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Ram Sarup Ankhi
Ram Sarup Ankhi
Born	Ram Sarup; 28 August 1932; Dhaula, Punjab Province, British India
Died	14 February 2010 (aged 77); Barnala, Punjab, India
Nationality	Indian
Occupation(s)	Writer, Novelist, Poet
Known for	Partapi, Kothe Kharak Singh

Ram Sarup Ankhi (28 August 1932 – 14 February 2010) was an Indian writer, poet, and novelist who wrote in Punjabi.^[1] He started as a poet but ended up as a fiction writer. He was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award by the Sahitya Akademi, India's National Academy of Letters in 1987 for his novel Kothe Kharak Singh.

Life

Ankhi was born on 28 August 1932, in the village of Dhaula in Barnala district of Indian Punjab. After completing his education from Government Mohindra College, Patiala, Ankhi continued with his ancestral profession of farming. Later, he served as an English teacher^[2] in a government school, but wrote in Punjabi language. He died on 13 February 2010,^[3] and he was survived by his wife, three daughters and two sons. One daughter pre-deceased him^[4] Three of his wives died, and he later married a lady who spoke only broken Punjabi, leading everyone to conclude that his fourth wife was from outside Punjab, but from another Indian province.^[5]

Career

He started his career as a poet but ended as fiction writer. There are 15 novels, eight-story-books and five poem collections to his credit.^[6] He mostly wrote about the village life of Punjab; about farmer suicide and indebtedness and drug addiction etc. His well-known works include Kothe Kharak Singh (1985),^[7] Partapi (1993),^[8] Dulle Di Dhab (2003), Salphas,^[9] Kanak Da Qatleam.^[10] Malhe Jharhian (1988)^[11] and Apni Mitti De Rukh (2004) are both autobiographies. The scene of most of his writings are a cluster of 50 villages in the Malwa region, from the districts of Mansa, Bathinda, Barnala, and Sangrur.

Awards

He received the Sahitya Akademi Award given by Sahitya Akademi, India's National Academy of Letters in 1987 for his novel Kothe Kharak Singh, which was a story of three generations based on a fictional village in Punjab.^[12] He received many more including, Kartar Singh Dhaliwal award of 1992 from Panjabi Sahit Akademi, Ludhiana and Sarb Shresht Sahitkaar award in 2009.^[13]

Notable books

Stories

Many of his books and short stories have been adapted into films. His novel Gelo was made into a Punjabi feature film directed by Manbhawan Singh in 2016.

Sutta Naag (1966)
Kachcha Dhaga (1967)
Manukh Di Maut (1968)
Teesi Da Ber (1970)
Khaara Duddh (1973)
Adha Admi (1977)
Gelo
Kadon Phirange Din (1985)^[14]
Kidhar Jaawan (1992)^[15]
Chhad Ke Na Ja (1994)


Novels

Kothe Kharak Singh (1985)^[7]
Partapi (1993)^[8]
Dulle Di Dhab (2003)
Kaidan^[16]


Autobiographies

Malhe Jharhian (1988)^[11]
Apni Mitti De Rukh (2004)^[17]

References

^ Chandan, Amarjit. "Ram Sarup Ankhi 1932–2010". apnaorg.com. Archived from the original on 28 May 2012. Retrieved 30 April 2012.
^ Walia, Varinder (18 February 2008). "No Novelist Equals PremChand". The Tribune. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
^ "Tributes to Ram Sarup Ankhi". The Times of India. 13 February 2011. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
^ Chandan, Amarjit. "Obituary Ram Sarup Ankhi". ApnaOrg. ApnaOrg. Archived from the original on 18 January 2021. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
^ Bharti, Vishav (23 December 2013). "A tale of two stories". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
^ Kidwai, Shafey (12 October 2017). "At home among strangers". The Hindu. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
^ ^a ^b Ankhi, Ram Sarup (2006). Kothe Kharhak Singh (reprint ed.). Sahitya Akademi. ASIN B003DRHBGI.
^ ^a ^b Ankhi, Ram Sarup (2010). Partapi (reprint ed.). Unistar Books Pvt. Ltd. ISBN 978-81-7538-113-1.
^ Ankhi, Ram Sarup (2007). Salfaas. Unistar Books Pvt. Ltd. ISBN 978-81-7142-125-1.
^ Ankhi, Ram Sarup (2007). Kankan Da Katleam. Unistar Books Pvt. Ltd. ISBN 978-81-7142-377-4.
^ ^a ^b Ankhi, Ram Sarup (2007). Malhe Jharhian (reprint ed.). Unistar Books Pvt. Ltd. ISBN 978-81-7142-208-1.
^ Official list of Awardees^{[permanent dead link‍]} Sahitya Akademi website.
^ "Ram Sarup Ankhi finally gets his due, to get Sarab Shresht Sahitkaar award". Ludhiana. The Indian Express. 4 July 2009. p. 2. Retrieved 30 April 2012.
^ Ankhi, Ram Sarup (1985). Kadon Phirange Din. Panjabi Writers' Co-operative Society.
^ Ankhi, Ram Sarup (1992). Kidhar Jaawan. Raghbir Rachna Pralashan.
^ Ankhi, Ram Sarup (2006). Kaidan. Unistar Books Pvt. Ltd. p. 148. ISBN 978-81-7142-043-8.
^ Ankhi, Ram Sarup (2004). Apni Mitti De Rukh. Lok Geet Prakashan. p. 127.