Ajmer Rode

Ajmer Rode is a Canadian author writing in Punjabi as well as in English. His first work was non-fiction Vishva Di Nuhar on Albert Einstein's Relativity in dialogue form inspired by Plato's Republic. Published by the Punjabi University in 1966, the book initiated a series of university publications on popular science and sociology. Rode's first poetry book Surti influenced by science and philosophical explorations was experimental and in words of critic Dr. Attar Singh 'has extended the scope of Punjabi language and given a new turn to Punjabi poetry'. His most recent poetry book Leela, more than 1000 pages long and co-authored with Navtej Bharati, is counted among the outstanding Punjabi literary works of the twentieth century.

Original works

• Vishava Di Nuhar, prose, Punjabi University, Patiala, 1966 • Dooja Passa, one act plays, 1981 • Komagata Maru, full-length play, 1983, 1999, 2013, • Blue Meditations, poetry, 1985, • Poems at My Doorstep, poetry, 1990, 2017, • Surti, poetry, 1989, 1979, • Shubhchintan, poetry, 1993, 2012, • Leela, poetry, 1999 • Nirlajj, drama, Aesthetics Publications, India, 2008 • Pash Da Sath, prose, 2016, published by WEB, Patiala • Balbir Singh Bhangu (Life and Music), Libros Libertad, Surrey, 2015, • Selected Poems, Third Eye Publications, London, 2003, 2006, 2010, 2017, • Chonvi Kavita, poems, Third Eye Publications, London, 2003, 2006, 2010, 2017, • A Journey With The Endless Eye, Ekstasis Editions Canada Ltd., 2014, ==Drama==

Drama

Plays written and directed • Dooja Passa (one-act play) • One Girl One Dream (one-act play) • Visa (one-act play) • Komagata Maru (full-length play) • One Girl One Dream (movie script) • Nirlajj (full-length play) • Chetna (co-author), Third Eye publications • Turi Wala Kotha (direction), Stair to Nowhere (reading), • The Fragrant Grass (full-length, unpublished, readings) • Rebirth of Gandhi (full-length play in English) • Village of Men (6 TV scripts in English and Punjabi), produced by Abbotsford Community Services, 2007 ==Translations==

Translations

• The Last Flicker, Novel, 1993 • Desire, poems, 1999 • One Hundred One Surrealist Poems, 1996 • Bird Talk, children's story 2001 • Calendar Poems, poems, 2003 • Dukh Sukh, poems, 2005 ==Editing==

Editing

• Punjabi Poetry of Canada, co-edited, 1980 • Canadian Punjabi issue of the Preet Lari, 1986 • Munch Katha, co-edited, 2002 • Om Parkash, 2005 ==References==

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