Source: https://jugti.com/kosh/people/writers/ [Kosh](https://jugti.com/kosh/)/[People](https://jugti.com/kosh/people/)/Writers & poets # Writers & poets Poets, novelists, playwrights and journalists who wrote Punjab's stories, from Waris Shah's Heer to Amrita Pritam and Surjit Patar. Search people [All 167](https://jugti.com/kosh/people/)[Writers & poets 33](https://jugti.com/kosh/people/writers/)[Music 61](https://jugti.com/kosh/people/music/)[Sports 18](https://jugti.com/kosh/people/sports/)[Freedom struggle 7](https://jugti.com/kosh/people/freedom/)[Actors & entertainers 15](https://jugti.com/kosh/people/actors/) **33 people**SortA–ZBorn, oldest firstBorn, newest firstRecently updated Era (born)Before 17001700–18491850–19461947–19992000 to today RegionMajhaDoabaMalwaWest Punjab (Pakistan)Diaspora In the news**In the news**Linked from a story this month * [WriterAjeet CourBorn 1934 · West Punjab](https://jugti.com/kosh/people/ajeet-cour/) * [PlaywrightAjmer Singh Aulakh1942 to 2017 · Malwa](https://jugti.com/kosh/people/ajmer-singh-aulakh/) * [Novelist and journalistAmandeep SandhuBorn 1973](https://jugti.com/kosh/people/amandeep-sandhu/) * [PoetAmrita Pritam1919 to 2005 · West Punjab](https://jugti.com/kosh/people/amrita-pritam/) * [WriterBalbir MadhopuriBorn 1955 · Doaba](https://jugti.com/kosh/people/balbir-madhopuri/) * [PlaywrightBalwant Gargi1916 to 2003 · Malwa](https://jugti.com/kosh/people/balwant-gargi/) * [Encyclopedist & Sikh scholarBhai Kahn Singh Nabha1861 to 1938 · Malwa](https://jugti.com/kosh/people/bhai-kahn-singh-nabha/) * [PoetBhai Vir Singh1872 to 1957 · Majha](https://jugti.com/kosh/people/bhai-vir-singh/) * [NovelistDalip Kaur Tiwana1935 to 2020 · Malwa](https://jugti.com/kosh/people/dalip-kaur-tiwana/) * [PoetDhani Ram Chatrik1876 to 1954 · West Punjab](https://jugti.com/kosh/people/dhani-ram-chatrik/) * [WriterFlora Annie Steel1847 to 1929](https://jugti.com/kosh/people/flora-annie-steel/) * [NovelistGurdial Singh1933 to 2016 · Malwa](https://jugti.com/kosh/people/gurdial-singh/) [Show 12 more](https://jugti.com/kosh/people/writers/?show=24) Showing 12 of 33