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Ajeet Cour, 1934- | |||
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Ajeet Cour was born on November 16, 1934 in Lahore, Pakistan. Having begun her writing career as a romantic, she has matured into a realist. Her short stories portray the unequal situation of women in human relationships, suffering from under-privileged positions in relation with their husbands and lovers. Throughout her works she projects a woman's failure to find a home instead of merely a house. More recently Ajeet Cour has emerged as a crusader for women's issues in perceptive columns displaying a courage of convictions. Readers eagerly look forward to her reportage of cultural events. She has many awards to her credit including Shiromani Sahitkar Award, 1979; International IATA Award, 1984; Sahitya Akademi Award, 1985; Bharatiya Bhasha Parishad Award, 1989; Punjabi Sahita Sabha Award, 1989. At present she is chairperson, Academy of Fine Arts and Literature, New Delhi. The Library of Congress has twenty-one works of her in its collection. |
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