Daksha Vyas (born 26 December 1941) is a

Gujarati Gujarati may refer to: * something of, from, or related to Gujarat, a state of India * Gujarati people, the major ethnic group of Gujarat * Gujarati language, the Indo-Aryan language spoken by them * Gujarati languages, the Western Indo-Aryan sub- ...

poet, critic and editor from

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, India.

Life

Daksha Vyas was born on 26 December 1941 at

Vyara Vyara is a town and the district headquarters of the Tapi district in the Indian state of Gujarat. It is 65 kilometres from Surat. Demographics India census, Vyara had a population of 36,213. Males constitute 49% of the population and females 5 ...

(now in

Tapi district Tapi district is one of the 33 districts of Gujarat state in western India. It has seven talukas Vyara, Songadh, Nizar, Valod, Uchhal, Dolavan, Kukarmunda. Vyara town is the district headquarters. Tapi has 523 villages and two municipalities. ...

, Gujarat). She completed primary and secondary education in Vyara. She received

B. A. Bachelor of arts (BA or AB; from the Latin ', ', or ') is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate program in the arts, or, in some cases, other disciplines. A Bachelor of Arts degree course is generally completed in three or four years ...

in 1962 from

Surat Surat is a city in the western Indian state of Gujarat. The word Surat literally means ''face'' in Gujarati and Hindi. Located on the banks of the river Tapti near its confluence with the Arabian Sea, it used to be a large seaport. It is now ...

M. A. A Master of Arts ( la, Magister Artium or ''Artium Magister''; abbreviated MA, M.A., AM, or A.M.) is the holder of a master's degree awarded by universities in many countries. The degree is usually contrasted with that of Master of Science. Tho ...

in 1965 and Ph. D. in 1978 for her thesis ''Swatantryottar Gujarati Kavita: Paridarshan''. She taught Gujarati in Gurukul Mahila College in

Porbandar Porbandar is a city in the States and territories of India, Indian state of Gujarat, perhaps best known for being the birthplace of Mahatma Gandhi and Sudama. It is the administrative center of the Porbandar District and it was the former capi ...

from 1967 to 1973 and later in Arts College, Vyara from 1973 until retirement.

Works

Daksha Vyas is a poet, critic and editor. ''Alpana'' (2000) is her poetry collection. ''Bhavpratibhav'' (1981), ''Saundaryadarshi Kavio'' (1984), ''Roopak Granthi'' (1988), ''Anusarga'' (1998), ''Adivasi Samaj'' (2001) and ''Pariprekshana'' (2004) are her works of criticism. ''Atamne Ajwale'' (2004) is her philosophical work while ''Tatvacharcha'' (1988), ''Chal Man Vyara Nagari'' (1997) and ''Sarjakna Sannidhye'' are edited by her. ''Saundaryadarshi Kavio'' includes study and criticism of four leading poets of 1950s;

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Niranjan Bhagat Niranjan Narhari Bhagat (18 May 1926 – 1 February 2018) was an Indian Gujarati language poet and commentator who won the 1999 Sahitya Akademi Award for Gujarati language for his critical work ''Gujarati Sahiyta – Purvardha Uttarardha''. He ...

Ushnas Natwarlal Pandya, better known by his pen name, Ushnas (Gujarati: ઉશનસ્), was a Gujarati language poet from India. Biography He was born in Savli village near Vadodara on 28 September 1920. He studied in Mehsana, Sidhpur, Savli and D ...

and

Jayant Pathak Jayant Himmatlal Pathak (20 October 1920 – 1 September 2003) was a Gujarati poet and literary critic from Gujarat, India. He was the president of the Gujarati Sahitya Parishad from 1990 – 1991. He received several awards, including ...

. Sanmukham is her other work.

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