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Dr. Dalip Kaur Tiwana is a foremost novelist and short-story writer of contemporary Punjabi literature. She has won awards, both regional and national, and is a widely translated author. She retired as Professor of Punjabi, and Dean, Faculty of Languages, Punjabi University, Patiala. ==Biography== Dalip Kaur Tiwana was born on May 4,1935 in village Rabbon in the Ludhiana district of Punjab in a well-to-do land-owning family. She was educated at Patiala, where her uncle, Sardar Sahib Tara Singh Sidhu was Inspector General of Prisons. She had a distinguished academic career. She got first class first in M.A., and was the first woman in the region to get the Ph.D. degree from the Panjab University, Chandigarh.〔http://www.ludhianadistrict.com/personality/dalip-kaur-tiwana.php〕 In 1963, She joined the Punjabi University, Patiala as a Lecturer and then went on to become Professor 〔http://www.quamiekta.com/englishnews/p.php?q=1353〕 and Head of the Department of Punjabi, and Dean, Faculty of Languages. She was a brilliant teacher and researcher and made a significant contribution to literary and critical studies in Punjabi. She was also a UGC National Lecturer for a year. She is married to sociologist and Poet Prof Bhupinder Singh and has a son Simranjeet, who is working for Ph.D in electronics. Dr Tiwana lives with her family on the campus of Punjabi University Patiala, where she is life fellow and writer-in-residence. On 14th October,2015, she returned Padma Shri award against increasing intolerance in the country.She received this award in 2004 for her contribution to literature and education.〔http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/writer-returns-padma-shri-rss-lashes-out/〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Dalip Kaur Tiwana」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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