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'''Jaswant Deed''' (born 11 March 1954 in [[Shahkot, India|Shahkot]], [[Jalandhar]] [[Punjab India|Punjab]]) is a Punjabi novelist and poet .<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2008/20080106/spectrum/book8.htm | title=Jaswant Deed | work=tribuneindia.com | access-date=7 July 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/punjab/100-yr-old-ghadar-movement-relives-in-docu/story-KkDtGe2xwyrXxh5U9LLDkO.html | title=100 yr old Ghadar Movement relives in docu | work=hindustantimes.com | access-date=7 July 2016}}</ref>

==Books==

Published Work:

Poetry;

1.Bache Ton Dardi Kavita – (1985-2003)
2.Achanchet – (1990-2003)
3.Awaaz Ayegi Aje – (1996-2003)
4.Ghundi – (2001-2003)
5.Kamandal - (2004-2009)
6.Aawagvn – (2012)
7. Tera Rang Nachave(select poems)-(2014)

Prose;

1.Dharti Hor Pre – (2010)
2.Khaddi- (2017)

Short story;

1.Ik Lapp Yadan Di – (1970)

Edited;
1.Desh Vand Dian Kahanian – (1985)
(short stories of partition of India and Pakistan)

Translations;

1. Jungle Di Kahani - From English to Punjabi -(1980)
2. Yashpal – From Hindi to Punjabi – (1985)
3. Guru Ladho Re - From Hindi to Punjabi -(1988)
4. Ruko Prithvi- selected poems of Pablo Neruda – From Hindi to Punjabi. -2015
5. Kamladas- (Poems of Kamla Das from English to Panjabi)

Awards For Literature

• National Sahit Academy Award, poetry book ‘Kamandal’ – 2007
• Best Punjabi poet of the state (Poet Laureate) Awarded by Punjab Language Department - 2010
• Best Panjabi prose book (Dharti Hor Pre), Language department Punjab – 2008
• Prof. Mohan Singh Award, GNDU Amritsar (Poetry: ‘Bache Ton Dardi Kavita’) – 1985

Professional Qualifications in Digital Media

• Trained from Film and television institute of India, (FTII Pune) in film and TV productions.
• Thirty-two years’ experience in Television & Radio Productions. (Digital and Analogue)

Experience in TV/Film Productions

• Produced approximately 50 TV documentaries/Films on life and works of eminent writers/painters and other well-known personalities.
• Produced numerous special musicals & cultural heritage programs.
• Produced TV shows and dramas.
• Produced special series of documentaries, features on the history of Siri Guru Granth Sahib and its message of universal brotherhood, peace, and communal harmony.
• Ex-Director, Television Center, Doordarshan Kendra (Govt. of India TV channel) Shimla.

Social Media sites Digital Productions:

• Produced in Canada, a documentary on Ghadar Movement: Hind Vasio Rakhna Yaad Sanu (2013)
• Directed a short film of 45 minutes duration titled ‘Jalpari’ Canada, 2018.

==Awards==
{{Main|List of Sahitya Akademi Award winners for Punjabi}}
He won the [[List of Sahitya Akademi Award winners for Punjabi|Sahitya Akademi Award]] in 2007 for his book Kamandal (Poetry).<ref>{{cite web | url=http://sahitya-akademi.gov.in/sahitya-akademi/awards/akademi%20samman_suchi.jsp#PUNJABI | title=Sahitya Akademi Award in 2007 for his book Kamandal (Poetry). | work=sahitya-akademi.gov.in | access-date=7 July 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304084937/http://sahitya-akademi.gov.in/sahitya-akademi/awards/akademi%20samman_suchi.jsp#PUNJABI | archive-date=4 March 2016 | url-status=dead }}</ref>

== References ==
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[[Category:Poets from Punjab, India]]
[[Category:Punjabi-language writers]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Sahitya Akademi Award in Punjabi]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian poets]]
[[Category:People from Jalandhar district]]

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