Bhavesh Bhatt (

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- ...

: ભાવેશ ભટ્ટ) is a Gujarati language

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 ...

poet from Gujarat, India. His works include '' Chhe To Chhe'' (2009) and '' Bhitarno Shankhanaad'' (2014). He won the

Shayda Award Shayda Award (Gujarati:શયદા ઍવોર્ડ) is an annual award given to a young Gujarati ghazal poet. It was founded by the INT Aditya Birla Centre for Performing Arts & Research. The award is named after Gujarati ghazal poet Harji La ...

of 2014 for his contribution in Gujarati

poetry.

Early life

Bhavesh Bhatt was born on 12 January 1975 in

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, Gujarat to Dilipbhai and Jayabahen. He completed his primary education (standard 1 to 5) from Ankur Highschool, Ahmedabad in 1985 and secondary education (standard 6 to 9) from H. B. Kapadia Highschool located at Delhi Darwaza, Ahmedabad in 1989. He completed his Standard 10 from B. V. High school, Ahmedabad in 1990 and Standard 12 from Ashish Highschool, Ahmedabad in 1992. In 1994, he joined Bachelor of Arts at

Gujarat College Gujarat Arts & Science College, popularly and previously known as Gujarat College, is one of the oldest educational institution of India and second arts and science college of Gujarat, near Ellis Bridge, Ahmedabad. The institution was founded ...

and dropped out after the first year. Bhavesh married Bijal in 2007 and they have a daughter.

Career

He started writing at the age of 25. His first publication was a ghazal, published in the Gujarati poetry journal, '' Kavilok'' in 2003. Subsequently, his ghazals are published in several Gujarati literary magazines including ''

Gazalvishwa ''Gazalvishwa'' (Gujarati: ગઝલવિશ્વ) is a quarterly Gujarati ghazal poetry journal, published by Vali Gujarati Gazal Kendra from Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India since 2006. The journal publishes ghazals, ghazal reviews, critical works a ...

'', ''

Shabdasrishti ''Shabdasrishti'' ( gu, શબ્દસૃષ્ટિ, Śabdasr̥ṣṭi, World of Words), the journal of the Gujarat Sahitya Akademi, is a Gujarati literary magazine, published on the fifth of every month. The magazine was started in 1983, a ye ...

'', ''

Dhabak ''Dhabak'' (Gujarati: ધબક) is a quarterly Gujarati language ghazal poetry journal published from Gujarat, India which is edited by Rashid Meer. It is dedicated to the growth and publicizing of Gujarati ghazal and its form. History ''Dhabak ...

'', ''Tadarthya'', ''Shabdasar'', ''Navneet Samarpan'' and ''Kavita''. In 2007, his ghazals have been anthologized in ''Vis Pancha'', a collection of Gujarati ghazals, with other four young poets including

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, Ashok Chavda,

Hardwar Goswami Hardwar Goswami (Gujarati: હરદ્વાર ગોસ્વામી) is a Gujarati language poet, writer, and playwright from Gujarat, India. He wrote the poetry collection ''Hawa Ne Kinare'' (2005), and his poems have been published in sever ...

and Chandresh Makwana. He also writes ghazal in

Urdu language Urdu (;"Urdu"
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Works

'' Chhe To Chhe'', his first poetry collection, was published in 2009, followed by '' Bhitarno Shankhanaad'' in 2014, which gained him critical acclaim. He is a forerunner of modernity in the Gujarati ghazal and emphasized on the need to derive innovative works from language. His ghazals mainly revolve around subjects like love, social paradoxes, contemporary life and God.

Awards

He received

in 2014. He also received Ravji Patel Award in 2014 instituted by Gujarat Samachar and Samanvay; Yuva Puraskar (2014) instituted by

Bharatiya Bhasha Parishad Bharatiya Bhasha Parishad, a Kolkata-based literary organization was founded on 1975 by Sitaram Seksaria and Bhagirat H Kanodia with the aim of promoting Indian languages. It works for the development of Indian literature through publication of b ...

, Kolkata.

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