Gurbax Singh Frank
Gurbax Singh Frank | |
|---|---|
 Singh Frank in 2018 | |
| Born | 1 September 1935 |
| Died | 14 April 2022 (aged 86) Amritsar, Punjab, India |
| Language | Punjabi |
| Citizenship | India |
Gurbax Singh Frank (1 September 1935 – 14 April 2022) was a Punjabi scholar and translator. In 2011, he was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Translation Prize for his book, 'Bharat Nikki Kahani', an anthology of short stories of various Indian languages.[1][2]
Biography[edit]
Frank completed his PhD on the short stories of Kartar Singh Duggal from Institute of Oriental Studies, Moscow, in 1975.[3] He spent a total of 10 years in Soviet Union (1969–1976 and 1988–1991) and translated literary works of Russian authors like Rasul Gamzatov, Boris Polevoy, Chinghiz Aitmatov, Leo Tolstoy, Maxim Gorky, V Pannova, and Mikhail Lermontov into Punjabi.[2]
He became a professor at the Guru Nanak Dev University in 1979 and retired as head of the department in 1995.[2]
He died on 14 April 2022 in Amritsar.[4][5]
Works[edit]
Books[edit]
- Sahit sambad [Literature] (in Punjabi). Panjabi Writers' Co-operative Society. 1987.
- Sabhiachar ate Panjabi sabhiachar [Culture and Punjabi Culture] (in Punjabi). Panjabi Writers' Co-operative Society. 1987.
Criticism[edit]
- 1984[6]
Translations[edit]
- Gamzatov, Rasul (1967). Mera Dagistan [My Dagistan] (in Punjabi). Gracious Books (published 1971). ISBN 9789380906409.
- Sarkadi, Imre (1961). Buzdil [Coward] (in Punjabi). National Book Shop (published 1997). ISBN 978-81-7116-203-1.
References[edit]
- ^ "..:: SAHITYA : Akademi Awards ::." sahitya-akademi.gov.in. Archived from the original on 7 July 2022. Retrieved 14 April 2022.
- ^ a b c "Ex-GNDU prof bags Sahitya Akademi prize for translation". Tribune India. Tribune News Service. 16 February 2012. Archived from the original on 8 December 2021. Retrieved 14 April 2022.
- ^ Singh, Harkirat (16 February 2012). "Writer finally gets national recognition at 76". Hindustan Times. Archived from the original on 14 April 2022. Retrieved 9 August 2023 – via PressReader.
- ^ "'Mera Dagistan' translator Gurbax Singh Frank dies at 85". Tribune India. Archived from the original on 15 April 2022. Retrieved 15 April 2022.
- ^ "ਰੂਸੀ ਸਾਹਿਤਕ ਰਚਨਾਵਾਂ ਦਾ ਅਨੁਵਾਦਕ ਤੇ ਪ੍ਰਸਿੱਧ ਵਿਦਵਾਨ ਡਾ.ਗੁਰਬਖਸ਼ ਸਿੰਘ ਫਰੈਂਕ ਦਾ ਦੇਹਾਂਤ". Punjabi Jagran News (in Punjabi). Archived from the original on 10 August 2023. Retrieved 14 April 2022.
- ^ KANWAR, P.S. (1985). "The Punjabi Scene: Some Good Fiction". Indian Literature. 28 (6 (110)): 119–127. ISSN 0019-5804. JSTOR 24158214. Archived from the original on 14 April 2022. Retrieved 14 April 2022.