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Amrita Pritam was a celebrated Indian writer and poet. She is widely regarded as the first prominent female Punjabi writer, novelist, and poet of the 20th century. Amrita Pritam was honored with many prestigious awards, including the Sahitya Akademi, Bharatiya Jnanpith, and Padma Vibhushan. One of her most famous novels, Pinjar, was adapted into a film of the same name.