Pritam Singh Safir

Pritam Singh Safir
Born 1916
Malikpur in Rawalpindi district, now in Pakistan [1]
Died 1999
Delhi[2]
Occupation Poet, judge of the Delhi High Court
Language Punjabi
Nationality Indian
Ethnicity Punjabi
Notable works Katak Koonjan (Swallows of Kartik)[3]

Pritam Singh Safir (Punjabi: ਪ੍ਰੀਤਮ ਸਿੰਘ ਸਫ਼ੀਰ (ਗੁਰਮੁਖੀ); 1916–1999) was a Punjabi poet of classical sensibility imbued with modernism.

Life

Pritam Singh Safir was born at Malikpur in Rawalpindi district, now in Pakistan. His father, Sardar Mehtab Singh was teacher,and a leading Sikh political activist. Safir passed his graduation from Khalsa College, Amritsar. Then he went to Law College, Lahore. after completing his degree there he started practice in 1938. After Partition he moved to Delhi Bar, where he became the Judge of the High Court, Delhi, in 1969.

Publications

Poetry

prose works

References


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