Ravji Patel (15 November 1939 – 10 August 1968) was a modernist poet, short story writer and novelist of

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Life

He was born in Bhatpur village (now in Anand district,

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) on 15 November 1939. His family was a native of Vallavpura village in Kheda district. He completed his primary education from his village, Vallavpura and moved to

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for further education. He completed his S.S.C. from Navchetan High School, Ahmedabad. Then he joined City Arts College, but he could only study up to the second year of college and dropped out owing to financial difficulties. He worked briefly at various places like mills, libraries, newspapers and universities. After staying in Amirgadh and Anand for few months, he died in

on 10 August 1968 due to

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and

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Works

He co-edited poetry journal ''Shabda'' with Mukund Parikh. His only collection ''Angat'' (1970) was published posthumously which includes fourteen songs. One of his songs, "Mari Aankhe Kankuna Suraj Athamya" is considered as the landmark in Gujarati literature. The song flags a great change in the trends and styles of writing in Gujarati literature, bringing it into what is now known as the modern Gujarati literary trend. ''Ashrughar'' (1966; House of Tears) is his novel about a person suffering from tuberculosis. ''Jhanjha'' (1967; Foggy) is his other novel. Both are considered experimental novels. ''Vrutti ane Varta'' (1977) includes his incomplete story ''Vrutti''. ''Rakh Pan Bole Chhe'' is his

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published in third issue of ''Kriti'' magazine. Some of his letters to fellow authors are published in ''Ravji Patel'' by Mafat Oza. In 2018, Gujarati Vishwakosh Trust published his biography entitled ''Mol Bharelu Khetar'', written by Manilal H. Patel.

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''Ashrughar'', a novel by Ravji Patel, on Ekatra
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Patel, Ravji 1939 births 1969 deaths People from Kheda district Gujarati-language writers Gujarati-language poets 20th-century deaths from tuberculosis 20th-century Indian poets Indian male poets Poets from Gujarat 20th-century Indian male writers Tuberculosis deaths in India

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