Chimanlal Narandas Patel (23 December 1918 – 30 January 2004) was an Indian writer, literary critic and translator from

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, India. He received the

Ranjitram Suvarna Chandrak Ranjitram Suvarna Chandrak, also known as the Ranjitram Gold Medal, was founded by Gujarat Sahitya Sabha and is considered the highest literary award in Gujarati literature. The award is named after renowned Gujarati writer Ranjitram Mehta. It is ...

in 2000 for his contribution to

Gujarati literature The history of Gujarati literature ( gu, ગુજરાતી સાહિત્ય) may be traced to 1000 AD, and this literature has flourished since then to the present. It is unique in having almost no patronage from a ruling dynasty, othe ...

Biography

C. N. Patel was born on 23 December 1918 at

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, a village in

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, Gujarat. He completed his BA in 1940 with English major and

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minor, and MA in 1944 with English. From 1944 to 1961, he served as a lecturer of English at

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in Ahmedabad. During 1956–1957, he served as a registrar of Sardar Patel University in Vallabh Vidyanagar. During 1959–1961, he was deputed as a principal of Prakash Arts College for Girls in Ahmedabad. He died on 30 January 2004.

Works

Patel was known as Chi. Na. Patel (C. N. Patel) in Gujarati literature. His first book ''Abhikram'' (1975) is a work of literary criticism, which was followed by ''Tragedy – Sahityama ane Jivanma'' (1978) and ''Kathabodh'' (1980). He wrote several books on

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, which include ''Gandhiji Ni Satyasadhana ane Bija Lekho'' (1978), ''Gandhiji'' (1979; part of ''Gujarati Granthakar'' series), ''Mahatma Gandhi in His Gujarati Writings'' (1981), ''A Gandhi Reader'' (1983), and ''Gandhicharit'' (1995). His other books are ''Vicharatarnag'' (1986), ''Moral and Social Thinking in Modern Gujarat'' (1988), ''Buddhiprakash : Swadhyay ane Suchi'' (1990), and ''Mari Vismaykatha''. He served as translator, deputy chief editor, and advisor for ''

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'' book series. He translated

Valmiki Valmiki (; Sanskrit: वाल्मीकि, ) is celebrated as the wikt:harbinger, harbinger-poet in Sanskrit literature. The epic ''Ramayana'', dated variously from the 5th century BCE to first century BCE, is attributed to him, based on ...

's ''

Ramayana The ''Rāmāyana'' (; sa, रामायणम्, ) is a Sanskrit literature, Sanskrit Indian epic poetry, epic composed over a period of nearly a millennium, with scholars' estimates for the earliest stage of the text ranging from the 8th ...

'' into Gujarati in abridged version titled ''Valmikiya Ramakatha'' (1982).

Awards

Patel received the

in 2000 for his contribution to Gujarati literature. He received an award from Government of Gujarat (1996–97) for his service to education.

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External links

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Works by C. N. Patel
at

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Patel, C. N. 1918 births 2004 deaths Gujarati-language writers Indian literary critics People from Ahmedabad district Recipients of the Ranjitram Suvarna Chandrak Translators to Gujarati Writers from Gujarat 20th-century Indian male writers Translators of the Ramayana

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