Shiv Kumar Batalvi was a Punjabi language poet, who was most known for his romantic poetry, noted for its heightened passion, pathos, separation and lover's agony
He became the youngest recipient of the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1967, given by Sahitya Akademi, for his epic verse play based on the ancient legend of Puran Bhagat, Loona, now considered a masterpiece in modern Punjabi literature, and which also created a new genre, of modern Punjabi kissa. Today, his poetry stands in equal footing, a...
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