Usha Ghanshyam Upadhyay (born 7 June 1956) is a Gujarati writer from

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, India.

Life

She was born on 7 June 1956 in

Bhavnagar Bhavnagar is a city in the Bhavnagar district of the Saurashtra region of Gujarat, a state of India. It was founded in 1723 by Bhavsinhji Takhtasinhji Gohil (1703–1764). It was the capital of Bhavnagar State, which was a princely state befo ...

. She completed M. A. in Gujarati and later received Ph. D. She works as the Head of the Department of Gujarati in Gujarat Vidyapith, Ahmedabad. She is the vice president of the Gujarati Writers' Association.

Works

She has written plays, essays, poetry and stories. ''Jal Billori'' (1998), ''Arundhatino Taro'' (2006) and ''Shyam Pankhi Aav Aav'' (2013) are her poetry collections. ''Mastikhor Maniyo'' (2004) is her collection of

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s. She has written a children's story, ''Ek Hati Roopa'' (1999). ''Ikshit'' (1990), ''Sahitya Sannidhi'' (1998), ''Alokparva'' (2005), ''Samprat Gujarati Sahitya'' (2008), ''Aksharne ajvale'' (2009), ''Gujarati Sanshodhan-Sampadan'' (2009) are works of criticism. She has edited ''Adhit'' 15-19 (1992-1996), ''Jhanavi Smriti'' - 2,3 (1996, 1997), ''Gujarati Chayan'' (1999, 2000), ''Sarjan Prakriya Ane Narichetna'' (2006), ''Gujarati Lekhikaoni Pratinidhi Vartao'' (2006), ''Gujarati Lekhikaona Pratinidhi Nimbandho'' (2006), ''Gujarati Lekhikaona Pratinidhi atmakathya'' (2006), ''Matrubhashanu Mahimagyan'' (2010), ''Urmikavi Nhanalal'' (research, 2012), ''Kabirna Amarsutro''. ''Vadali Sarovar'' (1999) and ''Kavivar Rajendra Shah Aur Unaki Kavita'' (2003,

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) are her translation. Her miscellaneous works are ''Gujarati Sahityano Gyan Samvad - Nimbandho'' (2006, 2012), ''Shunyatama Purela Dariyano Tarkhat'' (2007) and ''Radhakrishna Vina Biju Bol Ma'' (2007). Her poems are translated in Odia,

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and English.

Awards

She has been awarded Batubhai Umarwadiya Prize by Gujarati Sahitya Parishad, Bhagini Nivedita Prize and Sauhard Samman Puraskar by Uttar Pradesh Hindi Sansthan,

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