Gurdial Singh (Punjabi: ??????? ????) is a Punjabi writer, novelist and story-writer from East Punjab (India). He started his literary career in 1957 with a short-story, "Bhaganwale". He became known as a novelist when he published the novel Marhi Da Deeva in 1964. Surinder Singh directed a film, Marhi Da Deeva (1989), based on the novel. After Amrita Pritam he is the second Punjabi writer to receive the Jnanpith Award.