Navtej Bharati. Photo by Jaypee, 2012. Licensed under Creative Commons, courtesy Wikimedia Commons.
Navtej (or Nawateja) Singh Bharati (born 1938)[1] is an Indian-born Canadian poet who has written in both English and Punjabi.[2]
Life[]
Born in Punjab, Bharati came to Canada in the late 1960's.[2] He originally lived in Vancouver, where he "would jam the night away with hippies ... playing his sitar."[3] He earned an M.A. in philosophy from the University of Victoria.[2]
Bharati lives in London, Ontario. He has published collections of poetry in both Punjabi and English. He was the publisher of Third Eye Publications,[4] whose books covered many genres.
His book Lila (or Leela), an epic poem more than 1,000 pages long co-authored with his younger brother Ajmer Rode, is considered a classic of Punjabi poetry of the 20th century.[5] An English-language poetry book, Endless Eye, was published by the Canadian Poetry Association.[6]
In 2012 he published a long poem, Lali (ਲਾਲੀ), based on the iconic character of Prof Hardiljeet Singh ("Lali" or "Lali baba") who taught in Punjabi University, Patiala. 10 years in the writing, the book was also a tribute to the legendary Bhootwara (ghost house) in Patiala that was a centre of intellectual activities involving Lali among others with Sutinder Singh Noor, Gurbhagat Singh, Harinder Singh Mehboob, Prem Pali, Amarjit Sathi, Surjit Lee, and Kulwant Grewal, as well as Bharati.[5]
His daughter is the singer Sumeet.[3]
BabuKishan's SPOTLIGHT on Legendary Punjabi Poet Navtej Bharati
Recognition[]
While living in India, Bharati was a 3-time winner (1959, 1960, 1961) of the Best Poet of the State award, given by the Punjab Languages Department. In 2003 he was given the Best Overseas Author Award by the Languages Department. (Citation needed)
In 2010, Bharati received the Anād Kāv Sanmān, carrying a citation and cash prize of Rs 2.5 lakh (Rs 2,500,000).[7]
Publications[]
- Simbal De Phul - 1968
- Līlha : Kawitāwan (with Ajmer Rode). Vancouver: Rainbird Press, 1999.
- Endless Eye. Toronto: Electronic Books in Print, 2002.
- Lali. Ludhiana, Punjab, India: Aesthetics, 2012.[8]
- Uthoṃ Tīka. Patiala, Punjab, India: Wisdom of Enlightened Bug / Gracious Books, 2016.
Except where noted, bibliographical information courtesy WorldCat.[6]
See also[]
- Asian-Canadian poets
- List of Canadian poets
- List of Indian poets writing in English
- Poets of other languages
References[]
Notes[]
- ↑ Bhāratī,_Nawateja, VIAF, OCLC Online Computer Library Center Inc. Web, Mar. 28, 2017.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Navetj Bharati, Poets.org, Academy of American Poets. Web, Mar. 4, 2019.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "They're playing my songs!", DesiNews, Web, June 30, 2012.
- ↑ Hubbard, Linda S. (1984-12). Publishers directory: a guide to more than 9.000 new and established, commercial and nonprofit, private and alternative, corporate and association, government and institution publishing programs and their distributors : includes producers of books, classroom materials, reports, and databases : [1984-85]. Gale Research Company. p. 1199. ISBN 978-0-8103-0412-3. http://books.google.com/books?id=HtQdAQAAMAAJ. Retrieved 23 August 2011.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Amrita Chaudhry, "Lali immortalised by Canada-based poet," Indian Express, April 10, 2012. Web, Mar. 28, 2017.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Search results=au:Navtej Bharati, WorldCat, OCLC Online Computer Library Center Inc. Web, Mar. 28, 2017.
- ↑ "Anād Kāv Sanmān 2009-10". Anad Foundation. http://anadfoundation.org/anad-kav-sanman-poetry-award/kav-sanman/2010-kav-sanman/.
- ↑ https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=au%3ANawateja+Bha%CC%84rati%CC%84&qt=advanced&dblist=638 Search results=au:Nawateja Bhāratī], WorldCat, OCLC Online Computer Library Center Inc. Web, Mar. 28, 2017.
External links[]
- Poems
- Navtej Bharati profile & poem ("While I Slept") at the Academy of American Poets
- Books
- About
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- "Lali immortalised by Canada-based poet," The Indian Express
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