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'''Eva Dave''', born '''Praful Nandshankar Dave''', (5 March 1931 – 26 September 2009) was [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]] story writer and novelist from [[Gujarat]], India.<br />
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== Life ==<br />
Dave was born on 5 March 1931 at [[Baroda]] (now Vadodara). His family belonged to [[Nadiad]].&nbsp; He completed his primary and secondary education from Nadiad and matriculated in 1949. He completed [[Bachelor of Arts|B. A.]] in Gujarati in 1953 and [[Master of Arts|M. A.]] in 1955. He completed [[Bachelor of Education|B. Ed.]] from [[Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda]] in 1956. He studied M. A. in Education in 1957 and Ph. D. in 1963 from [[Washington University]], US.<ref name="GSP">{{cite web | title=પ્રફુલ્લ દવે|trans-title=Praful Dave | website=[[Gujarati Sahitya Parishad]] | url=http://gujaratisahityaparishad.com/prakashan/sarjako/savishesh/Savishesh-Praful-Dave.html | language=gu | accessdate=18 March 2017}}</ref><ref name="AGSI">{{cite book|title=અર્વાચીન ગુજરાતી સાહિત્યનો ઈતિહાસ - આધુનિક અને અનુઆધુનિક યુગ|last=Brahmabhatt|first=Prasad|publisher=Parshwa Publication|year=2010|isbn=978-93-5108-247-7|location=Ahmedabad|pages=227 – 229|language=gu|trans-title=History of Modern Gujarati Literature – Modern and Postmodern Era}}</ref><br />
He taught at a school in [[Vallabh Vidyanagar]] from 1952 to 1956. He also served as a principal in the school of Alina in 1955. He worked as a research assistant in Washington University from 1960 to 1962. He served as a research associate in Saint Louise Mental Hospital, United States in 1963. He returned India in 1964. He served as the Reader from 1964 to 1972 and as the Professor from 1972 to 1974 in [[Mysore]] Regional College of Education, India. He served as a principal-in-charge of [[Ajmer]] Regional College of Education from 1977 to 1944. In 1977, he joined [[NCERT]], New Delhi as the Reader and later served as the Professor until his retirement in 1991. He died on 26 September 2009.<ref name="GSP"/><ref name="AGSI"/><br />
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==Works==<br />
Novellas are the chief contribution of Dave. His first novella ''Sabuni Kakadi'' was published in ''Prajabandhu'' daily. He was a modernist story writer. His stories explore relationships, family life and the life in the west. His collections of stories are ''Agantuk'' (1969), ''Tarangininu Swapna'' (1971), Tahomatdar (1980), ''Kalrakshas'' (1999) and ''Chhellu Farman'' (2005). ''Agantuk'' had 25 stories while ''Tarangininu Swapna'' had 18 stories with fresh subjects.<ref name="GSP"/><ref name="AGSI"/><ref name="Datta1988">{{cite book|editor-last=Datta|editor-first=Amaresh|title=Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature: Devraj to Jyoti|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zB4n3MVozbUC&pg=PA1239|year=1988|publisher=Sahitya Akademi|location=New Delhi|isbn=978-81-260-1194-0|page=1239}}</ref><br />
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''Isune Charane: Preyasi'' (1970) contains two romantic short novels. ''Mishra Lohi'' (1999) is his another novel.<ref name="GSP"/><ref name="AGSI"/><ref name="Datta1988"/><br />
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==Awards==<br />
He is awarded prizes by the [[Gujarati Sahitya Parishad]] and the [[Gujarat Sahitya Akademi]] for his short stories. He received Govardhanram Tripathi Prize and 14th Doomketu Navlika Puraskar.<ref name="AGSI"/><br />
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