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PTI | 11:01 PM,Jan 26,2012Duggal is survived by his wife Ayesha, a doctor, and a Duggal is survived by his wife Ayesha, a doctor, and a son. A master story-teller, Duggal, during a career spanning for over four decades, has written 24 collections of short stories and ten novels weaving the historical strands of the Partition saga and intricacies of human relationships in modern society. Considered a virtual pioneer of modern Punjabi fiction, Duggal also penned seven plays, seven works of literary criticism, two collections poems and an autobiography. Many of his books have been adopted by various universities in graduation courses and translated into other Indian languages. Born on March 1, 1917, to Jiwan Singh Duggal and Satwant Kaur in Dhamal in Rawalpindi district now in Pakistan, Kartar Singh Duggal did his M.A. in English from Forman Christian College, Lahore, and started his professional career with All India Radio (AIR) where he worked from 1942-66 in various capacities including as Station Director. For AIR, Duggal wrote and produced programmes in Punjabi and other languages. He was the Secretary/Director of National Book Trust of India from 1966-73 before serving as an Advisor in the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting from 1973 to 1976. Duggal was awarded the Padma Bhushan in 1988. In 2007, he was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Fellowship, the highest honour given by the Akademi. (more)
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