Editing Punjabi language (section)

=== Modern period ===
[[File:Ghadar di gunj.jpg|thumb|upright=0.7|''[[Ghadar di Gunj]]'' 1913, newspaper in Punjabi of [[Ghadar Party]], US-based Indian revolutionary party.]]
The Victorian novel, Elizabethan drama, free verse and [[Modernism]] entered Punjabi literature through the introduction of British education during the Raj. [[Nanak Singh]] (1897–1971), Vir Singh, Ishwar Nanda, [[Amrita Pritam]] (1919–2005), [[Puran Singh]] (1881–1931), [[Dhani Ram Chatrik]] (1876–1957), [[Diwan Singh]] (1897–1944) and [[Ustad Daman]] (1911–1984), [[Mohan Singh (poet)|Mohan Singh]] (1905–78) and [[Shareef Kunjahi]] are some legendary Punjabi writers of this period.
After independence of Pakistan and India Najm Hossein Syed, Fakhar Zaman and Afzal Ahsan Randhawa, [[Shafqat Tanvir Mirza]], [[Ahmad Salim]], and [[Najm Hosain Syed]], [[Munir Niazi]], [[Ali Arshad Mir]], Pir Hadi Abdul Mannan enriched Punjabi literature in Pakistan, whereas [[Jaswant Singh Kanwal]] (1919–2020), [[Amrita Pritam]] (1919–2005), [[Jaswant Singh Rahi]] (1930–1996), [[Shiv Kumar Batalvi]] (1936–1973), [[Surjit Patar]] (1944–) and [[Pash]] (1950–1988) are some of the more prominent poets and writers from India.