Satyapal Anand (Urdu: ستیا پال آنند) born on April 24, 1931, is a poet, critic and writer from India. He has written several fictional and poetry books in four languages: English, Urdu, Hindi and Punjabi. He has also received awards for his literary work.
Anand was born April 24, 1931 in Kot Sarang, Chakwal district, now in Pakistan. He finished his primary education there and attended secondary school in Rawalpindi in 1947. After the partition of India, his family moved to Ludhiana in East Punjab, where he received his college education, earning a Masters in English from the Punjab University in Chandigarh with academic distinction. Later, he earned his first doctoral degree in English Literature with a thesis titled "Changing concept of the nature of reality and literary techniques of expression." He earned his second doctoral degree in Philosophy from the Trinity University, Texas.
Anand married Promila Anand in November 1957 and the couple had two sons (Pramod and Sachin) and a daughter (Daisy).
Anand has spent most of his life in teaching graduate and post-graduate students in universities around the globe. Starting with the Punjab University in Chandigarh in 1961, he has held teaching positions at other universities, including the University of District of Columbia (UDC) in Washington, DC. He has also been a visiting professor at South Eastern University in Washington, D.C., University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, and Open University in England. From 1992-95 he was on special assignment as a Professor of Education in the Department of Technical Education, Saudi Arabia. He has availed many invitations in his professorship life,having nickname "Air Port Professor" by his pupils and friends. He visited several countries including U.K, Germany, Turkey, Denmark, Norway and North America.
Anand's writing career started in the early 50s when in a span of just two years he published a poetry collection, a collection of stories, and novels, all in Urdu. He had his brush with authorities when the Government of Punjab, India banned his Hindi novel "Chowk Ghanta Ghar" in 1957 and ordered his arrest. His first book of short stories was published in 1953, when he was a 22 year young student. He has been highly praised by the Urdu writers and poets for his best literary work in Urdu, Punjabi, Hindi and English. He mostly writes poems rather than ghazals. His poems are based on history, mythology or mixed culture of the West and the East.
Anand's English poem "Thus Spake The Fish" has qualified for the award in an international competion by UN sponsored committee for "Earth Preservation Day Celebration."
Satyapal Anand was awarded with many prestigious awards like;
- Nehru Fellowship Award for his book Promises to Keep; Ahmad Adaya
- Urdu Markaz Award, Los Angeles
- Shiromani Sahityakar Award by the Government of Punjab, India
He has written more than a dozen books. A list of is aothored books is given below
Short stories:
- Jeeney Key Liye
- Apney Markaz Ki Taraf
- Dil Ki Basti
- Apni Apni Zanjeer
- Patthar Ki Saleeb
Novels:
- Aahat
- Chowk Ghanta Ghar
- Ishq Maut Aur Zindagi
- Shehr Ka Ek Din
Urdu poetry:
- Dast e Barg
- Waqt La Waqt
- Aaney Wali Sahar Band Khirki Hai
- Lahu Bolta Hai
- Mustaqbil aa Mujh Se Mil
- Aakhri Chattan Tak
- Mujhay Kar Vida
- Mere Andar Ek Samandar
- Meri Muntakhab Nazmen
- Byaz e Umr
- Yug Ki Awaz
- Painter Bawrie
- Azadi Ki Pukar, Bhoori
- Dil Ki Basti
- Chowk Ghanta Ghar
- Geet Aur Ghazles
- Ghazlon Ka Guldasta
- Saver Dopeher Shaam
- Makhu Mittha
- Ghazal Ghazal Darya
- Ghazal Ghazal Sagar
- Ghazal Ghazal Leher
- Rajneetak Chetana Ate Sutantarta Sangraam
- The Dream Weaver
- A Vagrant Mirror
- One Hundred Buddhas
- If Winter Comes
- Sunset Strands
- Some shallow, some deep
- Life's a tale
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