Jaswant Deed

Jaswant Deed
Jaswant Deed (right) with Dr. Kulvir Gojra at Bhai Vir Singh Sahitya Sadan, Delhi
Jaswant Deed (right) with Dr. Kulvir Gojra at Bhai Vir Singh Sahitya Sadan, Delhi
Born (1954-03-11) March 11, 1954 (age 70)
Shahkot, Jalandhar, Punjab
Occupation
  • Poet
  • Novelist
Notable awardsSahitya Akademi Award, 2007 for Kamandal

Jaswant Deed (born 11 March 1954 in Shahkot, Jalandhar Punjab) is a Punjabi poet.[1][2]

Books

Published Work:

Poetry
  1. Bache Ton Dardi Kavita – (1985-2003)
  2. Achanchet – (1990-2003)
  3. Awaaz Ayegi Aje – (1996-2003)
  4. Ghundi – (2001-2003)
  5. Kamandal – (2004-2009)
  6. Aawagvn – (2012)
  7. Tera Rang Nachave(select poems) – (2014)
Prose
  1. Dharti Hor Pre – (2010)
  2. Khaddi – (2017)
Short story

Ik Lapp Yadan Di – (1970)

Edited

Desh Vand Dian Kahanian – (1985) (short stories of partition of India and Pakistan)

Translations
  1. Jungle Di Kahani - From English to Punjabi -(1980)
  2. Yashpal – From Hindi to Punjabi – (1985)
  3. Guru Ladho Re - From Hindi to Punjabi – (1988)
  4. Ruko Prithvi- selected poems of Pablo Neruda – From Hindi to Punjabi. -2015
  5. Kamladas- (Poems of Kamla Das from English to Panjabi)

Works

In Digital Media

  • Trained from Film and television institute of India, (FTII Pune) in film and TV productions.
  • Thirty-two years’ experience in Television & Radio Productions. (Digital and Analogue)

TV/Film Productions

  • Produced approximately 50 TV documentaries/Films on life and works of eminent writers/painters and other well-known personalities.
  • Produced numerous special musicals & cultural heritage programs.
  • Produced TV shows and dramas.
  • Produced special series of documentaries, features on the history of Siri Guru Granth Sahib and its message of universal brotherhood, peace, and communal harmony.
  • Ex-Director, Television Center, Doordarshan Kendra (Govt. of India TV channel) Shimla.
  • Digital Productions

Produced in Canada, a documentary on Ghadar Movement

  • Hind Vasio Rakhna Yaad Sanu (2013)
  • Directed a short film of 45 minutes duration titled ‘Jalpari’ Canada, 2018.

Awards

Main article: List of Sahitya Akademi Award winners for Punjabi
  • He won the Sahitya Akademi Award for his book Kamandal (Poetry) – 2007[3]
  • Best Punjabi poet of the state (Poet Laureate) Awarded by Punjab Language Department – 2010
  • Best Panjabi prose book (Dharti Hor Pre), Language department Punjab – 2008
  • Prof. Mohan Singh Award, GNDU Amritsar (Poetry: ‘Bache Ton Dardi Kavita’) – 1985

References

  1. ^ "Jaswant Deed". tribuneindia.com. Retrieved 7 July 2016.
  2. ^ "100 yr old Ghadar Movement relives in docu". hindustantimes.com. Retrieved 7 July 2016.
  3. ^ "Sahitya Akademi Award in 2007 for his book Kamandal (Poetry)". sahitya-akademi.gov.in. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 7 July 2016.