Jaswant Deed

• Poet
• Novelist

Notable awardsSahitya Akademi Award, 2007 for Kamandal

Jaswant Deed (born 11 March 1954 in Shahkot, Jalandhar Punjab) is a Punjabi poet.^[1][2]

Books

Published Work:

Poetry

1. Bache Ton Dardi Kavita – (1985-2003)
2. Achanchet – (1990-2003)
3. Awaaz Ayegi Aje – (1996-2003)
4. Ghundi – (2001-2003)
5. Kamandal – (2004-2009)
6. Aawagvn – (2012)
7. Tera Rang Nachave(select poems) – (2014)

Prose

1. Dharti Hor Pre – (2010)
2. Khaddi – (2017)

Short story

Ik Lapp Yadan Di – (1970)

Edited

Desh Vand Dian Kahanian – (1985) (short stories of partition of India and Pakistan)

Translations

1. Jungle Di Kahani - From English to Punjabi -(1980)
2. Yashpal – From Hindi to Punjabi – (1985)
3. Guru Ladho Re - From Hindi to Punjabi – (1988)
4. Ruko Prithvi- selected poems of Pablo Neruda – From Hindi to Punjabi. -2015
5. Kamladas- (Poems of Kamla Das from English to Panjabi)

Works

In Digital Media

• Trained from Film and television institute of India, (FTII Pune) in film and TV productions.
• Thirty-two years’ experience in Television & Radio Productions. (Digital and Analogue)

TV/Film Productions

• Produced approximately 50 TV documentaries/Films on life and works of eminent writers/painters and other well-known personalities.
• Produced numerous special musicals & cultural heritage programs.
• Produced TV shows and dramas.
• Produced special series of documentaries, features on the history of Siri Guru Granth Sahib and its message of universal brotherhood, peace, and communal harmony.
• Ex-Director, Television Center, Doordarshan Kendra (Govt. of India TV channel) Shimla.
• Digital Productions

Produced in Canada, a documentary on Ghadar Movement

• Hind Vasio Rakhna Yaad Sanu (2013)
• Directed a short film of 45 minutes duration titled ‘Jalpari’ Canada, 2018.

Awards

• He won the Sahitya Akademi Award for his book Kamandal (Poetry) – 2007^[3]
• Best Punjabi poet of the state (Poet Laureate) Awarded by Punjab Language Department – 2010
• Best Panjabi prose book (Dharti Hor Pre), Language department Punjab – 2008
• Prof. Mohan Singh Award, GNDU Amritsar (Poetry: ‘Bache Ton Dardi Kavita’) – 1985

References