Gurbax Singh Frank

Gurbax Singh Frank (1 September 1935 – 14 April 2022) was a Punjabi scholar and translator. In 2011, he was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Translation Prize for his book, 'Bharat Nikki Kahani', an anthology of short stories of various Indian languages.[1][2]

Gurbax Singh Frank
Singh Frank in 2018
Singh Frank in 2018
Born(1935-09-01)1 September 1935
Died14 April 2022(2022-04-14) (aged 86)
Amritsar, Punjab, India
LanguagePunjabi
CitizenshipIndia

Biography

Frank completed his PhD on the short stories of Kartar Singh Duggal from Institute of Oriental Studies, Moscow, in 1975.[3] He spent a total of 10 years in Soviet Union (1969–1976 and 1988–1991) and translated literary works of Russian authors like Rasul Gamzatov, Boris Polevoy, Chinghiz Aitmatov, Leo Tolstoy, Maxim Gorky, V Pannova, and Mikhail Lermontov into Punjabi.[2]

He became a professor at the Guru Nanak Dev University in 1979 and retired as head of the department in 1995.[2]

He died on 14 April 2022 in Amritsar.[4][5]

Works

Books
  • Sahit sambad [Literature] (in Punjabi). Panjabi Writers' Co-operative Society. 1987.
  • Sabhiachar ate Panjabi sabhiachar [Culture and Punjabi Culture] (in Punjabi). Panjabi Writers' Co-operative Society. 1987.

Criticism

Translations
  • Gamzatov, Rasul (1967). Mera Dagistan [My Dagistan] (in Punjabi). Gracious Books (published 1971). ISBN 9789380906409.
  • Sarkadi, Imre (1961). Buzdil [Coward] (in Punjabi). National Book Shop (published 1997). ISBN 978-81-7116-203-1.



    References
    1. "..:: SAHITYA : Akademi Awards ::." sahitya-akademi.gov.in. Archived from the original on 7 July 2022. Retrieved 14 April 2022.
    2. "Ex-GNDU prof bags Sahitya Akademi prize for translation". Tribune India. Tribune News Service. 16 February 2012. Archived from the original on 8 December 2021. Retrieved 14 April 2022.
    3. Singh, Harkirat (16 February 2012). "Writer finally gets national recognition at 76". Hindustan Times. Archived from the original on 14 April 2022. Retrieved 9 August 2023 – via PressReader.
    4. "'Mera Dagistan' translator Gurbax Singh Frank dies at 85". Tribune India. Archived from the original on 15 April 2022. Retrieved 15 April 2022.
    5. "ਰੂਸੀ ਸਾਹਿਤਕ ਰਚਨਾਵਾਂ ਦਾ ਅਨੁਵਾਦਕ ਤੇ ਪ੍ਰਸਿੱਧ ਵਿਦਵਾਨ ਡਾ.ਗੁਰਬਖਸ਼ ਸਿੰਘ ਫਰੈਂਕ ਦਾ ਦੇਹਾਂਤ". Punjabi Jagran News (in Punjabi). Archived from the original on 10 August 2023. Retrieved 14 April 2022.
    6. KANWAR, P.S. (1985). "The Punjabi Scene: Some Good Fiction". Indian Literature. 28 (6 (110)): 119–127. ISSN 0019-5804. JSTOR 24158214. Archived from the original on 14 April 2022. Retrieved 14 April 2022.
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