Chimanlal Shivshankar Trivedi (2 June 192930 January 2015) was a Gujarati critic and editor from

Gujarat Gujarat () is a States of India, state along the Western India, western coast of India. Its coastline of about is the longest in the country, most of which lies on the Kathiawar peninsula. Gujarat is the List of states and union territories ...

, India.

Life

Chimanlal Trivedi was born on 2 June 1929 at Mujpur village (now in

Patan district Patan district is one of the 34 districts of Gujarat state in western India. Its main city is Patan. This district is located in northern Gujarat and bounded by Vav-Tharad district in the north, Banaskantha district in the northeast, Mehsana dis ...

, Gujarat, India). He completed BA in 1950, MA in 1952 and PhD in 1961. He taught Gujarati at various colleges since 1951 including St. Xavier's College, Ahmedabad. He died on 30 January 2015.

Works

''Pingal Darshan'' (1953) is an introductory work on

metres The metre (or meter in US spelling; symbol: m) is the base unit of length in the International System of Units (SI). Since 2019, the metre has been defined as the length of the path travelled by light in vacuum during a time interval of of ...

. ''Urmikavya'' (1966) is a work on

lyrical poetry Modern lyric poetry is a formal type of poetry which expresses personal emotions or feelings, typically spoken in the first person. The term for both modern lyric poetry and modern song lyrics derives from a form of Ancient Greek literature, ...

, its form, development and types. His Ph.D. thesis ''Kavi Nakar - Ek Adhyayan'' (1966) is a study of medieval Gujarati poet Nakar and his published and unpublished works. The followups to this work are included in ''Nakar'' (1979) of ''Gujarati Granthkar'' series as well as in ''Gujarati Sahityano Itihas - Volume 2''. ''Chosathnu Granthasth Vagmay'' (1972) is criticism of works of various genres. ''Bhavlok'' (1976) and ''Bhavmudra'' (1983) discuss poetry and works of well known and unknown poets of medieval and modern era. His essay Gujarati ''Chhandorachana'' in ''Bhavmudra'' investigates the use of metres in

Gujarati literature The history of Gujarat, Gujarati literature () may be traced to 1000 AD, and this literature has flourished since then to the present. It is unique in having almost no patronage from a ruling dynasty, other than its composers. Gujarat Vidhya S ...

. He co-edited ''Apana Khandkavyo'' (1957), ''Sudamacharitra'' (1963), ''Kunwarbainu Mameru'' (1964), ''Abhimanyu Akhyan'' (1967), ''Virat Parva'' (1969), ''Kalelkar Granthavali'' (1981). He has also co-edited ''Gujarati Sahityano Itihas'' and ''Granth Ane Granthkar Part 11'' (1966), both published by

Gujarati Sahitya Parishad Gujarati Sahitya Parishad () is a literary organisation for the promotion of Gujarati literature located in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. It was founded by Ranjitram Mehta with the aim of creating literature appealing to all classes of society and ...

. He co-edited ''Madhya Yugin Urmikavyo'' (1998), a compilation of medieval Gujarati poems, with

Chinu Modi Chinu Modi, (30 September 1939 – 19 March 2017), also known by his pen name Irshad, was a Gujarati language poet, novelist, short story writer and critic from Gujarat, India. Educated in languages, he taught at various institutions and establi ...

Awards

He was awarded

Ranjitram Suvarna Chandrak Ranjitram Suvarna Chandrak, also known as the Ranjitram Gold Medal, was founded by Gujarat Sahitya Sabha and is considered the highest literary award in Gujarati literature. The award is named after renowned Gujarati writer Ranjitram Mehta. It is a ...

in 2009.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Trivedi, Chimanlal 1929 births 2015 deaths Indian male poets Gujarati-language writers People from Patan district Indian literary critics Indian editors Recipients of the Ranjitram Suvarna Chandrak 20th-century Indian male writers

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