Prem Parkash (born 7 April 1932) is a writer from Punjab, India. He "is one of the major short story writers in post-1947 East Punjabi literature." He is also known as Prem Parkash Khannvi. Early life and career Parkash's native village is Bdeenpur which once belonged to the Nabha dynasty. He took his basic education from Bhadson village and then went to Khanna for matriculation.. He did J.B.T. from Christian Basic Training School (Kharar). He completed his graduation in 1963–64 and then post-graduation from Punjab University, Chandigarh in Urdu. Parkash began his career as a farmer in Badgujjran near Amloh. Parkash then taught in a primary school from 1953 up to 1962 then worked as an editor of an Urdu newspaper in Jalandhar from 1964 up to 1969 and then as a sub-editor for Hind Samachar from 1969 to 1990. In 1990, he started a literary magazine Lakeer in collaboration with Surjit Haans. Works Some of his works include: Stories ਕੱਚ-ਕੜੇ (1966) - Kacche Ghadhe ਨਮਾਜ਼ੀ (1971) - Namazi ਮੁਕਤੀ (1980) - Mukti ਸ਼੍ਵੇਤਾਮਬਰ ਨੇ ਕਿਹਾ ਸੀ (1983) - Shetambar ne keha si ਕੁਝ ਅਣਕਿਹਾ ਵੀ (1990) (Awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award) - Kuch Ankeha vi ਰੰਗਮੰਚ ਤੇ ਭਿਕਸ਼ੂ (1995) - Rangmunch te Bhikshu ਸੁਣਦੈਂ ਖ਼ਲੀਫ਼ਾ (2001) - Sundaen Khalifa ਕਥਾ ਅਨੰਤ (all stories in a single volume) (1995) - Katha Anant Deadline and Other stories (2001) Stories adapted for films ਬੰਗਲਾ - Bangla ਮਾੜਾ ਬੰਦਾ - Mada Banda ਡਾਕਟਰ ਸ਼ਕੁੰਤਲਾ - Doctor Shakuntala ਗੋਈ - Gori ਨਿਰਵਾਣ - Nirvaan Awards Won Punjabi Sahit Academy 1982 Bhai Veer Singh Vartak Puraskar 1986 Sahitya Academi (National) 1992 Punjabi Sahit Academy, Delhi 1994 Punjabi Sahit Academy, Ludhiana 1996 Katha Samman, Katha Sansthan, Delhi 1996-97 Shiromani Sahitkar, Bhasha Vibhag, Punjab 2002 Punjabi Sahit Rattan, Bhasha Vibhag, Punjab 2011 Punjab Gaurav, Punjab Kala Parishad 2019 Sahitya Akademi Translation Prize Autobiography ਬੰਦੇ ਅੰਦਰ ਬੰਦੇ (1993) - Bande Andar Bande ਆਤਮ ਮਾਯਾ (2005) - Atam Maya ਮੇਰੀ ਉਰਦੂ ਅਖਬਾਰ ਨਵੀਸੀ (2007) - Meri Urdu Akhbar Navisi ਦੇਖ ਬੰਦੇ ਦੇ ਭੇਖ (2013) - Dekh Bande de Bhekh References Indian male short story writers Indian storytellers 1932 births Living people 20th-century Indian short story writers Writers from Punjab, India 20th-century Indian male writers Recipients of the Sahitya Akademi Prize for Translation Recipients of the Sahitya Akademi Award in Punjabi