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{{Short description|Indian poet}}
{{about|Gujarati poet|an Indian children's book illustrator|Jagdish Joshi}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=September 2018}}
{{Infobox writer
| name = Jagdish Joshi
| image = JagdishJoshi(poet).jpg
| caption =
| native_name =
| native_name_lang =
| pseudonym =
| birth_name = Jagdish Ramkrishna Joshi
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1932|10|9}}
| birth_place = [[Mumbai]], India
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1978|9|21|1932|10|9}}
| death_place = Mumbai
| occupation = Poet and translator
| language = [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]]
| nationality = Indian
| education =
| alma_mater = {{plainlist|
* [[St. Xavier's College, Mumbai]]
* [[Stanford University]]
}}
| period = modern [[Gujarati literature]]
| genre = free verse, [[ghazal]], [[Geet (song)|Geet]]
| notableworks = ''Vamal Na Van'' (1976)
| spouse = Anila Badheka
| awards = {{plainlist|
* [[Uma-Snehrashmi Prize]] (1976-1977)
* [[Sahitya Akademi Award]] (1979)
}}
| signature = Jagdish Joshi autograph.svg
}}

'''Jagdish Ramkrishna Joshi''' (9 October 1932 – 21 September 1978) was a [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]] poet and translator from [[India]]. He received a posthumous [[Sahitya Akademi Award]] in 1979 for his collection of poems, ''Vamal Na Van''.

== Early life ==
Joshi was born in [[Bombay]] to Annapurna and Ramakrishna Joshi. He [[matriculated]] in 1949 and completed a Bachelor of Arts in Gujarati and [[Sanskrit]] in 1953 from [[St. Xavier's College, Mumbai]]. He completed an M.D. in [[Pedagogy]] in 1955 from [[Stanford University]]. He served as a principal of Bazar Gate High School, Mumbai from 1957 to 1960.

He served as a member of the educational committee and The Editorial Board of the Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board, [[Pune]], from 1965 to 1977. Later, he served as [[treasurer]] of the Bombay Association of Hades and Secondary School, as vice-president in 1969, and as president in 1970. He was a member of the [[University of Bombay]] senate from 1969 to 1975. From 1974 to 1978, he served as a member of the Board of Studies in Gujarati at [[SNDT Women's University]].<ref name="dalal">{{cite book |date=23 August 2003|publisher=Image Publication Pvt. Ltd.|isbn=81-7997-073-6|editor-last=Dalal|editor-first=Suresh|editor-link=Suresh Dalal|location=Mumbai|pages=316–317 |language=gu |script-title=gu:સ્મૃતિપર્વ: જગદીશ જોષી-વિશેષ |trans-title=Selection From The Literary Works of Jagdish Joshi}}</ref><ref name="AGSI">{{cite book|script-title=gu: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=110–112|language=gu|trans-title=History of Modern Gujarati Literature – Modern and Postmodern Era}}</ref>

== Works ==
''Aakash'', his first collection of poems, was published in 1972, followed by ''Vamal Na Van'' (1976) and ''Monta Collage'' (1979; posthumous). ''Vamal Na Van'' set a new trend in experimental Gujarati poems. The central emotion in his poems is pathos, depicted with rural [[milieu]] and colloquial style. In his non-metrical poems, he used rhythmic diction.<ref name="Lal1992">{{cite book|editor-first=Mohan|editor-last=Lal|title=Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature: Sasay to Zorgot|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KnPoYxrRfc0C&pg=PA4486|year=1992|publisher=Sahitya Akademi|location=New Delhi|isbn=978-81-260-1221-3|page=4486}}</ref> In all, Joshi wrote 114 poems: 57 [[geet (song)|geet]]s, 38 non-metrical poems, 14 [[ghazal]]s and 5 metrical poems. "Ek Hati Sarvakalin Varta" is one critically acclaimed poem from this collection.<ref name="AGSI" /><ref name="GSP">{{cite web|url=http://gujaratisahityaparishad.com/prakashan/sarjako/savishesh/Savishesh-Jagdish-Joshi.html|title=જગદીશ જોશી|last=|first=|date=|website=[[Gujarati Sahitya Parishad]]|language=gu|trans-title=Jagdish Joshi|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2017-09-05}}</ref>

Joshi co-edited ''Vartani Pankhe'' (1972), ''Vartani Moj'' (3 Vol.; 1972), ''Hu To Nitya Pravasi'' (1973), ''Varta Re Varta'' (3 Vol.; 1973) and ''Sulabh Samoohjivan'' (3 Vol.; 1974). In 1973 he published the translation of ''Understanding Poetry'', a work by British writer [[James Reeves (writer)|James Reeves]], titling it ''Kavitani Gatagam,'' in Gujarati poetry journal ''Kavita''. He translated poems from various languages into Gujarati, most of which were published in ''Kavita'', ''Sanskruti'' and ''Kavyavishwa''. Two of his most famous translations are ''Marathi Kavita - Gres'' (1978) and ''Suryaghatikayantra'' (1981, posthumous). His poetry reviews were published in ''Ekantni Sabha'' (1978; posthumous). ''Dharo Ke Ek Sanje Aapne Malya'', a volume of his complete poetry edited by Suresh Dalal, was published in 1998.<ref name="dalal" /><ref name="AGSI" />

== Recognition ==
He was awarded the [[Uma-Snehrashmi Prize]] (1976-1977) and [[Sahitya Akademi Award]] (1979) for his book ''Vamal Na Van''. He also received the Mahakavi Nhanalal Prize in 1977 for the same book.<ref name="GSP" />

== Personal life ==
Joshi married Anila Devshankar Badheka in 1953. Their first daughter, Sandhya, was born in 1954 and their second daughter, Aparna, was born in 1960. Their son, Abhijit was born in 1968.

Joshi fell into a coma owing to [[cerebral hemorrhage|a cerebral hemorrhage]] on the midnight of 31 August 1978 and died on 21 September 1978 in Mumbai.<ref name=dalal/>

==References==
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