NANAK SINGH (1897-1971), hailed as the father of modern Punjabi novel, is in the line of Bankimchandra and Saratchandra in Bengali and Premchand in Hindi. He gave a new turn to Punjabi short story, investing it with pace, grace and finesse. Romantic love and social criticism are the recurring themes in his writings. He exposes religious hypocrisy, caste tyranny and oppression of women. Gandhian idealism pervades his fiction. Author of thirty-five novels, his Sahitya Akademi Award-winning novel, Ik Miyan Do Talwaran, has been hailed as an outstanding contribution to Punjabi literature for the depth of treatment and realistic characterisation.
SANT SINGH SEKHON (b. 1908), is a distinguished writer, critic and playwright. His play Mittar-Pyara won for him the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1972. In this monograph, he evaluates the life and work of Nanak Singh mainly for the benefit of the non-Punjabi reader.
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