Gurbax Singh Frank

Gurbax Singh Frank (1 September 1935 – 14 April 2022) was a Punjabi scholar and translator. In 2011, he was awarded the Sahitya Akademi translation award for his book, 'Bharat Nikki Kahani', an anthology of short stories of various Indian languages.[1][2]

Gurbax Singh Frank
Native name
ਗੁਰਬਖ਼ਸ਼ ਸਿੰਘ ਫ਼ਰੈਂਕ
Born(1935-09-01)1 September 1935
Died14 April 2022(2022-04-14) (aged 86)
Amritsar, Punjab, India
LanguagePunjabi
CitizenshipIndia

Biography

Frank completed his PhD on the short stories of Kartar Singh Duggal from Institute of Oriental Studies, Moscow, in 1975.[3] He spent a total of 10 years in Soviet Union (1969-76 and 1988-1991) and translated literary works of Russian authors like Rasul Hamzatov, Boris Polevoi, Chingez Aitmatov, LN Tolstoy, Maxim Gorky, V Pannova, and Yuri Lermontov into Punjabi.[2]

He became a professor at the Guru Nanak Dev University in 1979 and retired as head of the department in 1995.[2]

He died on 14 April 2022 in Amritsar.[4][5]

Works

Punjabi Translations
  • Mera Dagistan (My Dagestan by Rasul Gamzatov)
  • Padri Sergei (Father Sergei by Leo Tolstoy)
  • Buzil (Hungarian novel by Imre Sarkadi, 1997)[6]

Criticism
  • Sabhyachar te Punjabi Sabhyachar
  • Sambad—1
  • 1984[7]

References
  1. "..:: SAHITYA : Akademi Awards ::." sahitya-akademi.gov.in. Retrieved 14 April 2022.
  2. "The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Punjab". www.tribuneindia.com. Retrieved 14 April 2022.
  3. "PressReader.com - Digital Newspaper & Magazine Subscriptions". www.pressreader.com. Retrieved 14 April 2022.
  4. Service, Tribune News. "'Mera Dagistan' translator Gurbax Singh Frank dies at 85". Tribuneindia News Service. Retrieved 15 April 2022.
  5. "ਰੂਸੀ ਸਾਹਿਤਕ ਰਚਨਾਵਾਂ ਦਾ ਅਨੁਵਾਦਕ ਤੇ ਪ੍ਰਸਿੱਧ ਵਿਦਵਾਨ ਡਾ.ਗੁਰਬਖਸ਼ ਸਿੰਘ ਫਰੈਂਕ ਦਾ ਦੇਹਾਂਤ". Punjabi Jagran News (in Punjabi). Retrieved 14 April 2022.
  6. Sarkadi, Imre (1997). Buzdil (in Punjabi). National Book Shop. ISBN 978-81-7116-203-1.
  7. KANWAR, P.S. (1985). "The Punjabi Scene: Some Good Fiction". Indian Literature. 28 (6 (110)): 119–127. ISSN 0019-5804. JSTOR 24158214.
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