Amrita Pritam (1919–2005), who wrote primarily in Punjabi and Hindi, was the first eminent female Punjabi poet, novelist, short-story writer, and essayist. Her works reshaped literary representations of women, love, displacement, and trauma in the Indian subcontinent. While she wrote predominantly in Punjabi and remained foremost a Punjabi poet, her Hindi prose also gained wide popularity.
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