Ajmer Singh Aulakh (19 August 1942 – 15 June 2017) was a renowned Punjabi playwright from Mansa district, Punjab. He was born in 1942 at Kumbharwal Kumbharwal, Sangrur district, Punjab, India.
Books and plays Aulakh published his first collection of one-act plays, Arbad narbad dhundukara (English: 'Eons and Nebulae') in 1978.
Collections of one-act plays Arbad narbad dhundukara (Eons and Nebulae) Begane bohar di chhan (Shade of the Alien Banyan) Anhe nishanchi (Blind Shooters) Gani
Plays Ik Ramayan hor (One More Ramayana)*Niuṃ-jaṛa Satt begaane Kehar Singh di maut (Kehar Singh's Death) Ishaka bājha namāza dā hajja nāhī Bhajian bahin (Broken Arms) Ikka sī dariā Jhanāṃ de pāṇī Aise jana wirale sam̆sāre
Awards He won the Sahitya Akademi Award in 2006 for his book Ishaka bājha namāza dā hajja nāhī (Plays).
See also List of Sahitya Akademi Award winners for Punjabi
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