Mohinder Singh Sarna

About Mohinder Singh Sarna

Mohinder Singh Sarna (1923-2001) moved to Delhi from Rawalpindi after the partition of India, and joined the Indian Audit and Accounts Service in 1950. In a writing career spanning six decades, Sarna produced several volumes of poetry, short stories and novels, many of which have been translated into other Indian languages and made into telefilms. Sarna's work has received critical acclaim. He was the recipient of numerous prestigious awards for his writing, including the Sahitya Akademi Award. He was recognised as the Shiromani Punjabi Sahitkar by the Government of Punjab in 1989. He was married to noted Punjabi translator and poet Surjit Sarna.