Balbir Madhopuri

[1] His writings are primarily focused on the issues related to the oppressed and depressed classes, especially Dalits.

[3] Balbir Madhopuri was born in 1955 in Madhopur, a small village in district Jalandhar, Punjab.

Changiya Rukh (Against the Night)[5] by Oxford University Press in 2010 has also been published in some Indian languages including Hindi[6] and Shahmukhi (in Pakistan in 2010).

In 2021, Balbir Madhopuri’s Mitti Bol Payi has received The Dhahan Prize for Punjabi Literature in the novel category.

[citation needed] In November 2022, Madhopuri had three lecture series in different cities of Canada as the recipient of this award.