Gulabdas Broker was a

Gujarati language Gujarati (; gu, ગુજરાતી, Gujarātī, translit-std=ISO, label=Gujarati script, ) is an Indo-Aryan language native to the Indian state of Gujarat and spoken predominantly by the Gujarati people. Gujarati is descended from Old Guj ...

writer from India. He is primarily known for his short stories and one-act plays in

Gujarati literature The history of Gujarati literature ( gu, ગુજરાતી સાહિત્ય) may be traced to 1000 AD, and this literature has flourished since then to the present. It is unique in having almost no patronage from a ruling dynasty, oth ...

Biography

Broker was born at

Porbandar Porbandar is a city in the 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 capital of the Porbandar princely st ...

on 20 September 1909. He completed his education in Gujarati and English literature from

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in 1930. He briefly worked at the

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. Later he started his writing in 1932 when he was jailed during the

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movement. His first short story collection was ''Ane Biji Vato'' ("And Other Talks"). Broker served as the president of

Gujarati Sahitya Parishad Gujarati Sahitya Parishad () is a literary organisation for the promotion of Gujarati literature located in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. It was founded by Ranjitram Mehta with the aim of creating literature appealing to all classes of society ...

from 1973 to 1974. He died on 10 June 2006 at

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, Maharashtra.

Works

He edited ''Akhandand'', a Gujarati monthly. He wrote large number of short stories, plays, travelogues and autobiography too. Several of them are translated into Hindi, Spanish, German and English. He also edited ''Ekanki'', a periodical devoted to one-act plays.

Awards

Broker was awarded the

Padma Shri Padma Shri (IAST: ''padma śrī''), also spelled Padma Shree, is the fourth-highest civilian award of the Republic of India, after the Bharat Ratna, the Padma Vibhushan and the Padma Bhushan. Instituted on 2 January 1954, the award is confe ...

, the fourth highest civilian award in India in 1992. He was also awarded

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 ...

, the highest literary award in Gujarati language, in 1998. He also received

Kumar Chandrak Kumar Suvarana Chandrak or the Kumar Gold Medal is a literary award given by Kumar Trust, Ahmedabad, India since 1944. The medal is annually conferred to a Gujarati author for his contribution in ''Kumar'' magazine published by Kumar Trust. In 195 ...

in 1968. The Government of Gujarat awarded him the Narsinh Mehta Award.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Broker, Gulabdas 1909 births 2006 deaths Writers from Gujarat Gujarati-language writers People from Porbandar district Recipients of the Padma Shri in literature & education 20th-century Indian essayists 20th-century Indian short story writers 20th-century Indian dramatists and playwrights Recipients of the Ranjitram Suvarna Chandrak

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