Key facts
- Born
- 1940, Jammu division
- Died
- 4 August 2021, Mumbai
- State of birth
- Jammu division, Jammu and Kashmir
- Sector
- Literature & writing
- Profession
- Indian poet and novelist (1940–2021)
- Gender
- Female
Biography
Padma Sachdev was an Indian poet and novelist. She was the first modern woman poet of the Dogri language. She also wrote in Hindi. She published several poetry collections, including Meri Kavita Mere Geet, which won the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1971. She also received the Padma Shri, India's fourth highest civilian award in 2001, and the Kabir Samman for poetry for the year 2007-08 given by Government of Madhya Pradesh, Saraswati Samman for the year 2015, Sahitya Akademi Fellowship in 2019.
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Timeline
- 1971Awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award
- 2015Awarded the Saraswati Samman
- 2021Dies in Mumbai
Sources & licences
- English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0) · 3/5
- हिंदी विकिपीडिया (CC BY-SA 4.0) · 3/5
- Wikidata (CC0) · 3/5