Manilal Bhagwanji Desai ( gu, મણિલાલ ભગવાનજી દેસાઈ, 1939-1966) was a

Gujarati Gujarati may refer to: * something of, from, or related to Gujarat, a state of India * Gujarati people, the major ethnic group of Gujarat * Gujarati language, the Indo-Aryan language spoken by them * Gujarati languages, the Western Indo-Aryan sub- ...

poet from India.

Life

He was born in Gorgam (now in

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) on 19 July 1939. He completed his BA with Gujarati and MA with Sanskrit in

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and served as a lecturer in Gujarati at Zhunzhunwala College,

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. He died at early age of 26 in Ahmedabad on 4 May 1966.

Works

He was

experimentalist Experimentalism is the philosophical belief that the way to truth is through experiments and empiricism. It is also associated with instrumentalism, the belief that truth should be evaluated based upon its demonstrated usefulness. Experimentalism ...

writer. He was associated with little magazine movement and modernist movement in Gujarati. His collection ''Raneri'' (1968), edited by Jayant Parekh, was published posthumously. It includes geet,

ghazal The ''ghazal'' ( ar, غَزَل, bn, গজল, Hindi-Urdu: /, fa, غزل, az, qəzəl, tr, gazel, tm, gazal, uz, gʻazal, gu, ગઝલ) is a form of amatory poem or ode, originating in Arabic poetry. A ghazal may be understood as a ...

, metrical and non-metrical poetry as well as prose poetry. Darkness is recurring theme in his poetry. Suresh Dalal has called him "the poet of colour, rhythm and movement of darkness". He was modernist in his approach. ''Gandhijina Shishyo'' was his first work. His "Umbare Ubhi Sambharu Re Bol Valamna" ( gu, ઉંબરે ઊભી સાંભરું રે બોલ વાલમના) is very popular song across Gujarat. This song depicts a rural woman waiting for and thus remembering her husband in her everyday deeds. In 2018, Gujarati Vishwakosh Trust published his biography entitled ''Bol Valamna'', written by

Manilal H. Patel Manilal Haridas Patel (born 9 November 1949) is a Gujarati poet, essayist, novelist, and literary critic from Gujarat, India. He has won numerous awards for his work, including the 2007 Dhanji Kanji Gandhi Suvarna Chandrak literary medal for hi ...

References

External links

Selected poems of Manilal Desai on ''Laystaro'' (in Gujarati)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Desai, Manilal Gujarati-language writers Gujarati-language poets

Desai Desai (Hindi: देसाई) () is an Indian administrative, princely or honorary title and surname. Etymology The word is derived from the Sanskrit ''deśa'' (country) and ''svāmī'' (lord). Desai as a title Desai was a title given to fe ...

1939 births 1966 deaths 20th-century Indian poets

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