Harindra J Dave (19 September 1930 – 29 March 1995) was a

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 ...

poet, journalist, playwright and novelist of the post-independence Gujarati literature.

Life

He was born on 19 September 1930 in Khambhra village in Kachchh District,

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, India (then

Cutch State Cutch, also spelled Kutch or Kachchh and also historically known as the Kingdom of Kutch, was a kingdom in the Kutch region from 1147 to 1819 and a princely state under British rule from 1819 to 1947. Its territories covered the present day K ...

). He was educated at the

Samaldas College Samaldas Arts College or Samaldas College is a college in Bhavnagar, Gujarat, India. It was founded in 1885 by Takhtsinhji, the Maharaja of Bhavnagar State in memory of his Diwan (minister) Samaldas Paramananddas Mehta. It is one of the oldest ...

, Bhavnagar and later

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Career

He authored more than fifty works, including poems, essays, drama and fiction. ''Aganpankhi'' (1962), ''Madhav Kyayn Nathi'' (1970), ''Krishna ane Manav Sambandho'' (1982), ''Mukhvato'', ''Anagat'', ''Hayati'' (1978), ''Sang-Asang'', ''Lohi no Rang Lal'' (1981), ''Gandhi Ni Kavad'' (1984) are some of his works. His work ''Krishna ane Manav Sambandho'' (1982) is a monumental research work on

Krishna Krishna (; sa, कृष्ण ) is a major deity in Hinduism. He is worshipped as the eighth avatar of Vishnu and also as the Supreme god in his own right. He is the god of protection, compassion, tenderness, and love; and is one ...

theme. His novel ''Madhav Kyany Nathi'' was translated into

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by Bhanushankar Mehta as ''Madhav Kahin Nahin Hain'' in 1995. ;Journalism He was a journalist by profession He worked as a journalist with ''Janashakti'', a Gujarati daily from 1951 to 1962. He joined Bhavan's as an editor of ''Samarpan'', Gujarati monthly digest. In 1968, he joined USIS and continued till 1973. In 1973, he joined ''Janashakti'' as an editor. His writing during the Emergency was notable. After ''Janashakti'', he joined Janmabhoomi Group of Newspapers as an Editor in Chief for '''Janmabhoomi''', an evening daily and '''Pravasi''', a morning daily and '''Janambhoomi-Pravasi'', a weekly. Before embarking on daily journalism in 1951, Harindrabhai worked with ''Chitrapat'', a film magazine. And during those years with ''Chitrapat'', he came into association with personalities like Shyam,

Suraiya Suraiya Jamal Sheikh (15 June 1929 – 31 January 2004), popularly known by the mononym Suraiya, was a popular actress and playback singer in India's Hindi-language films. She was active from 1936 to 1963, and was the most celebrated actress ...

, Guru Dutt, Mehbub Khan, Motilal,

Mohammad Rafi Mohammed Rafi (24 December 1924 – 31 July 1980) was an Indian playback singer and musician. He is considered to have been one of the greatest and most influential singers of the Indian subcontinent. Rafi was notable for his versatility and ...

Ramanand Sagar Chandramauli Chopra ( ; 29 December 1917 – 12 December 2005) known professionally as Ramanand Sagar, was an Indian filmmaker, editor, playwright, poet and an author. He is best known for making the television show '' Ramayan'' (1987-1988). The ...

etc.

Recognition

He received the

Sahitya Akademi Award The Sahitya Akademi Award is a literary honour in India, which the Sahitya Akademi, India's National Academy of Letters, annually confers on writers of the most outstanding books of literary merit published in any of the 22 languages of the ...

in 1978 for his poetry collection ''Hayati''. He also 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 1982, the Kabir Award (from the Madhya Pradesh Government), the

Gujarati Sahitya Parishad Gujarati Sahitya Parishad () is a literary organisation for the promotion of Gujarati literature located in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. It was founded by Ranjitram Mehta with the aim of creating literature appealing to all classes of society an ...

award and the Goenka award for Journalism.

Personal life

He married Jayalakshmi (25 May 1932 – 14 July 1987) in 1947. He had three sons from his first marriage: Rohit (born 1952), Prakash (born 1955) and Deepak (born 1960).

References

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