Hardwar Goswami (

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: હરદ્વાર ગોસ્વામી) is a

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poet, writer, and playwright from

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. He wrote the poetry collection ''Hawa Ne Kinare'' (2005), and his poems have been published in several Gujarati magazines. He won the Yuva Gaurav Award in 2009 for his contributions to

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Early life

Goswami was born on 18 July 1976 in

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, a taluqa of Bhavnagar district, to Manrupgiri Goswami and Charulata Goswami. He finished his primary education in 1990 from Talaja Taluqa Prathamik Shala and completed Std. 12 in 1995 from M.J. Doshi High School, Talaja. He received a

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in 1998 from Samaldas Arts College,

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, and a

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in 2000 from Gujarati Bhasha Sahitya Bhavan, Bhavnagar University, with

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as one of his subjects. He earned his M.Phil. in 2002 from

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under Usha Upadhyay. His thesis for his M.Phil. was ''3 Ghazalkaro: Ek Abhyas'', a study on the works of three major Gujarati

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poets:

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, Rajendra Shukla and Manhar Modi.

Career

Goswami started to write during his school days and was first published in ''

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'' when he was studying in Std. 11. Subsequently, he published in other Gujarati literary magazines including ''

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'', ''

Shabdasrishti ''Shabdasrishti'' (), the journal of the Gujarat Sahitya Akademi, is a Gujarati language, Gujarati literary magazine, published on the fifth of every month. The magazine was started in 1983, a year after the establishment of the Akademi. ''Shabda ...

'', ''

Gazalvishwa ''Gazalvishwa'' (Gujarati: ગઝલવિશ્વ) is a quarterly Gujarati ghazal poetry journal, published by Vali Gujarati Gazal Kendra from Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India since 2006. The journal publishes ghazals, ghazal reviews, critical works ...

'', '' Dhabak'', '' Tadarthya'', ''Navneet Samarpan'' and ''Kavita''. He started his career as a lecturer on Gujarati literature at

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, in 2000. Later, he served as a lecturer at M.P. Arts & M.H. Commerce College and S.L.U. College of Ahmedabad. Since 2013 he has been a full-time poet and playwright.

Works

''Hawa Ne Kinare'', a collection of his ghazals, was published in 2005. In 2007, his ghazals were published in ''Vis Pancha'' (twenty into five), a collection of ghazals written by young poets, including

Anil Chavda Anil Chavda is a Gujarati language poet, writer and columnist from Gujarat, India. Some of his works include ''Savaar Laine'' (Bringing the Dawn to You) (2012), a collection of ''ghazals'' (a poetic form), which won him the 2014 Yuva Puraska ...

Ashok Chavda Ashok Chavda, also known by his pen name Bedil, is a Gujarati language, Gujarati poet, writer and critic from Gujarat, India. His anthology of poetry, ''Dalkhi Thi Saav Chhutan (2012),'' was awarded the Yuva Puraskar by the Sahitya Akademi in ...

, Bhavesh Bhatt and Chandresh Makwana. His works for children include ''Laalmahel'' and ''Hamshakal''.

Recognition

Gujarat Sahitya Akademi awarded him the Yuva Gaurav Award of 2009 for his work ''Hawa Ne Kinare'' (2005). He is also a recipient of the Batubhai Umarvadiya Prize of 1995. In 2011, he was sent to

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as a young poet by

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. To

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