Dhruv Bhatt is a

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novelist and poet from

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, India.

Life

Dhruv Bhatt was born on 8 May 1947 in Ningala village of

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(now Bhavnagar district, Gujarat) to Prabodhray Bhatt and Harisuta Bhatt. He studied at various places, standard 1 to 4 at Jafrabad and Matriculation from

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. After studying commerce for two years, he left further studying in 1972 and joined Gujarat Machine Manufacturers as Sales Supervisor. He voluntary retired and started writing career. He married Divya Bhatt. His son Devavrat is born in 1976 while his daughter, Shivani, in 1980.

Works

He has written a teen novel, ''Khovayelu Nagar'' (1984). His ''Agnikanya'' (1988) is a novel centered on

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of epic ''

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''. He received recognition for his novels, ''Samudrantike'' (1993) and ''Tattvamasi'' (1998). His other novels are ''Atarapi'' (2001), ''Karnalok'' (2005), ''Akoopar'' (2011), ''Lovely Pan House'' (2012) and ''Timirpanthi'' (2015). ''Gay Tena Geet'' (2003) and ''Shrunvantu'' are poetry collections. ''Samudrantike'' is a novel on seafaring off the coast of

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. He travelled from Gopinath to

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via Mahuva, Jafarabad, Diu and

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and its experience formed the novel in autobiographical style. The novel is translated into English by Vinod Meghani in 2001 as ''Oceanside Blues''. ''Tattvamasi'' is centered on protagonist working in a tribal village on the banks of

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. ;Adaptation His novel ''Akoopar'' has been adapted into a play directed by Aditi Desai. ''Tattvamasi'' was adapted into the 2018 Gujarati film ''

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''.

Recognition

He received Darshak Foundation Award in 2005. He also received awards from

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for ''Gay Tena Geet'' and from

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for ''Atarapi'' and ''Karnalok''. He won the

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in 2002 for his novel ''Tattvamasi'' (1998).

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