Punjabi Literature - Genres

Genres

Currently Punjabi writing can be split between the following genres

  • Punjabi Qissa (Waris Shah)
  • Traditional poetry (Surjit Paatar)
  • Naxalite poetry (Paash, Amarjit Chandan)
  • Lyrical poetry (Rajvinder Singh)
  • Punjabi haiku (Amarjit Chandan)
  • Yatharthvaad (Realism)
  • Pachmi Paryatharvaad (surreal, fantasy, imaginative) Roop Dhillon
  • Parvasi (émigré) Sadhu Binning
  • Viang (satire) Jagjit Singh Komal
  • Punjabi Murder Mystery Hardev Grewal

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