Jaya Vallabhdas Mehta (born 16 August 1932) is a Gujarati poet, critic and translator from

Gujarat Gujarat () is a States of India, state along the Western India, western coast of India. Its coastline of about is the longest in the country, most of which lies on the Kathiawar peninsula. Gujarat is the List of states and union territories ...

, India. She was educated and later worked at

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Life

Jaya Mehta was born on 16 August 1932 at Koliyak village near

Bhavnagar Bhavnagar is a city and the headquarters of Bhavnagar district in the Indian state of Gujarat. It was founded in 1723 by Bhavsinhji Gohil. It was the capital of Bhavnagar State, which was a princely state before it was merged into the Dominion ...

(now in Bhavnagar district, Gujarat, India) to Lalitaben and Vallabhdas. She completed P. T. C. and started working as a school teacher. She continued her studies and completed her B.A. in 1954 and her M.A. in 1963 from

Mumbai Mumbai ( ; ), also known as Bombay ( ; its official name until 1995), is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra. Mumbai is the financial capital and the most populous city proper of India with an estimated population of 12 ...

. She later received her Ph.D. . She served as a professor of Gujarati at SNDT Women's University and retired from there. She was a co-editor of ''Sudha'' (weekly of Saurashtra Trust) and ''Vivechan'' (trimonthly of Department of Gujarati, SNDT Women's University). She wrote columns in ''Pravasi'', ''Mumbai Samachar'' and ''Samkalin'' dailies.

Works

Jaya Mehta writes rationalist poetry in free verse. Her poetry is logical and socially aware instead of enclosed in emotional world. Her poetry collections are ''Venetian Blind'' (1978), ''Ek Divas'' (1982), ''Akashma Tarao Choop Chhe'' (1985), ''Hospital Poems'' (1987). ''Renu'' and ''Ek Aa Khare Pandadu'' (1989) are her novels. ''Venetian Blind'' and ''Akashma Tarao Chhup Chhe'' reflect her "concern for the human predicament". ''Manogat'' (1980), ''Kavyazankhi'' (1985), ''Ane Anusandhan'' (1986), ''Bookshelf'' (1991) are her works of criticism. She has edited ''Kavi Priy Kavita'' (1976), ''Varta Vishwa'' (co-edited, 1980), ''Suresh Dalalna Shreshth Kavyo'' (1985), ''Apna Shresth Nibandho'' (1991), ''Raghupati Raghav Rajaram'' (2007). Her research works include ''Gujarati Kavita Ane Natakma Hasyavinod'', ''Gujaratna Prashsti Kavyo'' (1965), ''Gujarati Lekhikaoe Navalkatha-Varta Sahityama Alekhelu Streenu Chitra''. ''Vimanthi Wheelchair'' is her travelogue. She has translated several works. ''Mara Mitro'' (1969), ''Arati Prabhu'' (1978), ''Mannu Karan'' (1978), ''Churchbell'' (1980), ''Chani'' (1981), ''Ravindranath: Tran Vyakhyano'', ''Saundaryamimansa'' (co-translated), ''Champo Ane Himpushpa'', ''Samudrayalni Prachand Garjana'', ''Revenue Stamp'' (Autobiography of

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, 1983), ''Dastavej'' (1985), ''Suvarna Mudra Ane...'' (1991). ''Radha, Kunti, Draupadi'' (2001), ''Vyasmudra'' are her translations. She also translated

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's ''

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'' into Gujarati. She translated

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's novel '' Daatu'' into Gujarati in 1992.

Awards

She received the

Sahitya Akademi Translation Prize Sahitya Akademi Translation Prize or Sahitya Akademi Prize for Translation is a literary honour in India, presented by Sahitya Akademi, India's National Academy of Letters, given to "outstanding translations of creative and critical works" in 24 ...

for her translations.

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Life

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