Amrita Pritam 31 August 1919┬атАУ 31 October 2005) was an Indian novelist, essayist and poet, who wrote in┬аPunjabi┬аand┬аHindi.She is considered the first prominent female┬аPunjabi┬аpoet, novelist, essayist and the leading 20th-century poet of the┬аPunjabi language, who is equally loved on both sides of the IndiaтАУPakistan border. With a career spanning over six decades, she produced over 100 books of poetry, fiction, biographies, essays, a collection of Punjabi folk songs and an autobiography that were all translated into several Indian and foreign languages.