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Amrita Pritam
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Indian novelist, poet, and essayist (in Hindi and Punjabi languages) (1919–2005)

Also known as: Amrit Kaur, Амрита Притам, أمريتا برايتام, امرتا پریتم, アムリタ・プリタム

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Known works

  • Life and times (1989)
  • Kisī tārīk̲h̲a ko! (2007)
  • Agga dīāṃ līkāṃ (1969)
  • Muhabbatanāmā (1981)
  • Sāta savāla (1984)