Dalbir Chetan, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Dalbir Chetan

Date of Birth: 05-Apr-1944

Place of Birth: Taragarh Talawa, Punjab, India

Date of Death: 01-Jan-2005

Profession: writer

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Dalbir Singh Jhand known as Punjabi writer Dalbir Chetan was a foremost short-story writer of contemporary Punjabi literature.
He had won awards, both regional and national, and is a widely translated author.
He retired as Indian Air Force officer.
The renowned Punjabi writer Dalbir Chetan (60), whose works were translated into a number of South-East Asian languages, is no more.
Though not a prolific writer, he was the author of four thought-provoking short story books — Rishteyian De Aar Paar, Raat Baraate, Khara Badal and Mehndi Bazaar book's main story Mehndi Bazaar was translated and reviewed in journal South Asian Review.
His book Mehndi Bazaar was translated into seven South-East Asian languages and selected in Twenty Stories from South Asia.
Many of his stories were translated into Urdu, English, Hindi, Oriya, Telugu and Gujarati languages.
Some of his short stories were telecast on television.
He also edited an anthology "Asi Javaab Dinde Haan", which won him appreciation.