Leaves of Bark

Sohan Singh (1907-2000) India

Sohan Singh (1907-2000) was a librarian, expert on adult education
with Government of India, a Unesco consultant who published one book
(entitled Sumanvani) containing poems in Punjabi language in 1942 at
Lahore in British India. He served as Librarian, Dyal Singh Public
Library, Lahore during 1933-1946 before moving to teaching of
philosophy in Dyal Singh College, Lahore in 1946. After partition of
the country in 1947, he moved to Delhi where he served as Library
Director with Asia Foundation, Adviser to Ministry of Education, Govt
of India during 1960s, and served for Unesco in Liberia and
Afghanistan during 1969-1974.

With best wishes,
Dr. Harinder Pal Singh Kalra
Associate Professor and Head
Department of Library and Information Science
Punjabi University, Patiala 147 002 Punjab INDIA.

June 2012 Update : Thanks to IFLA Members

It is June, 2012, and a recent e-mail to IFLA members has resulted in many new names sent in from around the world, of both contemporary and past library poets.

Thank you for all who responded; the changes are being entered.