Balbir Madhopuri is an eminent Punjabi writer and translator. His writings generally focus on the lives of the oppressed and depressed classes, especially Dalits. His experiments with truth began at a young age when he worked as a child labourer and agricultural worker. His autobiography Chhangiya Rukh in Punjabi was published in 2002 by Navyug Publishers. Its English translation was published in 2010 by Oxford University Press. As of 2023, Polish and Russian translations of his autobiography are due to be published. He has authored eleven books, translated forty-five books, and edited the same number in Punjabi. He has been the recipient of many awards. His novel Mitti Bol Paye (2020) won the prestigious International Dhahan Punjabi Literature Prize, 2021. He retired from the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, GOI, as Deputy Director in 2015. Presently, he is the Director of Punjabi Bhawan, and editor of Samkali Sahit, a Punjabi quarterly of Punjabi Sahit Sabha.