Gurcharan Rampuri is a Canadian

Canada

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 poet

Poet

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 of Punjabi

Punjabi people

The Punjabi people , ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ), also Panjabi people, are an Indo-Aryan group from South Asia. They are the second largest of the many ethnic groups in South Asia. They originate in the Punjab region, which has been been the location of some of the oldest civilizations in the world including, the...

 descent who writes in the Punjabi language

Punjabi language

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. He lives in Coquitlam, British Columbia

British Columbia

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Rampuri has been writing poems in Punjabi for well over 60 years. He lives in Vancouver, BC, where he has lived since 1964. Currently, he is working on his autobiography. In May 2011, Weavers Press in San Francisco (a member of Small Press Distribution) brought out The Circle of Illusion, a collection of Rampuri's poems translated into English by Amritjit Singh of Ohio University and Judy Ray of Tucson, AZ.

Works

• Kankan di Khushbo
• Qaul Qarar
• Ahnnee Gali
• Kanchni
• Qatalgah
• Agnaar
• Kirnan da Ahlanan

Awards

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• K.S. Dhaliwal Award, Ludhiana, India, 1997.
• Nand Lal Noorpuri Award, Yuba City, USA, 1987.
• Panjab Languages Department, Patiala, India, 1984.
• Panjabi Sahit Akadamy, Chandigarh, India, 1982.
• Panjabi Likhari Sabha (Writers Society) Rampur, India, 1980.