Gurdial Singh
Gurdial Singh (Punjabi: ਗੁਰਦਿਆਲ ਸਿੰਘ) is a Punjabi writer, novelist and story-writer from Punjab, India. He started his literary career in 1957 with a short-story, "Bhaganwale". He became known as a novelist when he published the novel Marhi Da Deeva in 1964. Surinder Singh directed a film, Marhi Da Deeva (1989), based on the novel. After Amrita Pritam he is the second Punjabi writer to receive the Jnanpith Award.
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| Birth date | January 01, 1933 |
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