Esha Dadawala is a

Gujarati language Gujarati ( ; , ) is an Indo-Aryan language native to the Indian state of Gujarat and spoken predominantly by the Gujarati people. Gujarati is descended from Old Western Rājasthāni, Old Gujarati (). In India, it is one of the 22 Languages with ...

poet and journalist from Gujarat, India. Her significant works include ''Vartaro'' (2008), ''Kya Gai Ae Chhokri'' (2011) and ''Janmaro'' (2013). She has won Yuva Gaurav Award of 2013 for her contribution in

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Early life

Esha was born on 2 January 1985 in

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to Mayank Dadawala and Hetal Dadawala. She completed her schooling in 2002 from Jivan Bharati High School, Surat. She got her

Bachelor of Arts A Bachelor of Arts (abbreviated B.A., BA, A.B. or AB; from the Latin ', ', or ') is the holder of a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate program in the liberal arts, or, in some cases, other disciplines. A Bachelor of Arts deg ...

in 2005 from

Veer Narmad South Gujarat University Veer Narmad South Gujarat University is a public university located in the city of Surat, Gujarat, India. Previously known as South Gujarat University, it was renamed as Veer Narmad South Gujarat University (VNSGU) in 2004 in honour of the famo ...

Career

Esha wrote her first poem, ''Death Certificate'' which was published in ''Kavita'', a Gujarati poetry journal when she was in school. Currently she is owner and Editor of Ananya City (a pioneer of Video E-paper) and Columnist of Divya Bhaskar. She has worked as a news reader, journalist and sub-editor in different media including ''Gujarat Mitra'', ''MY TV'' (A local news channel of Surat), ''Dhabakar'' (A local newspaper of Surat), '' Sandesh'', ''MY FM'' and ''Gujarat Guardian''. Her short stories are published in several Gujarati magazines including '' Chitralekha''.

Works

''Vartaro'', her first anthology of poems, was published in 2008, followed by ''Janmaro'' (2013). She has narrated subtle emotions of women and different phases of the life of a woman. ''Kya Gai Ae Chhokri'' (2011) is novel written by her in a diary-form.

Recognition

Gujarat Sahitya Akademi conferred the Yuva Gaurav Award in 2013 for her contribution in Gujarati literature. Her book ''Janmaro'' (2013) received Best Book Prize for poetry instituted by Gujarat Sahitya Akademi. She is also recipient of Ravji Patel Award instituted by ''

Gujarat Samachar The ''Gujarat Samachar'' is the leading Gujarati-language daily newspaper published in India. Its headquarters are in Ahmedabad with a branch in Surat. It is distributed from Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Surat, Rajkot, Bhavnagar, Mumbai, Mehsana, Bh ...

'' and Samanvay; Kavi Gani Dahiwala Prize (2000); Best Poet Award by Coffee-mates,

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; Best poet award (2005) by Kala Gurjari Sanstha, Mumbai; Best Poet of Surat Award (2009) by Rashtriya Kala Kendra, Surat. In 2018, she received

Yuva Puraskar The Yuva Puraskar, also known as Sahitya Akademi Yuva Puraskar, is a literary honor in India which Sahitya Akademi The Sahitya Akademi, India's National Academy of Letters, is an organisation dedicated to the promotion of literature in t ...

for her book ''Janmaro''.

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