Background
Singh was born on 2 December 1920, to a Sikh father and Hindu mother, in a little village of Dadherhi that now falls under Fatehgarh district of Indian Punjab.
Singh was born on 2 December 1920, to a Sikh father and Hindu mother, in a little village of Dadherhi that now falls under Fatehgarh district of Indian Punjab.
He was known for his stories, Sanjhi Kandh and Saver Honorary Tak. He died on 8 February 2010 and his body was donated to Post Graduate Institute for research. He first worked as a tailor and then as a journalist for Preetlarhi, a monthly magazine but was temporary.
Later, he started as a full-time writer and wrote about 50 books including novels, story anthologies, poetic and an autobiography, Brahaspati (1998).
Family His father Giani Isher Singh Dard was a poet and his mother Jamni Devi alias Gursharan Kaur was a housewife. To the Punjab of Farid and other poems (English Translation of Dhir"s ).
He received the Sahitya Akademi Award for his story collection, Pakhi (1991) in 1996. Language Department of Punjab honored him with Shromani Sahitkar Award in 1991 and Punjabi Sahit Akademi, Ludhiana awarded him the Kartar Singh Dhaliwal Sharv Sharest Award in 2002. Punjabi University, Guru Nanak Development University and Punjabi Sahit Sabha, Delhi awarded him the life fellowships.
