Nimit Oza (b. 3 October 1981) is an Indian writer, columnist, and doctor from

Gujarat Gujarat (, ) is a state along the western coast of India. Its coastline of about is the longest in the country, most of which lies on the Kathiawar peninsula. Gujarat is the fifth-largest Indian state by area, covering some ; and the ninth ...

, India. An

urologist Urology (from Greek οὖρον ''ouron'' "urine" and ''-logia'' "study of"), also known as genitourinary surgery, is the branch of medicine that focuses on surgical and medical diseases of the urinary-tract system and the reproductive organ ...

by profession, he is known for his novel ''Chromosome XY'' (2019) and ''Pappa ni Girlfriend'' (2020). He won the 2020 Darshak Award for ''Chromosome XY''.

Biography

Nimit Oza was born on 3 October 1981 in

Porbandar Porbandar is a city in the States and territories of India, Indian state of Gujarat, perhaps best known for being the birthplace of Mahatma Gandhi and Sudama. It is the administrative center of the Porbandar District and it was the former capi ...

to Nikhil Oza and Harshana Oza. He completed his schooling from Dakshinamurti Vinay Mandir,

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

in 1999. He completed MBBS from Government Medical College, Bhavnagar, and received

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in Urology from

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Works

Oza published his first novel, ''Chromosome XY'', in 2019. It is a medical science fiction, and is based on the subject of

male pregnancy Male pregnancy is the incubation of one or more embryos or fetuses by organisms of the male sex in some species. Most species that reproduce by sexual reproduction are heterogamous—females producing larger gametes (ova) and males producing sma ...

. His other novels include ''Pappa ni Girlfriend'' (2020) and ''Aham Brahmasmi'' (2021). His literary essays are collected in ''Maati no Manas'' (2017). His ''Ajvala no Autograph'' (2020) and ''Shwas ni Serendipity'' (2020) are the collections of articles on various subjects. He writes weekly columns ''Ajvala no Autograph'' and ''Man no Monologue'' in Gujarati daily ''

Divya Bhaskar ''Divya Bhaskar'' () is a Gujarati newspaper in Gujarat, India, owned by D B Corp Ltd. It is one of the highest circulation Gujarati dailies. With the most local editions in Gujarat, it is published from Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Surat, Rajkot, Jam ...

''.

Published works

* ''Maati no Manas'' (2017) * ''Mari Vahali Pariksha'' (2017) * ''Expiry Date'' (2017) * ''I.C.U'' (2018) * ''Chromosome XY'' (2019) * ''Jindagi Tane Thank You'' (2019) * ''Pappa ni Girlfriend'' (2020) * ''Ajvala no Autograph'' (2020) * ''Shwas ni Serendipity'' (2020) * ''Ene Mrutyu Na Kaho'' (2021) * ''Amor Mio'' (2021) * ''Aham Brahmasmi'' (2021)

Awards

Oza won the 2020 Darshak Award for ''Chromosome XY'', for which, he also received the

Gujarat Sahitya Akademi The Gujarat Sahitya Akademi ( gu, ગુજરાત સાહિત્ય અકાદમી) or Gujarat Sahitya Academy, established in 1981, is a government institution dedicated to the development of the languages spoken in Gujarat, India an ...

's Best Book Prize (2020). He received the GLF Award (2017–18) for his book ''Mari Vahali Pariksha'' (2017).

Reference

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