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List Of Gujarati-language Writers
The following is an alphabetical list of Gujarati writers who has contributed in Gujarati literature; presenting an overview of notable authors, journalists, novelists, playwrights, poets and screenwriters who have released literary works in the Gujarati language, used predominantly in Gujarat state as well as Mumbai city in Maharashtra state, India. There is a sizable Gujarati diaspora. List A B C D E F G H I J K L M N P R S T U V Y Z {{DEFAULTSORT:Gujarati-language writers Gujarati literature, Writers Lists of writers by language, Gujarati Lists of Indian writers, Gujarati Gujarati-language writers, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 Sabha, Gujarat Sahitya Sabha, Gujarat Sahitya Akademi and Gujarati Sahitya Parishad are Gujarat-based literary institutions promoting the Gujarati literature. History Such factors as the policies of the rulers, the living style of the people, and the worldwide influence on society are important for any literature to flourish. In Gujarat, due to the development of trade and commerce, the religious influence of Jainism as well as Hinduism, and also due to the safety and encouragement of rulers like Chaulukya dynasty, Chaulukya (Solanki) and Vaghela dynasty, Vaghela Rajputs, literary activities were in full force from the 11th century. * Gujarati literature ** Early literature (up to 1450 AD) *** Prāg-Narsinh Yug (1000 AD to 1450 AD) **** ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amrit Keshav Nayak
Amrit Keshav Nayak (14 April 1877 – 18 July 1907) was a Parsi theatre actor-director, lyricist and Gujarati author. He joined theatre at early age and later directed several plays including adaptations of plays of Shakespeare. He wrote plays and novels also. Biography Early life Nayak was born in Ahmedabad on 14 April 1877 (Vaishakh Shukla 1 Vikram Samvat 1933) to Nayak family. He lived in Kalupur area of the city. He studied only four grades and two grades in Urdu. Nayak moved to Bombay with his father. Theatre and lyricist career In 1888, he joined Alfred Company at the age of eleven at the salary of forty rupees a month. After his successful roles of Baheram Irani and Pumba in Bamanji Kabraji's ''Gamde ni Gori'' (Village Nymph, 1890) and ''Bimar-e-Bulbul'' respectively, he went to Lucknow to study theatre under Bindadin Maharaj. He learned music there. After his return in 1891, he directed ''Allauddin'' and played Laila himself whose success elevated him to post of Assi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ansuya Trivedi
Ansuya Trivedi (born 7 April 1924) was Gujarati critic, editor and researcher from Gujarat state of India. She studied and later taught Gujarati language and literature in various colleges in Mumbai. With her husband Bhupendra Trivedi, she coedited and researched several works including many on medieval Gujarati poet Akha Bhagat. She had extensively studied and published works on the proverbs in Gujarati. Biography Ansuya Trivedi was born on 7 April 1924 in Bombay (now Mumbai). She matriculated in 1941. She studied BA and completed it with first class in 1946. She taught as a Dakshina Fellow in Elphinstone College from 1946 to 1948. She completed MA in 1948 and BT in 1950. In 1966, she was awarded PhD for her thesis ' () under Harivallabh Bhayani. In 1970, she obtained the Diploma in Linguistics from the University of Mumbai. She taught Gujarati literature at the SNDT College from 1950 to 1951 followed by at Topiwala College from 1951 to 1952. She returned to the SNDT College ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ankit Trivedi
Ankit Trivedi (born 9 March 1981) is a Gujarati language poet, writer, columnist, and emcee from Gujarat, India. His significant works include ''Gazal Purvak'' (collection of ghazals) and ''Geet Purvak'' (collection of geets). The Indian National Theater in Mumbai awarded him the 2008 Shayda Award for his contribution to Gujarati ghazal. He has received the Takhtasinh Parmar Prize, Yuva Gaurav Puraskar, and the Yuva Puraskar. In 2019, he was awarded a D.Lit. by Gujarat University. Early life Trivedi was born in Ahmedabad, Gujarat to Amarishkumar and Jayshribahen. He took his schooling at Ahmedabad and completed a Bachelor of Commerce from Gujarat University. Trivedi married Bhumika Trivedi on 12 December 2010. They have a daughter named Mitra. Works Trivedi published his first anthology ''Gazal Purvak'', a collection of ghazals, in 2006, followed by ''Geet Purvak''. He published ''Maitrivishwa'' in 2006 which is a collection of essays written by him. He edited '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anjali Khandwala
Anjali Khandwalla (1940 ― 11 April 2019) was a Gujarati short story writer and vocalist. She was a lecturer at the Vanier College, Montreal, Canada from 1970 to 1975. She moved to Ahmedabad in 1975 and settled there. Works She had written teen story collection ''Leelo Chhokro''. ''Ankhni Imarato'' (1988) is her short story collection which has fifteen stories. These stories draw attention to the formation of situations and their descriptions and expressions. Her other short story collection ''Ghughat Ke Pat Khol'' was well appreciated. It includes a story "Chandlano Vyap" (The All-pervasive Bindi) and ''Shaktipat'' which are female-centred stories. Her third short story collection ''Areesama Yatra'' was published posthumously in 2019. See also * List of Gujarati-language writers The following is an alphabetical list of Gujarati writers who has contributed in Gujarati literature; presenting an overview of notable authors, journalists, novelists, playwrights, poets and screenw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aniruddh Brahmabhatt
Aniruddh Lalji Brahmabhatt was a Gujarati writer from Gujarat, India. He was poet, critic, biographer and short story writer. Life He was born on 11 November 1937 at Patan, Gujarat. His family belonged to Detroj. He completed his school and college education from Vadodara. In 1958, he completed BA with Gujarati and Sanskrit from M. S. University. He passed MA with the same subject in 1960. He started teaching at Arts College of Dabhoi in 1959 and later joined college in Bilimora. In 1968, he became Reader in School of Languages, Gujarat University. He was an editor of ''Bhumika'' (later ''Kimapi'') magazine. He died in Ahmedabad on 31 July 1981 due to Leukemia. He started his creative journey while studying at M.S. University, where he was a student of Suresh Joshi and a contemporary of emerging creative talents such as poet-painter Ghulam Mohammed Sheikh. Through his writings and mentorship he inspired many modern-day poets and writers, including Yogesh Joshi and Tusha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anila Dalal
Anila Amrutlal Dalal is a Gujarati critic and translator. Life Dalal was born on 21 October 1933 in Ahmedabad to Amritlal Dalal. She completed her SSC in 1949, BA in English in 1954, MA in English in 1956, and later Ph.D. from Gujarat University. She received an MS from the University of Illinois in 1959. She is a retired professor and Head of the Department of English at Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Arts College, Ahmedabad, where she taught from June 1960 to the 1990s. She received PhD in 1990 from Gujarat University for her thesis on the novels of Iris Murdoch. Works ''Ravindranath ane Sharatchandrana Katha Sahityama Nari'' (1979) is two parts work on criticism of females in the works of Rabindranath Tagore and Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay. The first part has seven articles on the works of Tagore, while the second part has five articles on the works of Chattopadhyay. ''Deshantar ''(1981) is a work on literature of several languages: German, Russian, Hebrew, French, Greek, Italian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anil R
Anil or Anıl may refer to: People * Anil (given name), an Indian and Nepalese given name (including a list of persons with the name) * Anıl (given name), a Turkish given name (including a list of persons with the name) * Anil (director), active in the Malayalam film industry since 1989 Other uses * Anil, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, a neighborhood * Anıl, Hani, Turkey * Anil (plant) (''Indigofera suffruticosa''), a species of flowering plant in the legume family * Anil (chemistry), a type of imine * Anila or Anil, a Vedic and Hindu deity See also * Añil * Anal (other) * Anila (other) * Anneal (other) {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anil Chavda
Anil Chavda is a Gujarati language poet, writer and columnist from Gujarat, India. Some of his works include ''Savaar Laine'' (Bringing the Dawn to You) (2012), a collection of ''ghazals'' (a poetic form), which won him the 2014 Yuva Puraskar literary award, instituted by the Sahitya Akademi (National Academy of Letters) in Delhi. He is also a recipient of the Shayda Award (2010) (INT-Mumbai), the Yuva Gaurav Puraskar (2013) from the Gujarat Sahitya Akademi and the Ravji Patel Award from the ''Gujarat Samachar'' and Samanvay. Along with ghazal, he has worked in other forms of poetry such as Geet (song), Geet (song), Achhandas (free verse poetry) and the sonnet. ''Ek Hati Vaarta'' (Once, There Was a Story) is his short-story collection. He has appeared on several television and radio programmes on All India Radio and Doordarshan. Early life Anil Chavda was born on 10 May 1985, in Karela (Lakhtar), a village in the Surendranagar district (Gujarat, India), to Premajibhai and Man ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anantrai Raval
Anantrai Manishankar Raval (1 January 1912 – 18 November 1988) was a Gujarati critic and editor from India. Born and studied in Amreli, he worked briefly with a daily. He taught at several colleges before joining government as a director of language department. He wrote criticism chiefly under the pen name ''Shaunak'' and edited several works of Gujarati literature and litterateurs. Life Raval was born on 1 January 1912 at Amreli in Gujarat. He was a native of Vallabhipur. He completed his primary and secondary education from Amreli. He passed matriculation in 1928. He completed Bachelor of Arts in Gujarati and Sanskrit from Samaldas College, Bhavnagar and was a fellow of same college for two years. He completed Master of Arts with Gujarati and English in 1934 and was the first student in the University of Bombay to pass it with first class. He worked as a subeditor with ''Hindustan Prajamitra'' daily for three months. Raval joined Gujarat College in Ahmedabad in August, 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anandshankar Dhruv
Anandshankar Bapubhai Dhruv (25 February 1869 – 7 April 1942) was a Gujarati scholar, writer, educationist and editor from Bombay Presidency, British India. His name is revered as "Acharya" (a learned person) in Gujarat, and hence generally he is known as Acharya Anandshankar Dhruv. Life Dhruv was born in Ahmedabad on 25 February 1869. His father was an officer of Kathiawar Agency and worked as an agent of Baroda State after retirement. He studied in English medium schools and learned Sanskrit at early age. While studying Master of Arts, he started teaching Sanskrit at Gujarat College in 1893. Later he taught at Elphinstone College for some years. He was appointed a Vice Chancellor of Banaras Hindu University in 1920. He performed the opening ceremony of The Modern School at Sicka Nagar, Bombay in 1936 established by Ramanbhai and Pushpaben Vakil. He was also a chairman of Inter University Board. He died on 7 April 1942. Works His pen-names were Mumukshu and ''Hind-hitchi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anandghan
Ānandaghana was a 17th-century Śvetāmbara Jain monk, mystical poet and hymnist. Though very little is known about his life, his collection of hymns about philosophy, devotion and spirituality in vernacular languages are popular and still sung in Jain temples. Life There is no historical information available about life of Ānandaghana. The majority of information is based in hagiographies and oral history. He was born in Rajputana (now Rajasthan, India). His dates differs according to sources. Generally 1603 or 1604 is accepted but he could have been born before 1624 according to some estimation.Bangha and Fynes 2013: xxvii–xxx His childhood name was Labhanand. He was initiated as a Jain monk and named Lābhavijaya. He belonged to Tapa Gaccha branch of Murtipujaka Śvetāmbara Jainism and was initiated by Panyas Satyavijaya. He stayed in the area of present-day north Gujarat and Rajasthan in India. Legends associate him with Mount Abu and Jodhpur. He is associated with Ya ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
