Khushwant Singh (1915–2014)
Autore di Train to Pakistan
Sull'Autore
Khushwant Singh was born on February 2, 1915 in the village of Hadali in what is now the Punjab province of Pakistan. He attended St. Stephen's College in Delhi, Government College in Lahore, and King's College London. In 1947, he worked for India's ministry of external affairs and served as press mostra altro officer in Ottawa and London. From 1980 to 1986, he was a member of the upper house of the Indian parliament. He was an author and journalist. His newspaper column, With Malice Towards One and All, was syndicated all over India. During his lifetime, he wrote more than 100 novels and short-story collections including Train to Pakistan, I Shall Not Hear the Nightingale, Delhi: A Novel, The Company of Women, and The Sunset Club. He also wrote a two-volume History of the Sikhs, an autobiography entitled Truth, Love and a Little Malice, and a book of biographical profiles entitled The Good, the Bad and the Ridiculous. He died on March 20, 2014 at the age of 99. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra meno
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Opere di Khushwant Singh
Delhi through the Seasons 3 copie
Truth Love and A Little Malice 2 copie
Declaring Love in Four Languages: A Selection of the Finest Love Poems in English, Hindi, Urdu & Punjabi (1997) 2 copie
Uma Esposa para o sahib 2 copie
Khushwant Singh's View of India 2 copie
Death Comes To Daulat Ram 1 copia
Kushwant Singh's Joke Book 1 copia
obituaries:Death at my door step 1 copia
I believe 1 copia
Auraten, Sex, Love Aur Lust 1 copia
Indira Gandhi returns 1 copia
On Women, Sex, Love and Lust 1 copia
MERA LHULUHAN PUNJAB 1 copia
Women, Sex, Love and Lust 1 copia
With Malice Towards One and All 1 copia
Good people, bad people 1 copia
Homage to Guru Gobind Singh 1 copia
I accuse 1 copia
India 1 copia
Azadi 1 copia
MERA BHARAT 1 copia
Khuswant Singh's View of India 1 copia
Khushwant Singh's Joke Book 9 1 copia
Karma 1 copia
විහඟ ගීතය 1 copia
සොඳුරු ළඳුන් ඇසුරේ 1 copia
Opere correlate
Other Voices, Other Vistas: Short Stories from Africa, China, India, Japan, and Latin America (1992) — Collaboratore — 188 copie
Toleranz im Weltkontext Geschichten - Erscheinungsformen - Neue Entwicklungen (2012) — Collaboratore — 3 copie
Ethik im Weltkontext Geschichten - Erscheinungsformen - Neuere Konzepte (2014) — Collaboratore — 1 copia
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Informazioni generali
- Altri nomi
- SINGH, Khushwant
- Data di nascita
- 1915-02-02
- Data di morte
- 2014-03-20
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- India
- Luogo di nascita
- Hadali, India
- Luogo di morte
- New Delhi, India
- Causa della morte
- natural causes
- Luogo di residenza
- Hadali, India
- Istruzione
- Government College, Lahore
King's College, London - Attività lavorative
- columnist
lawyer
novelist
author
writer
Member of Parliament, India (1980-1986) - Organizzazioni
- Indian Foreign Service
Illustrated Weekly of India
Hindustan Times - Premi e riconoscimenti
- Padma Vibhushan (2007)
Utenti
Recensioni
Liste
Premi e riconoscimenti
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 157
- Opere correlate
- 6
- Utenti
- 2,767
- Popolarità
- #9,274
- Voto
- 3.7
- Recensioni
- 56
- ISBN
- 273
- Lingue
- 13
- Preferito da
- 4
The final 30 pages completely ramp up everything; the tension, the dialogue, the hate and the horror. Some of the images depicted are so vile and terrifying yet Singh only uses these passages sparingly, and to great effect. Terrific ending, one of my favorite in recent memory. I'm really glad I was recommended this one by a good friend.… (altro)