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May 28, 1908 Sangrur, Punjab, India Died on 12 Feb 2003 (aged 94)
Indian folklorist and writer of Hindi, Urdu, Punjabi literature
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About Devendra Satyarthi
- Devendra Satyarthi (1908-2003) was an Indian folklorist and writer of Hindi, Urdu, Punjabi literature.
- Born on 28 May 1908 at Bhaduar(Barnala) he did not complete his education and started leading a roaming life from 1927.
- He had a passion for folk songs and started collecting them to publish his first folk song anthology in 1935 under the name Giddha, which is considered by many as a seminal work.Satyarthi published over 50 books composed of novels, short stories, poems, essays and folksong anthologies in Urdu, Hindi and Punjabi languages, but reportedly on advice from Rabindranath Tagore, he wrote mostly in Punjabi language towards the end.
- Mere Saakshatkaar, Miss Folklore, Meet My People - Indian Folk Poetry, Pañjabi loka-sahita wica sainika, Lanka Desa hai Kolambu, Brahmaputra, and Rath ke Pahiye are some of his notable works. A winner of the Hindi Sahitya Sadhna Samman, Satyarthi was awarded the fourth highest Indian civilian award of Padma Shri by the Government of India in 1977.
- He died on 12 February 2003, at the age of 94, succumbing to old age illnesses.
- Pancham, a monthly magazine published from Lahore, brought out a 300-page special issue on him in April 2003 and his life has been documented in a biography, Satyarthi – Ik Dant-katha, written by Nirmal Arpan.
