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Shiv Kumar Batalvi was born on 23 July 1936 (though a few documents related to him state 8 October 1937) in the village Bara Pind Lohtian, Shakargarh Tehsil, Sialkot District (now in Punjab, Pakistan), in a Brahmin Family to Pandit Krishan Gopal Sharma, village tehsildar in the revenue department, and Shanti Devi, a housewife.


In 1947, when he was aged 11, his family moved to Batala, Gurdaspur district after the partition of India, where his father continued his work as a patwari and young Shiv received his primary education. Allegedly, he was a dreamy child, often vanishing for the duration of the day, to be found lying under trees by the riverbank close to the Mandir or Hindu temple outside the village, lost in a brown reverie. He appears to have been fascinated by local renditions of the Hindu epic Ramayana, as well as wandering minstrel singers, snake charmers, and the like – which feature as metaphors in his poetry, giving it a uniquely rural flavor.

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Shiv Kumar Batalvi

Indian Punjabi language poet (1937–1973)

Shiv Kumar Batalvi

Shiv Kumar Batalvi during the interview by BBC in 1970

BornShiv Kumar
(1936-07-23)23 July 1936
Barapind, Punjab Province, British India
(now in Punjab, Pakistan)
Died6 May 1973(1973-05-06) (aged 36)
Kiri Mangyal, Punjab, India
OccupationPoet, singer, author, playwright, lyricist
LanguagePunjabi
Period1960–1973
Genrepoetry, prose, play
SubjectPathos, passion,
Literary movementRomanticism
Notable worksLoona (1965)
Notable awardsSahitya Akademi Award
SpouseAruna Batalvi

Shiv Kumar Batalvi (23 July 1936[1][2] – 6 May 1973[3][4]) was a Punjabi poet, writer and playwright of the Punjabi language. He was most known for his romantic poetry, noted for its heightened passion, pathos, separation and lover's agony,[5] due to that he was also called Birha Da Sultan. He is also called 'Keats of Punjab'.

He became the youngest recipient of the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1967, given

Shiv Kumar Batalvi

Shiv Kumar Batalvi

Shiv Kumar Batalvi during the interview by BBC in 1970

BornShiv Kumar
(1936-07-23)23 July 1936
Died6 May 1973(1973-05-06) (aged 36)
OccupationPoet
LanguagePunjabi
Period1960–1973
Genrepoetry
Notable awardsSahitya Akademi Award
SpouseAruna Batalvi

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Shiv Kumar Batalvi (23 July 1936[1][2] - 6 May 1973[3][4]) was an Indian poet, writer and playwright of the Punjabi language. He was best known for his works of romantic poetry. He was also called Birha Da Sultan. He was the youngest recipient of Sahitya Akademi Award.

Biography

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He was born in the village Bara Pind Lohtian in the Shakargarh Tehsil of Gurdaspur District into a Punjabi Hindu Brahmin family. His father's name is Pandit Krishan Gopal Sharma and mother's name is Shanti Devi.

He completed his matriculation in 1953 at Panjab University.

On 5 February 1967, he married, Aruna,[5] a Brahmin girl from his own caste. She is from K

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