Gurdial Singh books ਗੁਰਦਿਆਲ ਸਿੰਘ
Gurdial Singh (1933 to 2016) wrote Marhi Da Deeva and won the Jnanpith Award in 1999. His novels are set among the landless and the poor of Malwa, in the Punjabi those villages actually speak. Kitab Hut has 11 of his books in stock.
11 titles, priced from ₹125 to ₹425. Every copy is an original publisher print. Free delivery across India. Pay online by UPI, card, netbanking or wallet.
Gurdial Singh books in stock
- Dujji dehi bhaag dusra (ਦੂਜੀ ਦੇਹੀ ਭਾਗ ਦੂਸਰਾ), Gurdial Singh — ₹200
- Aahan, Gurdial Singh — ₹395
- Anhoe (ਅਣਹੋਏ), Gurdial Singh — ₹250
- Lanin te hitler de desh vich (ਲੈਨਿਨ ਤੇ ਹਿਟਲਰ ਦੇ ਦੇਸ਼ ਵਿੱਚ), Gurdial Singh — ₹200
- Rete di ikk muthi (ਰੇਤੇ ਦੀ ਇੱਕ ਮੁੱਠੀ), Gurdial Singh — ₹125
- Parsa (ਪਰਸਾ), Gurdial Singh — ₹350
- Gurdeyal singh diyan 32 kahania (ਗੁਰਦਿਆਲ ਸਿੰਘ ਦੀਆਂ 32 ਕਹਾਣੀਆਂ), Gurdial Singh — ₹425
- Marhi Da Deeva (ਮੜ੍ਹੀ ਦਾ ਦੀਵਾ), Gurdial Singh — ₹200
- Athan uggan (ਆਥਣ ਉੱਗਣ), Gurdial Singh — ₹200
- kuwela (ਕੁਵੇਲਾ), Gurdial Singh — ₹225
- Niyan Mattiye Bhag Pehla (ਨਿਆਣ ਮੱਤੀਆਂ (ਭਾਗ ਪਹਿਲਾ)), Gurdial Singh — ₹200
About Gurdial Singh
He lived in Jaito, in the Malwa region, and taught in schools and colleges nearby, and wrote about the people around him: labourers, carpenters, men tied by loyalty to families that would not keep them. Marhi Da Deeva, published in 1964, made his name. Addh Chanani Raat won the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1975.
Where to start
Marhi Da Deeva first: it is short and hard and unsentimental. Anhoe is the natural second book. Parsa is later, longer and stranger, and is best kept until you trust the author.
- Marhi Da Deeva — ₹200
- Anhoe — ₹250
- Parsa — ₹350
- Gurdial Singh Dian 32 Kahanian — ₹425
Gurdial Singh: where to start, and what to read after Marhi Da Deeva — a reading guide.
Questions readers ask
What is Marhi Da Deeva about?
Jagseer, a landless labourer in a Malwa village, bound by loyalty to a landowning family. The title means the lamp on the grave. It was published in 1964.
Did Gurdial Singh win the Jnanpith Award?
Yes, in 1999. He was the second Punjabi writer to receive it, after Amrita Pritam.