List of Punjabi language poets
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- Baba Farid - 12th-13th c
- DamodarDamodarDamodar can refer to:* Damodar Das Arora a famous Punjabi Poet* Damodar River in India* Damodar * Damodar * Damodar Pande - First Prime Minister of Nepal...
- 15th c - Shah HussainShah HussainShah Hussain was a Punjabi Sufi poet who is regarded as a Sufi saint. He was the son of Sheikh Usman, a weaver, and belonged to the Dhudha clan of Rajputs. He was born in Lahore...
- 16th c - Sultan BahuSultan BahuSultan Bahu was a Muslim Sufi and saint, who founded the Sarwari Qadiri Sufi order.Sultan Bahu belonged to the Awan tribe, and was born in Anga, Soon Valley, Sakesar . Like many other Sufi saints of South Asia, Sultan Bahu was a prolific writer, with more than forty books on Sufism attributed to...
- 16th-17th c - Saleh muhammad safooriSaleh Muhammad SafooriSaleh muhammad safoori was a punjabi sufi poet of southern punjab who was the writer of a poetic collection in punjabi which is now known to people as Kulliyat-e-saleh muhammad safoori. In the collection he has described the famous mythical story of southern punjab , Sasi puno in poetic form...
- 17th c - Bulleh ShahBulleh ShahBulleh Shah was a Punjabi Sufi poet, a humanist and philosopher.-Early life:Bulleh Shah is believed to have been born in 1680, in the small village of Uch, Bahawalpur, Punjab, in present day Pakistan. His father, Shah Muhammad Darwaish, was a teacher and preacher in a village mosque...
- 17th-18th c - Waris ShahWaris ShahWaris Shah was a Punjabi Sufi poet, renowned for his contribution to Punjabi literature. He is best-known for his seminal work Heer Ranjha, based on the traditional folk tale of Heer and her lover Ranjha. Heer is considered one of the quintessential works of classical Punjabi literature...
- 18th c - Khwaja Ghulam Farid - 18th-19th c
- Mian Muhammad BakhshMian Muhammad BakhshMīān Muhammad Bakhsh was a Sufi saint and a Punjabi/Pahari poet; he belonged to the Qadiri tariqah. He is especially renowned as the author of a book of poetry called Saiful Malūk. He was born in a village called Khari Sharif, situated near Mirpur, Azad Kashmir.-Lineage:He belonged to the Gujjar...
- 19th c - QadaryarQadaryarQadaryar was a poet of the Punjabi language. Born in Gujranwala, Qadaryar wrote Punjabi Qissa like Qissa Purana Bhagat, Raja Rasal and Siharfi Harisingh Nalua.-References:...
- 19th c - Piloo - 19th c
- Hashim - 19th c
- Bhai Veer Singh - 20th c
- Dhani Ram ChatrikDhani Ram ChatrikDhani Ram Chatrik is considered the founder of modern Punjabi poetry.He worked all his life to lift the status of the Punjabi language. He was the founding president of Punjabi Sabha...
- 20th c - Faiz Ahmad Faiz
- Amrita PritamAmrita PritamAmrita Pritam was a Punjabi writer and poet, considered the first prominent woman Punjabi poet, novelist, and essayist, and the leading 20th-century poet of the Punjabi language, who is equally loved on both the sides of the India-Pakistan border, with a career spanning over six decades, she...
- 20th c - Darshan Singh AwaraDarshan Singh AwaraDarshan Singh Awara started writing verse under the impulse of the Indian Freedom Struggle in the early 1920's. The tone and diction of these poems were nationalist revolutionary and they were first published in a volume named Bijii di Tarak . It was confiscated by the British Government...
- 20th c - Dr. Harbhajan Singh - 20th c
- Shiv Kumar BatalviShiv Kumar BatalviShiv Kumar 'Batalvi was a noted Punjabi language poet, who was most known for his romantic poetry, noted for its heightened passion, pathos, separation and lover's agony...
- 20th c - Sharif Kunjahi - 20th c
- Surjit PaatarSurjit PaatarSurjit Patar is an Indian Punjabi language poet who debuted in 1960s-Biography:Dr Surjit Patar is a renowned Punjabi poet. He obtained a Masters degree from Punjabi University, Patiala and then a Ph.D in Literature on "Transformation of Folklore in Guru Nanak Vani" from Guru Nanak Dev...
- 20th c - Ajmer RodeAjmer RodeAjmer Rode is a Canadian author writing in Punjabi as well as in English. His first work was non-fiction Vishva Di Nuhar on Einstein's Relativity in dialogue form inspired by Plato's Republic. Published by the Punjabi University in 1966, the book initiated a series of university publications on...
- 20th c - Paramjit Kaur SirhindParamjit Kaur SirhindParamjit Kaur Sirhind, a Punjabi writer, was born in town of Dhuri, Punjab, India. She writes poems and articles related to Punjabi culture. In June 2009, her first book of poetry "Kehnu Dard Sunava" was released...
- Sukhdarshan DhaliwalSukhdarshan DhaliwalSukhdarshan Dhaliwal is an Punjabi-American poet, who has published three collections of poetry in Punjabi and one collection of ghazals in English.-Biography:...
- Satinder Sartaj -21st c
- Balwant GargiBalwant GargiBalwant Gargi was a renowned Punjabi language dramatist, theatre director, novelist, and short story writer, and academic.-Early life:Balwant Gargi Born on December 4, 1916 in Neeta Khandan in Bathinda...
- Shardha Ram PhillauriShardha Ram PhillauriShardha Ram Phillauri was a Punjabi missionary, social reformer, astrologer, and writer, best remembered for his contributions to Hindi and Punjabi literature. He has been called the “father of modern Punjabi prose."...
- Abid TamimiAbid Tamimi-Introduction:Abid Tamimi is a Punjabi poet. He was born on 1st September 1955. His father's name was Noor Hussain Tamimi. His profession was banking. He was living in Chiniot Tehsil of District Chiniot, Punjab . He started poetry in year 1971...
Sikh Gurus
The teachings of the Sikh GurusSikh Gurus
The Sikh Gurus established Sikhism from over the centuries beginning in the year 1469. Sikhism was founded by the first guru, Guru Nanak, and subsequently, all in order were referred to as "Nanak", and as "Lights", making their teachings in the holy scriptures, equivalent...
have been recorded in the form of hymns in Guru Granth Sahib
Guru Granth Sahib
Sri Guru Granth Sahib , or Adi Granth, is the religious text of Sikhism. It is the final and eternal guru of the Sikhs. It is a voluminous text of 1430 angs, compiled and composed during the period of Sikh gurus, from 1469 to 1708...
, the holy scripture of the Sikhs, which is written in poetic form.
The Gurus whose Bani
Bani
Gurbani is the term used by Sikhs to refer to any compositions of the Sikh Gurus. Gurbani is composed of two words: 'Gur' meaning 'the Guru's' and 'bani' meaning 'word'....
form a part of Guru Granth Sahib include:
- Guru Nanak
- Guru Angad DevGuru Angad DevGuru Angad Dev Ji was the second of the ten Sikh Gurus. He was born in the village of Sarae Naga in Muktsar district in Punjab, on 31 March 1504 and given the name Lehna shortly after his birth as was the custom of his Hindu parents. He was the son of a small successful trader named Pheru Mal...
- Guru Amar DasGuru Amar DasGuru Amar Das was the third of the Ten Gurus of Sikhism and was given the title of Sikh Guru on 26 March 1552.-His life:...
- Guru Ram DasGuru Ram DasGuru Ram Das was the fourth of the Ten Gurus of Sikhism and was given the title of Sikh Guru on 30 August 1574.-Early life:Ram Das was born in Lahore, Punjab on 24 September 1534[1] to a Sodhi family of the Khatri clan. His father was Hari Das and his mother Anup Devi. His wife was Bibi Bhani,...
- Guru Arjan DevGuru Arjan DevGuru Arjan Dev Ji was the fifth of the Ten Gurus of Sikhism. He was born in Goindval, Punjab, India, the youngest son of Guru Ram Das and Bibi Bhani, the daughter of Guru Amar Das. He became the Guru of the Sikhs on 1 September 1581 after the death of his father Guru Ram Das. Guru Arjan died in...
- Guru Tegh Bahadur
Guru Gobind Singh
Guru Gobind Singh
Guru Gobind Singh is the tenth and last Sikh guru in a sacred lineage of ten Sikh gurus. Born in Patna, Bihar in India, he was also a warrior, poet and philosopher. He succeeded his father Guru Tegh Bahadur as the leader of Sikhs at a young age of nine...
was a prolific writer, and is believed to have written many baanis which Sikhs read religiously everyday, like Jaap Sahib
Jaap Sahib
Jaap Sahib is the morning prayer of the Sikhs. The Prayer or Bani was composed by the tenth Sikh Master, Guru Gobind Singh. This Bani is one of 5 Banis that a Sikh must recite everyday and is recited by the Panj Pyare while preparing Amrit on the occasion of Amrit Sanchar , a ceremony held to admit...
, Sawayya
Sawayya
- Sawaiya :The English spelling can vary - Sometimes written as "Sawaiye" or "Savaiye" , etcThese are thirty-three in all. Apart from describing the form of the Khalsa, these describe God in a style very similar to that employed in the Akal Ustat. God as described here is above the limiting...
and Benti Chaupai.
See also
- List of Punjabi poets from India
- Punjabi languagePunjabi languagePunjabi is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by inhabitants of the historical Punjab region . For Sikhs, the Punjabi language stands as the official language in which all ceremonies take place. In Pakistan, Punjabi is the most widely spoken language...
, Gurmukhi and Shahmukhi - PunjabPunjab regionThe Punjab , also spelled Panjab |water]]s"), is a geographical region straddling the border between Pakistan and India which includes Punjab province in Pakistan and the states of the Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Chandigarh and some northern parts of the National Capital Territory of Delhi...
- Punjab, Pakistan
- Punjab, India
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- IndiaIndiaIndia , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...