Bhanuprasad Moolshankar Pandya (24 April 1932 – 9 April 2022) was an Indian

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-language poet and literary critic from

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, India. For his contribution, he received Kumar Suvarna Chandrak (1969),

Narsinh Mehta Award Narsinh Mehta Award (Gujarati: નરસિંહ મહેતા પુરસ્કાર) is one of the highest awards of Gujarati literature. The award is conferred upon Gujarati language author by Adyakavi Narsinh Mehta Sahitya Nidhi, Junagadh, ...

(2011),

Kavishwar Dalpatram Award The Kavishwar Dalpatram Award ( Gujarati: કવિશ્વર દલપતરામ ઍવોર્ડ) is a literary honour in Gujarat, India given by Vardhman Vikas Seva Trust, Wadhwan. The award is conferred annually to the Gujarati language p ...

(2011), and

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(2016).

Biography

Bhanuprasad Pandya was born on 24 April 1932 in Tori,

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, Gujarat in an audichya sahastra Zalavadi Brahmins family to his mother Shivkunwarbahen Pandya and his father Moolshankar Pandya, a schoolteacher and principal, from whome he inherited literary bent of mind. Pandya completed his schooling in Amreli, and passed

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exam in 1954. He received his B.A. in 1958 with Gujarati and Psychology subjects, and M.A. in 1960 with Gujarati and

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subjects. He submitted his doctoral dissertation ''Gujarati Novel from 1950 to 1970 – a Critical Study (with Special Reference to Form)'' under

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. Pandya died on 9 April 2022.

Works

His poetry collections include ''Adoad'' (1972), ''Otaprot'' (1987), ''Shabde Korya Shilpa'' (1999), ''Kshan Samipe Kshan Door Door'' (2003), and ''Shabda na Antarpate'' (2012). In 2019,

Gujarat Sahitya Akademi The Gujarat Sahitya Akademi ( gu, ગુજરાત સાહિત્ય અકાદમી) or Gujarat Sahitya Academy, established in 1981, is a government institution dedicated to the development of the languages spoken in Gujarat, India an ...

published his complete poems under the title ''Shabde Korya Shilpa''. His works of criticism include ''Pratyudagar'' (1978), ''Itarodagar'' (1981), ''Sonnet: Shilpa ane Sarjan'' (1981), ''Anuspand''(1987), ''Anucharvana'' (1989), ''Samalok'' (1991), ''Manovaijnanik Navalkatha: Svarup ane Vikas'' (2001), ''Anusanket'' (2003), ''Sampratiti'' (2010), and ''Ubhayanvay'' (2015).

Awards

Pandya received Kumar Suvarna Chandrak (1969),

(2011),

(2011), and

(2016).

References

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