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	Geeta Parikh was born on 11 August 1929 in [[Bhavnagar]] in a [[Jain]] family of Vijayaben and Paramanand Kapadia.<ref name="AGSI2" /><ref name="George1992">{{cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=m1R2Pa3f7r0C&pg=PA143\|title=Modern Indian Literature, an Anthology: Surveys and poems\|last=George\|first=K. M.\|publisher=Sahitya Akademi\|year=1992\|isbn=978-81-7201-324-0\|page=143}}</ref> Her father was a social worker and [[Indian independence movement\|independence activist]]. She completed her primary and secondary school education from the Fellowship School in [[Bombay]] (now Mumbai). She [[matriculated]] in 1945. She completed [[Bachelor of Arts\|BA]] in Entire Philosophy with second class in 1949 from the [[Wilson College, Mumbai\|Wilson College]] and later MA in the same subject in 1952. In 1988, she received PhD for her thesis ''Arvachin Gujarati Kavayitrio'' (Modern Gujarati Women Poets) under [[Dhiru Parikh]]. She briefly taught in a college.<ref name="AGSI2">{{cite book\|title=અર્વાચીન ગુજરાતી સાહિત્યનો ઈતિહાસ (ગાંધીયુગ અને અનુગાંધી યુગ)\|script-title=gu:Arvachin Gujarati Sahityano Itihas (Gandhiyug Ane Anugandhi Yug)\|last=Brahmabhatt\|first=Prasad\|publisher=Parshwa Publication\|year=2007\|location=Ahmedabad\|pages=267–268\|language=gu\|trans-title=History of Modern Gujarati Literature (Gandhi Era & Post-Gandhi Era)}}</ref>		Geeta Parikh was born on 11 August 1929 in [[Bhavnagar]] in a [[Jain]] family of Vijayaben and Paramanand Kapadia.<ref name="AGSI2" /><ref name="George1992">{{cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=m1R2Pa3f7r0C&pg=PA143\|title=Modern Indian Literature, an Anthology: Surveys and poems\|last=George\|first=K. M.\|publisher=Sahitya Akademi\|year=1992\|isbn=978-81-7201-324-0\|page=143}}</ref> Her father was a social worker and [[Indian independence movement\|independence activist]]. She completed her primary and secondary school education from the Fellowship School in [[Bombay]] (now Mumbai). She [[matriculated]] in 1945. She completed [[Bachelor of Arts\|BA]] in Entire Philosophy with second class in 1949 from the [[Wilson College, Mumbai\|Wilson College]] and later MA in the same subject in 1952. In 1988, she received PhD for her thesis ''Arvachin Gujarati Kavayitrio'' (Modern Gujarati Women Poets) under [[Dhiru Parikh]]. She briefly taught in a college.<ref name="AGSI2">{{cite book\|title=અર્વાચીન ગુજરાતી સાહિત્યનો ઈતિહાસ (ગાંધીયુગ અને અનુગાંધી યુગ)\|script-title=gu:Arvachin Gujarati Sahityano Itihas (Gandhiyug Ane Anugandhi Yug)\|last=Brahmabhatt\|first=Prasad\|publisher=Parshwa Publication\|year=2007\|location=Ahmedabad\|pages=267–268\|language=gu\|trans-title=History of Modern Gujarati Literature (Gandhi Era & Post-Gandhi Era)}}</ref>

	In 1953, she married [[Gandhism\|Gandhian]] Suryakant Parikh (9 January 1926 – 5 April 2019) who was active in [[Bhoodan movement]] and supported him in his activities.<ref name="AGSI2" /><ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.newzviewz.com/gujarati/news-detail/gandhi-follower-suryakant-parikh-passaway\|title=ગાંધીજન સૂર્યાકાન્ત પરીખે વિદાય લીધી…\|last=Tanna\|first=Ramesh\|date=2019-04-05\|website=Newzviewz\|language=gu\|access-date=2020-03-22}}</ref> After having children, she shifted her focus on the family.<ref name="AGSI2"/>		In 1953, she married [[Gandhism\|Gandhian]] Suryakant Parikh (9 January 1926 – 5 April 2019) who was active in [[Bhoodan movement]] and supported him in his activities.<ref name="AGSI2" /><ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.newzviewz.com/gujarati/news-detail/gandhi-follower-suryakant-parikh-passaway\|title=ગાંધીજન સૂર્યાકાન્ત પરીખે વિદાય લીધી…\|last=Tanna\|first=Ramesh\|date=2019-04-05\|website=Newzviewz\|language=gu\|access-date=2020-03-22\|archive-date=22 March 2020\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200322081931/https://www.newzviewz.com/gujarati/news-detail/gandhi-follower-suryakant-parikh-passaway\|url-status=live}}</ref> After having children, she shifted her focus on the family.<ref name="AGSI2"/>

	She worked with the English Club of Sharda Mandir school in [[Ahmedabad]]. She also learned classical and other forms of music starting 1974.<ref name="AGSI2" />		She worked with the English Club of Sharda Mandir school in [[Ahmedabad]]. She also learned classical and other forms of music starting 1974.<ref name="AGSI2" />

	She died on 7 April 2012.<ref name=":1">{{cite journal\|last=Patel\|first=Rajendra\|title=Parishad Pathey\|url=http://www.gujaratisahityaparishad.com/samachar/archives/2012/samachar-0512.pdf\|journal=પરિષદવૃત્ત: સમાચાર સંગ્રહ [Parishadvritt: Samachar Sangrah]\|language=gu\|publisher=[[Gujarati Sahitya Parishad]]\|issue=May 2012}}</ref>		She died on 7 April 2012.<ref name=":1">{{cite journal\|last=Patel\|first=Rajendra\|title=Parishad Pathey\|url=http://www.gujaratisahityaparishad.com/samachar/archives/2012/samachar-0512.pdf\|journal=પરિષદવૃત્ત: સમાચાર સંગ્રહ [Parishadvritt: Samachar Sangrah]\|language=gu\|publisher=[[Gujarati Sahitya Parishad]]\|issue=May 2012\|access-date=22 March 2020\|archive-date=22 March 2020\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200322080638/http://www.gujaratisahityaparishad.com/samachar/archives/2012/samachar-0512.pdf\|url-status=live}}</ref>

	==Literary career==		==Literary career==
	In 1950, Parikh learned [[metre (poetry)\|metres]] from [[Ramnarayan V. Pathak]] and was guided by [[Rajendra Shah (author)\|Rajendra Shah]]. She started developing interest in poetry and her first poem "Maru Lagna" (My Marriage) was published in ''[[Kumar (magazine)\|Kumar]]'' in 1951.<ref name="AGSI2" />		In 1950, Parikh learned [[metre (poetry)\|metres]] from [[Ramnarayan V. Pathak]] and was guided by [[Rajendra Shah (author)\|Rajendra Shah]]. She started developing interest in poetry and her first poem "Maru Lagna" (My Marriage) was published in ''[[Kumar (magazine)\|Kumar]]'' in 1951.<ref name="AGSI2" />

	Parikh had written almost all forms of poem. She had written more than 900 poems<ref name="AGSI2" /> and selected one hundred were published in the collection ''Purvi'' in 1966. These poems focus on sentiments of love, married life, and philosophy. ''Purvi'' was awarded the first prize by the [[Government of Gujarat]]. In 1979, she published her second poetry collection, ''Bhinash'', which included poems on nature, family life, death of parents, and devotion.<ref name="AGSI2" /><ref name=":1" /><ref name=":0">{{cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IZRjAAAAMAAJ\|title=Indian Literature\|publisher=Sahitya Akademi\|year=1992\|pages=105–106}}</ref><ref name="NatarajanNelson1996">{{cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1lTnv6o-d_oC&pg=PA125\|title=Handbook of Twentieth-century Literatures of India\|last1=Natarajan\|first1=Nalini\|author2=Emmanuel Sampath Nelson\|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group\|year=1996\|isbn=978-0-313-28778-7\|page=125}}</ref>		Parikh had written almost all forms of poem. She had written more than 900 poems<ref name="AGSI2" /> and selected one hundred were published in the collection ''Purvi'' in 1966. These poems focus on sentiments of love, married life, and philosophy. ''Purvi'' was awarded the first prize by the [[Government of Gujarat]]. In 1979, she published her second poetry collection, ''Bhinash'', which included poems on nature, family life, death of parents, and devotion.<ref name="AGSI2" /><ref name=":1" /><ref name=":0">{{cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IZRjAAAAMAAJ\|title=Indian Literature\|publisher=Sahitya Akademi\|year=1992\|pages=105–106\|access-date=6 December 2018\|archive-date=15 February 2017\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170215103139/https://books.google.com/books?id=IZRjAAAAMAAJ\|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="NatarajanNelson1996">{{cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1lTnv6o-d_oC&pg=PA125\|title=Handbook of Twentieth-century Literatures of India\|last1=Natarajan\|first1=Nalini\|author2=Emmanuel Sampath Nelson\|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group\|year=1996\|isbn=978-0-313-28778-7\|page=125\|access-date=6 December 2018\|archive-date=13 February 2020\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200213061632/https://books.google.com/books?id=1lTnv6o-d_oC\|url-status=live}}</ref>

	Parikh had also edited a brief biography collection titled ''Sitter Gujarati Kavayitrio ''(Seventy Gujarati Women Poets, 1985), which includes biographies from her thesis. ''Kavyaspandita'' (1988) is a collection of criticism.<ref name="AGSI2" /><ref name=":1" /><ref name=":0" /> She co-edited essays of her father in ''Chintanyatra'' (1974) and translated poems of [[Vimala Thakar]] in ''Navo Palato'' (1963).<ref name="AGSI2" />		Parikh had also edited a brief biography collection titled ''Sitter Gujarati Kavayitrio ''(Seventy Gujarati Women Poets, 1985), which includes biographies from her thesis. ''Kavyaspandita'' (1988) is a collection of criticism.<ref name="AGSI2" /><ref name=":1" /><ref name=":0" /> She co-edited essays of her father in ''Chintanyatra'' (1974) and translated poems of [[Vimala Thakar]] in ''Navo Palato'' (1963).<ref name="AGSI2" />

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'''Geeta Suryakant Parikh''' (11 August 1929 – 7 April 2012) was an Indian poet who wrote in [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]]. Educated in philosophy, she had published two poetry collections and a biography collection.

==Biography==
Geeta Parikh was born on 11 August 1929 in [[Bhavnagar]] in a [[Jain]] family of Vijayaben and Paramanand Kapadia.<ref name="AGSI2" /><ref name="George1992">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=m1R2Pa3f7r0C&pg=PA143|title=Modern Indian Literature, an Anthology: Surveys and poems|last=George|first=K. M.|publisher=Sahitya Akademi|year=1992|isbn=978-81-7201-324-0|page=143}}</ref> Her father was a social worker and [[Indian independence movement|independence activist]]. She completed her primary and secondary school education from the Fellowship School in [[Bombay]] (now Mumbai). She [[matriculated]] in 1945. She completed [[Bachelor of Arts|BA]] in Entire Philosophy with second class in 1949 from the [[Wilson College, Mumbai|Wilson College]] and later MA in the same subject in 1952. In 1988, she received PhD for her thesis ''Arvachin Gujarati Kavayitrio'' (Modern Gujarati Women Poets) under [[Dhiru Parikh]]. She briefly taught in a college.<ref name="AGSI2">{{cite book|title=અર્વાચીન ગુજરાતી સાહિત્યનો ઈતિહાસ (ગાંધીયુગ અને અનુગાંધી યુગ)|script-title=gu:Arvachin Gujarati Sahityano Itihas (Gandhiyug Ane Anugandhi Yug)|last=Brahmabhatt|first=Prasad|publisher=Parshwa Publication|year=2007|location=Ahmedabad|pages=267–268|language=gu|trans-title=History of Modern Gujarati Literature (Gandhi Era & Post-Gandhi Era)}}</ref>

In 1953, she married [[Gandhism|Gandhian]] Suryakant Parikh (9 January 1926 – 5 April 2019) who was active in [[Bhoodan movement]] and supported him in his activities.<ref name="AGSI2" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.newzviewz.com/gujarati/news-detail/gandhi-follower-suryakant-parikh-passaway|title=ગાંધીજન સૂર્યાકાન્ત પરીખે વિદાય લીધી…|last=Tanna|first=Ramesh|date=2019-04-05|website=Newzviewz|language=gu|access-date=2020-03-22}}</ref> After having children, she shifted her focus on the family.<ref name="AGSI2"/>

She worked with the English Club of Sharda Mandir school in [[Ahmedabad]]. She also learned classical and other forms of music starting 1974.<ref name="AGSI2" />

She died on 7 April 2012.<ref name=":1">{{cite journal|last=Patel|first=Rajendra|title=Parishad Pathey|url=http://www.gujaratisahityaparishad.com/samachar/archives/2012/samachar-0512.pdf|journal=પરિષદવૃત્ત: સમાચાર સંગ્રહ [Parishadvritt: Samachar Sangrah]|language=gu|publisher=[[Gujarati Sahitya Parishad]]|issue=May 2012}}</ref>

==Literary career==
In 1950, Parikh learned [[metre (poetry)|metres]] from [[Ramnarayan V. Pathak]] and was guided by [[Rajendra Shah (author)|Rajendra Shah]]. She started developing interest in poetry and her first poem "Maru Lagna" (My Marriage) was published in ''[[Kumar (magazine)|Kumar]]'' in 1951.<ref name="AGSI2" />

Parikh had written almost all forms of poem. She had written more than 900 poems<ref name="AGSI2" /> and selected one hundred were published in the collection ''Purvi'' in 1966. These poems focus on sentiments of love, married life, and philosophy. ''Purvi'' was awarded the first prize by the [[Government of Gujarat]]. In 1979, she published her second poetry collection, ''Bhinash'', which included poems on nature, family life, death of parents, and devotion.<ref name="AGSI2" /><ref name=":1" /><ref name=":0">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IZRjAAAAMAAJ|title=Indian Literature|publisher=Sahitya Akademi|year=1992|pages=105–106}}</ref><ref name="NatarajanNelson1996">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1lTnv6o-d_oC&pg=PA125|title=Handbook of Twentieth-century Literatures of India|last1=Natarajan|first1=Nalini|author2=Emmanuel Sampath Nelson|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|year=1996|isbn=978-0-313-28778-7|page=125}}</ref>

Parikh had also edited a brief biography collection titled ''Sitter Gujarati Kavayitrio ''(Seventy Gujarati Women Poets, 1985), which includes biographies from her thesis. ''Kavyaspandita'' (1988) is a collection of criticism.<ref name="AGSI2" /><ref name=":1" /><ref name=":0" /> She co-edited essays of her father in ''Chintanyatra'' (1974) and translated poems of [[Vimala Thakar]] in ''Navo Palato'' (1963).<ref name="AGSI2" />

==See also==
* [[List of Gujarati-language writers]]

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