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| birth_name = Amrita Kaur
| birth_date = {{birth date|1919|8|31|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Gujranwala]], [[Punjab Province (British India)|Punjab Province]], [[British Raj|British India]] (now [[Punjab, Pakistan|Punjab]], [[Pakistan]])
| death_date = {{death date and age|2005|10|31|1919|8|31|df=y}}
| death_place = [[Delhi]], [[India]]
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| notableworks = ''[[Pinjar (novel)|Pinjar]]'' (novel)<br />''[[Ajj aakhaan Waris Shah nu]]'' (poem)<br />''Suneray'' (poem)
| spouse = Pritam Singh
| partner = [[Imroz (painter)|Imroz]]
| children = 2
| awards = [[Sahitya Akademi Award]] {{small|(1956)}}<br>[[Padma Shri]] {{small|(1969)}}<br>[[Bharatiya Jnanpith]] {{small|(1982)}}<br>Shatabdi Samman {{small|(2000)}}<br>[[Padma Vibhushan]] {{small|(2004)}}
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'''Amrita Pritam''' ({{
Pritam is best remembered for her poignant poem, ''[[Ajj aakhaan Waris Shah nu]]'' (Today I invoke Waris Shah – "Ode to Waris Shah"), an [[elegy]] to the [[Waris Shah|18th-century Punjabi poet]], and an expression of her anguish over massacres during the [[partition of India]]. As a novelist, her most noted work was ''[[Pinjar (novel)|Pinjar]]'' ("The Skeleton", 1950), in which she created her memorable character, ''Puro'', an [[epitome]] of violence against women, loss of humanity and ultimate surrender to [[Existentialism|existential]] fate; the novel was made into an award-winning film, ''[[Pinjar (film)|Pinjar]]'' (2003).<ref>[http://www.tribuneindia.com/2005/20051105/saturday/main1.htm Always Amrita, Always Pritam] ''Gulzar Singh Sandhu on the Grand Dame of Punjabi letters'', ''[[The Tribune (Chandigarh)|The Tribune]]'', 5 November 2005.</ref><ref>{{IMDb title|0347779|Pinjar}}</ref>
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==Personal life==
[[File:Amrita_Pritam.jpg|thumb|Amrita Pritam at Heathrow Airport, London in 1971.]]
In 1935, Amrita married Pritam Singh, son of a hosiery merchant of Lahore's [[Anarkali Bazaar|Anarkali bazaar]]. They had two children together, a son and a daughter. She had an unrequited affection for poet [[Sahir Ludhianvi]]. The story of this love is depicted in her autobiography, ''Rasidi Ticket'' (Revenue Stamp). When another woman, singer [[Sudha Malhotra]] came into Sahir's life, Amrita found solace in the companionship of the artist and writer [[Imroz (painter)|Inderjeet Imroz]]. She spent the last forty years of her life with Imroz, who also designed most of her book covers and made her the subject of his several paintings. Their life together is also the subject of a book, ''Amrita Imroz: A Love Story''.<ref>[http://passionforcinema.com/amrita-preetam-imroz-a-love-story-of-a-poet-and-a-painter/ Amrita Preetam Imroz : A love Story of a Poet and a Painter] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100108032205/http://passionforcinema.com/amrita-preetam-imroz-a-love-story-of-a-poet-and-a-painter/|date=8 January 2010}} Passionforcinema.com, 8 August 2008.</ref><ref>[http://www.tribuneindia.com/2006/20061105/spectrum/book4.htm Nirupama Dutt, "A Love Legend of Our Times"] ''[[The Tribune (Chandigarh)|The Tribune]]'', 5 November 2006.</ref>
She died in her sleep on 31 October 2005 at the age of 86 in New Delhi, after a long illness.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4393970.stm |title=Indian writer Amrita Pritam dies |work=[[BBC News]] |date=31 October 2005 |access-date=1 August 2012}}</ref> She was survived by her partner Imroz, daughter Kandlla, son Navraj Kwatra, daughter-in-law Alka, and her grandchildren, Kartik, Noor, Aman and Shilpi. Navraj Kwatra was found murdered in his Borivali apartment in 2012.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mumbaimirror.com/article/2/20120915201209150215309207efeb3dc/Author-Amrita-Pritam%E2%80%99s-son-found-murdered-in-his-Borivali-apartment.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120919045349/http://www.mumbaimirror.com/article/2/20120915201209150215309207efeb3dc/Author-Amrita-Pritam%E2%80%99s-son-found-murdered-in-his-Borivali-apartment.html|url-status=dead|title=Author Amrita Pritam's son found murdered in his Borivali apartment|archive-date=19 September 2012}}</ref> Three men were accused of the murder<ref>http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/police-cracks-amrita-pritam-sons-murder-arrests-female-assistant-boyfriend/1005465 Police cracks Amrita Pritam son's murder, arrests female assistant, boyfriend/</ref> but were acquitted due to lack of evidence.<ref>https://www.hindustantimes.com/mumbai-news/sessions-court-in-mumbai-acquits-3-in-2012-murder-case-of-amrita-pritam-s-son/story-vGaIxKfZJoUjGHX6DQ99WJ.html {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190831144752/https://www.hindustantimes.com/mumbai-news/sessions-court-in-mumbai-acquits-3-in-2012-murder-case-of-amrita-pritam-s-son/story-vGaIxKfZJoUjGHX6DQ99WJ.html |date=31 August 2019 }} Sessions court in Mumbai acquits 3 in 2012 murder case of Amrita Pritam’s son</ref>
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