Dhiru Ishwarlal Parikh (31 August 1933 – 9 May 2021) was an Indian Gujarati poet, short story writer and critic. He was an editor of '' Kavilok'' and '' Kumar'', Gujarati literary magazines.

Biography

School of Languages in Gujarat University Ahmedabad

Dhiru Parikh was born on 31 August 1933 at

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near

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, India. He completed his

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in 1951 from the town. He completed B.A. in 1955 from L. D. Arts College, M.A. in 1958 from

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and was awarded Ph.D. in 1967 for his thesis, ''Rasyugma Prakruti Nirupan''. Since 1955, he taught at C. U. Shah College. He served as the principal of Mahila Arts College of

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affiliated with

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from 1967 to 1969. Later he joined as a professor of Department of Gujarati, School of Languages, Gujarat University in 1977, served as a head from 1986 to his retirement in 1993. He edited bimonthly, '' Kavilok'' of Gujarati poetry, since 1976 which he joined in 1969 as co-editor. He served as president of

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from December 2013 to December 2014. He also edited '' Kumar'' since 1991. He married Kamla Parikh (

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Patel) in 1964. He died on 9 May 2021, in Ahmedabad.

Works

His first work published in 1951 was a short story titled ''Pehlu Rudan''. His short story collection ''Kantakni Khushbo'' (1964) has twenty two stories. His other story collection is ''Parajit Vijay''. ''Ughad'' (1979) is a collection of poetry. ''Ang Pachisi'' (1982) is a collection of twenty five traditional '' Chhappa'' styled sarcastic poems. ''Aagiya'' (1982) is a collection of

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. His other poetry collections are ''Hari Chadya Adfete'', ''Shikhare Betha Chhe Sthitipragnya'' (2003), ''Station ane Train'' (2007). He wrote biography of Rajendra Shah under ''Gujarati Granthkar Shreni'' and published in 1977. '' Rasyug ma Prakritinirupan'' (Nature in medieval literature of Raas, 1978) is his research thesis. ''Atratya Tatratya'' (1978) is a collection of introductory essays on poets which include Gujarati poets along with C. K. Louis,

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and

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. ''Narsinh Mehta'' (1981) is a biography of

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. ''Kharakshar'' (1982) has short introduction of several Gujarati authors including

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, Priyakant Maniyar, Jagdish Joshi, Manilal Desai. ''Kaalma Korya Naam'' (1977) is a collection of short biographies including

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, Pujya Mota. ''Samkalin Kavio'' (1983) is criticism of poetry of contemporary poets including Labhshankar Thakar, Sitanshu Yashaschandra, Rajendra Shukla, Ravji Patel, Adil Mansuri. ''Paravartan'' (1985), ''Prayogshil Sarjak Nhanalal'' (1987), ''Amar Brahmana Alokma'', ''Ubhayanvaya'' (1986) are works of criticism. He edited several books, ''Nishkulanand Padavali'' (1981), ''Saar Mahakavyo'' (1983), ''Panch Mahakavyo'' (1984) and ''

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'' (1989). ''Tulnatmak Sahitya'' (1984) is a work on

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. He translated ''

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'' in 1985.

Awards

He was awarded Kumar Chandrak in 1971, Swami Sachchidanand Sanman in 2004,

Premanand Suvarna Chandrak The Premanand Suvarna Chandrak or Premanand Gold Medal is a literary honour awarded every two years, though sometimes annually, to an established Gujarati writer in order to recognize and promote excellence in Gujarati writing. It is given by an in ...

in 2006 and

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 2008.

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