Padma Sachdev

Padma Sachdev
Sachdev in 2018
Sachdev in 2018
Born(1940-04-17)17 April 1940
Purmandal Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir, British Raj
Died4 August 2021(2021-08-04) (aged 81)
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
OccupationPoet, writer
LanguageDogri language
NationalityIndian
Notable awardsSahitya Akademi; Padma Shri; Kabir Samman
SpouseVedpal Deep and later Surinder Singh (1966–2021)

Padma Sachdev (17 April 1940 – 4 August 2021) was an Indian poet and novelist. She was the first modern woman poet of the Dogri language.[1] She also wrote in Hindi. She published several poetry collections, including Meri Kavita Mere Geet (My Poems, My Songs), which won the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1971.[2][3] She also received the Padma Shri, India's fourth highest civilian award in 2001,[4] and the Kabir Samman for poetry for the year 2007-08 given by Government of Madhya Pradesh,[5] Saraswati Samman for the year 2015,[6][7] Sahitya Akademi Fellowship in 2019.[8]

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