Shyam Sadhu, born Shamaldas Muldas Solanki, was a Gujarati poet from

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Life

Sadhu was born on 15 June 1941 at

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, to Muldas Solanki. His grandmother Motibai was a ''

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'' singer who had published a few audio records. He completed his primary education in Junagadh. He studied ''

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'' for two years, but dropped out due to family problems. Sadhu started writing poems in 1955 at the age of 15. He eventually was associated with the local politics of

, but is most known for his poetry, which was first published 18 years after he started to write. Sadhu died on 16 December 2001.

Works

Sadhu is considered to be one of the most important Gujarati ''

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'' poets. He experimented with new

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and used a conversational style in ghazal. Along with ghazals, he wrote free verse. ''Yayavari'', his first collection of poems, was published in 1973, followed by ''Thoda Bija Kavyo, Indradhanush'' (1987), ''Atmakathana Pana'' (1991; "Pages of Autobiography") and ''Sanj Dhali Gayi'' (2002). His complete poems were compiled and published by Sanju Vala as ''Ghar Same Sarovar'' in 2009.

Awards

He received the Kavi Shekhadam Abuwala Award and the Babasaheb Ambedkar Award.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sadhu, Shyam Gujarati-language writers Indian male poets Poets from Gujarat Gujarati-language poets 20th-century Indian poets 1941 births 2001 deaths 20th-century Indian male writers