1936-2008
Bathinda ke kavi
Sadhu Sda Ram
An eminent qissa writer from the Malwa region who authored a large number of qissas. His famous qissa is "Sohni."
1861-1932
Jaswinder
An important voice of contemporary ghazal, who gave Punjabi ghazal a new direction. Received the Sahitya Akademi Award for the book Agarbatti.
Bhagwan Singh
A famous qissa writer of the Malwa region during the British colonial period. Besides the renowned qissa “Heer,” he also wrote Sohni Mahiwal, Mirza Sahiban, and Jiuna Maud along with other works.
1842-1902