Ishwar Chander Nanda
Ishwar Chand Nanda (30 September 1892 - 3 September 1965[1]) was an Indian dramatist. He is known as the father of Punjabi drama.[2][3][4][5]
Life
[edit]He did B.A. Honors from Dayal Singh College, Lahore, where he was a student of Norah Richards,[6] and then M.A. English from Punjab University, Lahore. He later became a Professor at Dayal Singh College, where he worked till his retirement on August 15, 1947. After partition settled in New Delhi, where he lived for the rest of life.[2]
Works
[edit]Plays
[edit]- Suhag or Dulhan (1913) one-act play
- Bebe Ram Bhajni (1914)
- Subhaddra (1920)
- Var Ghar or Lily Da Viah (1930)
- Shamu Shah (1928)k
- Social Circle (1953) three one-act plays[7]
References
[edit]- ^ ਰਛਪਾਲ ਸਿੰਘ ਗਿੱਲ (2004). ਪੰਜਾਬ ਕੋਸ਼ ਜਿਲਦ ਦੂਜੀ (in Punjabi). ਭਾਸ਼ਾ ਵਿਭਾਗ ਪੰਜਾਬ. p. 201.
- ^ a b "Ishwar Chander Nanda". Retrieved 14 September 2014.
- ^ Lal, Ananda (2004). Oxford Reference. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-564446-3. Retrieved 14 September 2014.
- ^ Sī. Aila Nāraṅga (1987). History of Punjabi Literature, 850-1850 A.D. National Book Shop. p. 9.
- ^ J. S. Grewal (1986). The Emergence of Punjabi Drama: A Cultural Response to Colonial Rule. Guru Nanak Dev University. p. 33.
- ^ Sant Singh Sekhon; Kartar Singh Duggal (1992). A History of Punjabi Literature. Sahitya Akademi Publications. p. 333. ISBN 978-81-7201-292-2.
- ^ ਡਾ. ਰਘਬੀਰ ਸਿੰਘ (2007). ਮੰਚ ਦਰਸ਼ਨ (in Punjabi). ਪਬਲੀਕੇਸ਼ਨ ਬਿਊਰੋ ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਯੂਨੀਵਰਸਿਟੀ ਪਟਿਆਲਾ. pp. 147–148, 167. ISBN 978-81-7380-153-2.
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