Role
Member
Title
Professor, Punjab University, Chandigarh (India) and former Head, Department of Punjabi at Punjabi University, Patiala
Region
Surrey, BC, Canada
Born in the year 1939 in a village in Ludhiana district of Punjab, Dr. Raghbir Singh is an eminent literary critic and scholar of Punjabi language. He has worked as a teacher at Panjab University Chandigarh for thirty years, and was also Professor and Head of the Department of Punjabi at Punjabi University, Patiala. Since 1965, he has edited a literary quarterly entitled Sirjana, a journal that has contributed to shaping new trends and introducing young talent in Punjabi literature. He has penned, edited, translated, and transcribed about a dozen books, Yathaarthi being the foremost book of literary criticism. He was General Secretary of the Kendri Punjabi Lekhak Sabha, the representative organization of Punjabi writers. He has also been the main functionary of the Punjab Sahitya Academy and Punjab Arts Council, set up by the Punjab Government.
Dr. Raghbir Singh has received several awards and honours, which include a fellowship with the Punjabi Sahit Sabha, New Delhi and the Shiromani Sahitak Patarkar Award of the Punjab Government
