Ashokpuri Goswami

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| name = Ashokpuri Goswami
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| caption = Goswami at [[Himatnagar]], March 2018
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| birth_name = Ashokpuri Kailasbharati Goswami
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1947|8|17}}
| birth_place = [[Borsad]], [[Gujarat]], India
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| occupation = poet, novelist
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| notableworks = * ''Koovo'' (1994)
| spouse = {{marriage|Ansooya|21 April 1965}}
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| awards = * [[Sahitya Akademi Award]] (1997)
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'''Ashokpuri Goswami''' ({{lang-gu|અશોકપુરી ગોસ્વામી}}) is a Gujarati poet and writer from [[Gujarat]], India. He won [[Sahitya Akademi Award]] for Gujarati language in 1997 for his novel ''Koovo'' (1994).

==Life==
He was born on 17 August 1947 in [[Borsad]], [[Anand district]], Gujarat to Kailasbharati and Kamlabahen. His family belonged to Ashi village near [[Petlad]]. He completed his primary and secondary education in Navli, [[Anand, Gujarat|Anand]]. He completed old S.S.C. from B. M. Patel High School, Navli. He completed [[Bachelor of Science|B.Sc.]] from V. P. College, [[Sardar Patel University]] but dropped out due to poor financial condition. He started working as a farmer at his village. He married Ansooyaji on 21 April 1965. Their son Aayushman was born on 16 July 1998.<ref name=AK2/><ref name=AK/><ref name=AGSI/>

==Works==
He wrote his first poem while studying S.S.C. His [[ghazal]]s were first published in ''[[Kavilok]]'', and later he published in other Gujarati literary magazines including ''[[Kumar (magazine)|Kumar]]'', ''[[Shabdasrishti]]'', ''Vi'' and ''Navneet Samarpan''.<ref name=AK2/><ref name=AK/><ref name=AGSI/>

''Arthat'' (1990) and ''Kaling'' (2005) are his collections of ghazals. ''Mool'', his first novel was published in 1990, followed by ''Koovo'' (1994), ''Nibhado'' (1995), ''Vedh'' (1999) ''Ame'' (2015) and ''Gajra''. ''Ravarvaat'' (1994) is an autobiographical his work. He has edited story collection, ''Vinela Moti'' (1995). He has edited ''Setu'' (2003), a literary magazine published for non-resident Indians, and ''Rooplabdhi'' (2005) published by Charotar Vidya Mandal on occasion of session held by [[Gujarati Sahitya Parishad]]. He has also translated Dilip Ramesh's Hindi play, ''Khand Khand Agni''.<ref name=AK>{{cite book|title= નવલકથાકાર અશોકપુરી ગોસ્વામી (Novelist Ashokpuri Goswami) |first=Patel|last=Sandip |publisher=Daminee Publications|location=Ahmedabad|year=2013|pages=1–7|language=gu|isbn=978-93-82239-21-5}}</ref><ref name=AK2>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vapz0L7YW4M |title=ASHOKPURI GOSWAMI, Gujarat Sahitya Academy, સર્જક અને સર્જન, અશોકપુરી ગોસ્વામી |last=Bhuptani |first=Maulik |publisher=Gujarat Sahitya Akademi |access-date=2016-12-01}}</ref><ref name=AGSI>{{cite book|title=અર્વાચીન ગુજરાતી સાહિત્યનો ઈતિહાસ - આધુનિક અને અનુઆધુનિક યુગ (History of Modern Gujarati Literature – Modern and Postmodern Era)|first=Prasad|last=Brahmabhatt |publisher=Parshwa Publication|location=Ahmedabad|year=2010|pages=211–214|language=gu|isbn=978-93-5108-247-7}}</ref>

==Awards==
He won the [[Sahitya Akademi Award]] for Gujarati language in 1997 for his novel ''Koovo'' (1994). He also won Govardhanram Tripathi Award in 1995 and Best Book Prize of [[Gujarat Sahitya Akademi]] in 1996 for his novel ''Nibhado'' (1995).<ref name=AGSI/>

== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{GujLit author}}

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[[Category:20th-century Indian poets]]
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