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Harindra J Dave (19 September 1930 – 29 March 1995) was a
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poet, journalist, playwright and novelist of the post-independence Gujarati literature.


Life

He was born on 19 September 1930 in Khambhra village in
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,
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, India (then
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). He was educated at the
Samaldas College Samaldas Arts College or Samaldas College is a college in Bhavnagar, Gujarat, India. It was founded in 1885 by Takhtsinhji, the Maharaja of Bhavnagar State in memory of his Diwan (minister) Samaldas Paramananddas Mehta. It is one of the oldest ...
,
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and later
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.


Career

He authored more than fifty works, including poems, essays, drama and fiction. ''Aganpankhi'' (1962), ''Madhav Kyayn Nathi'' (1970), ''Krishna ane Manav Sambandho'' (1982), ''Mukhvato'', ''Anagat'', ''Hayati'' (1978), ''Sang-Asang'', ''Lohi no Rang Lal'' (1981), ''Gandhi Ni Kavad'' (1984) are some of his works. His work ''Krishna ane Manav Sambandho'' (1982) is a monumental research work on
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theme. His novel ''Madhav Kyany Nathi'' was translated into
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by Bhanushankar Mehta as ''Madhav Kahin Nahin Hain'' in 1995. ;Journalism He was a journalist by profession He worked as a journalist with ''Janashakti'', a Gujarati daily from 1951 to 1962. He joined Bhavan's as an editor of ''Samarpan'', Gujarati monthly digest. In 1968, he joined USIS and continued till 1973. In 1973, he joined ''Janashakti'' as an editor. His writing during the Emergency was notable. After ''Janashakti'', he joined Janmabhoomi Group of Newspapers as an Editor in Chief for '''Janmabhoomi''', an evening daily and '''Pravasi''', a morning daily and '''Janambhoomi-Pravasi'', a weekly. Before embarking on daily journalism in 1951, Harindrabhai worked with ''Chitrapat'', a film magazine. And during those years with ''Chitrapat'', he came into association with personalities like Shyam,
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, Mehbub Khan, Motilal,
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Recognition

He received the
Sahitya Akademi Award The Sahitya Akademi Award is a literary honour in India, which the Sahitya Akademi, India's National Academy of Letters, annually confers on writers of the most outstanding books of literary merit published in any of the 22 languages of the ...
in 1978 for his poetry collection ''Hayati''. He also received the
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 1982, the Kabir Award (from the Madhya Pradesh Government), the
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 and ...
award and the Goenka award for Journalism.


Personal life

He married Jayalakshmi (25 May 1932 – 14 July 1987) in 1947. He had three sons from his first marriage: Rohit (born 1952), Prakash (born 1955) and Deepak (born 1960).


See also

*
List of Gujarati-language writers The following is an alphabetical list of Gujarati writers who has contributed in Gujarati literature; presenting an overview of notable authors, journalists, novelists, playwrights, poets and screenwriters who have released literary works in the Gu ...


References

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