Gurcharan Rampuri, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Gurcharan Rampuri

Canadian poet

Date of Birth: 23-Jan-1929

Date of Death: 08-Oct-2018

Profession: poet

Nationality: Canada

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Gurcharan Rampuri (Punjabi: ?????? ???????, January 23, 1929 - October 8, 2018) was a Canadian poet of Punjabi descent who writes in the Punjabi language.
He lived in Coquitlam, British Columbia. Rampuri has been writing poems in Punjabi for well over 60 years.
He lives in Vancouver, BC, where he has lived since 1964.
Currently, he is working on his autobiography.
In May 2011, Weavers Press in San Francisco (a member of Small Press Distribution) brought out The Circle of Illusion, a collection of Rampuri's poems translated into English by Amritjit Singh of Ohio University and Judy Ray of Tucson, AZ.