Poet & writer
Sant Singh Sekhon
ਸੰਤ ਸਿੰਘ ਸੇਖੋਂسنت سنگھ سیکھوں
Playwright and critic from the canal colonies of Lyallpur who brought modern drama and Marxist criticism into Punjabi.
Sant Singh Sekhon was born in Lyallpur district, in the canal colonies, and taught English before turning to Punjabi. He wrote plays, stories and some of the first serious criticism of Punjabi literature.
His play Mitter Pyara, about Guru Gobind Singh, won the Sahitya Akademi award in 1972.