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Attarjeet

Attarjeet, author of Ab Jujhan Ko Dao, ਅਬ ਜੂਝਣ ਕੋ ਦਾਉ, اب جوجھن کو داؤ

Bathinda, Punjab, India

Attarjit has a long teaching and prodigious writing career. Among his ten collections of short stories are the critically acclaimed, ‘Mas Khorae’ (1973), ‘Kahani Kon Likhega’ (1996) and ‘Kandhan Tae Likhie Ibarat’ (2015). He has also written nine children’s story books. ‘Aj Jujhan Ko Dao’ is his second novel after ‘Navian Sohchan Naivan Leehan.’ He has received numerous awards from Punjabi literary and arts organizations.