What is Padma Sachdev?
{{Infobox writer | name = Padma Sachdev | image = Padma Sachdev bharat-s-tiwari-photography-IMG 0781 May 12, 2018.jpg | image_size = | alt = | caption = Sachdev in 2018 | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date|df=no|1940|04|17}} | birth_place = [[Purmandal]] [[Jammu]], [[Jammu and Kashmir (princely state)|Jammu and Kashmir]], India | death_date = {{Death date and age|df=no|2021|08|04|1940|04|07}} | death_place = Mumbai | occupation = Poet, writer | language = [[Dogri language]] | nationality = Indian | ethnicity = | citizenship = | education = | alma_mater = | period = | genre = | subject = | movement = | notableworks = | spouse = Vedpal Deep and later [[Surinder Singh (singer)|Surinder Singh]] (1966-2021) | partner = | children = | relatives = | influences = | influenced = | awards = | signature = | signature_alt = | website = <!-- www.example.com --> | portaldisp = }} '''Padma Sachdev''' (17 April 1940 – 4 August 2021) was an Indian poet and novelist. She was the first modern woman poet of the [[Dogri language]]. She was known for her poetry collection ''Meri Kavita Mere Geet'' (My Poems, My Songs). It won the [[Sahitya Akademi Award]] in 1971.<ref>{{cite web |title=Sahitya Akademi Award |url=http://sahitya-akademi.gov.in/sahitya-akademi/searchAwards.jsp |publisher=Official website |access-date=26 February 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140221080252/http://sahitya-akademi.gov.in/sahitya-akademi/searchAwards.jsp |archive-date=21 February 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> She also received the [[Padma Shri]] in 2001.<ref>{{cite web|title=Padma Awards Directory (1954–2009)|publisher=[[Ministry of Home Affairs (India)|Ministry of Home Affairs]]|url=http://www.mha.nic.in/pdfs/LST-PDAWD.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130510095705/http://www.mha.nic.in/pdfs/LST-PDAWD.pdf|archive-date=10 May 2013}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Sachdev, Padma}} [[Category:1940 births]] [[Category:2021 deaths]] [[Category:Indian poets]] [[Category