue".
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Punjabi poet and prose writer (1929–1993)
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Tara Singh Kamil was born on 15 August 1929 in Hoshiarpur District.
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Tara Singh Kamil died on 2 February 1993.
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Tara Singh Kamil was a writer, poet, satirist, translator and journalist.
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Tara Singh Kamil was Indian.
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