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{{Infobox writer
| name = Nagindas Parekh
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| birth_name = Nagindas Narandas Parekh
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=y|1903|8|8}}
| birth_place = [[Valsad|Bulsar]] (now Valsad), [[Gujarat]]
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=y|1993|1|19|1903|8|8}}
| death_place = [[Ahmedabad]], [[Gujarat]]
| occupation = literary critic, editor, translator
| language = [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]]
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* [[Gujarat Vidyapith]]
* [[Gujarat College]]
* [[Visva-Bharati University]]
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* ''[[Abhinavano Rasavichar|Abhinavno Rasavichar ane Bija Lekho]]'' (1969)
* ''Viksha ane Niriksha'' (1981)
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| children = 2 children
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* [[Sahitya Akademi Award]] (1970)
* [[Ranjitram Suvarna Chandrak]] (1990)
* [[Sahitya Gaurav Puraskar]] (1991)
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'''Nagindas Narandas Parekh''' (8 August 1903 – 19 January 1993) was a [[Gujarati language]] critic, editor and translator from India. He is also known by his pen name, '''Granthkeet''' (literally, bookworm).

==Life==
Nagindas Parekh was born on 8 August 1903 in the city of [[Valsad|Bulsar]] (now Valsad) within the state of [[Gujarat]] in India.<ref name="Sharma1981">{{cite book|author=Jagdish Saran Sharma|title=Encyclopaedia Indica|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hWtDAAAAYAAJ|year=1981|publisher=S. Chand|page=938}}</ref> He completed his primary and secondary education in Valsad and graduated from [[Gujarat Vidyapith]] university in 1921. From 1921 to 1925, he attended [[Gujarat College]] run by the Gujarat Vidyapith where he obtained a degree in Gujarati under [[Ramnarayan V. Pathak]] and in Bengali under Indrabhushan Majmudar. Subsequently, he joined [[Visva-Bharati University|Viswa-Bharati]] at [[Santiniketan]] in 1925–26 for higher studies in Bengali. He studied Bengali and the literature of [[Rabindranath Tagore]] under [[Kshitimohan Sen]], and then he taught briefly at Gujarat Vidyapith in 1926. He worked with the [[Navajivan Trust]] from 1944 to 1947, and later, he taught at B J Vidyabhavan run by the [[Gujarat Vidhya Sabha]]. He worked as a professor from 1955 to 1969 at H K Arts College in Ahmedabad. He died on 19 January 1993.<ref name="GSP">{{cite web | title=સવિશેષ પરિચય: નગીનદાસ પારેખ, ગુજરાતી સાહિત્ય પરિષદ | website=Nagindas Parekh, Gujarati Sahitya Parishad | url=http://gujaratisahityaparishad.com/prakashan/sarjako/savishesh/Savishesh-Nagindas-Parekh.html | language=gu | accessdate=2015-04-10}}</ref><ref name="Akademi1990">{{cite book|author=Sahitya Akademi|title=Sahitya Akademi awards: books and writers : 1955-1978|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FkkOAQAAMAAJ|year=1990|publisher=Sahitya Akademi|isbn=978-81-7201-014-0|pages=118–119}}</ref>

==Works==
He contributed chiefly in the fields of criticism, biography, editing and translation.<ref name="GSP"/>

===Criticism===
''[[Abhinavano Rasavichar|Abhinavno Rasavichar ane Bija Lekho]]'' (1969) is a collection of essays. His critical work, ''Viksha ane Niriksha'' (1981) includes criticism of eastern as well as western poetry, [[objective correlative]] and [[Benedetto Croce|Croce]]'s philosophy. His other critical works are ''Parichay ane Pariksha'' (1968), ''Swadhyay ane Samiksha'' (1969), ''Crocenu Esthetic ane Bija Lekho'' (Croce's Esthetic, 1972).<ref name="GSP"/>

===Biography===
He wrote the biographies of ''[[Navalram]]'' (1961), ''[[Mahadev Desai]]'' (1962), ''[[Premanand Bhatt|Premanand]]'' (1963), and ''[[Gandhiji]]'' (1964). ''Saat Charitro'' (Seven Biographies, 1947) is a collection of short biographies which include [[Confucius]], [[Tansen]], and [[Dadabhai Naoroji]]. ''Sattavan'' (Fifty Seven, 1938) is a work on the [[Indian Rebellion of 1857]].<ref name="GSP"/>

===Editing===
He edited five works of Mahadev Desai, ''Vachanmala'' (1949–1951). He also edited ''Vishesh Vachanmala'' (Book 5-6-7), ''Vartalahari'' (Part 1-2), and ''Sahitya Pathavali'' (Part 1-2-3). All works were later published under the title ''Gurjar Sahitya Sarita'' (1962).<ref name="GSP"/>

===Translation===
He heavily contributed to the field of literature by translating many famous works into Gujarati, including several Bengali stories. These include several works of Rabindranath Tagore: ''Visarjan'' (1932), ''Poojarini ane Dakghar'' (1932), ''Swadeshi Samaj'' (1934), ''Ghare Bahire'' (1935), ''Chaturang ane Be Behno'' (1936), ''Nauka Doobi'' (1938), ''Geetanjali ane Bija Kavyo'' (1942), ''Poorva ane Paschim'' (1942), ''Vishwaparichay'' (1944), ''Laxmini Pariksha'' (1947), ''Panchbhoot'' (1947), ''Sati'' (1947). He co-translated some more works of Tagore: ''Charitryapuja'' (1950), ''Ekotershati'' (1963), ''Ravindra Nibandhmala'' -1 (1963), and ''Ravindranathna Natako'' -1 (1963). He also translated several works of [[Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay]] including, ''Pallisamaj'' (1933), ''Chandranath'' (1933), and ''Parineeta'' (1931). He translated ''Teerthsalil'' (1942) by [[Dilipkumar Roy]], ''Kavyavichar'' (1944) by [[Surendranath Dasgupta]], ''Kavya-Jigyasa'' (1960) by [[Atul Chandra Gupta]], ''[[Na Hanyate]]'' (1978) by [[Maitreyi Devi]], ''Ujala Padchhaya, Kali Bhoy'' (1964) of ''Lauha Kumar'' by Jarasandha, ''Nyay Dand'' (1966). He also translated two critical works of [[Abu Saeed Ayyub]]: ''Kavyama Aadhunikta'' and ''Panthjanana Sakha'' (1977).<ref name="GSP"/>

He translated several English works including, ''Kalki athva Sanskritinu Bhavi'' (1939) by [[Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan]], ''Rashtrabhashano Sawal'' (1949) by [[Jawaharlal Nehru]], ''Sahityavivechanna Siddhanto'' (1957) by [[Lascelles Abercrombie]], and ''Sahityama Vivek'' (1958) by Versefold. He also translated the following three novellas, ''Nihsantan'' (1942), ''Shubh Sandesh'' (1965) from the ''[[New Testament]]'',<ref name="WakabayashiKothari2009">{{cite book|author1=Judy Wakabayashi|author2=Rita Kothari|title=Decentering Translation Studies: India and beyond|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4eU5AAAAQBAJ&pg=PA2|date=12 November 2009|publisher=John Benjamins Publishing Company|isbn=978-90-272-8892-9|page=2}}</ref> ''Gramodhyog Pravritti'' (Village Industries, 1945) by [[J. C. Kumarappa]]. ''Vama'' (1947) is a second edition of a previously published story collection titled ''Chumban ane Biji Vaato'' with four new stories added and one removed.<ref name="GSP"/>

He also translated several Sanskrit books: ''Dhvanyaloka: [[Anandavardhana]] no Dhvanivichar'' (1985), ''Vakroktijivit'' by [[Kuntaka]], and ''Mammat no Kavyavichar'' (1987).<ref name="GSP"/>

===Others===
''Anuvad ni Kala'' (1958) discusses the specific method of translation and ''Hindustani Vyakaran Pravesh'' (1947) is work of Indian grammar.<ref name="GSP"/>

==Awards==
He was awarded the prestigious [[Sahitya Akademi Award]] in 1970 for his critical work ''Abhinavno Rasavichar''.<ref name="GSP"/><ref name="Akademi1990"/> He received the [[Ranjitram Suvarna Chandrak]] award in 1990 and the [[Sahitya Gaurav Puraskar]] award in 1991.

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

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Internet Archive author|sname=Nagindas Parekh|sopt=t}}

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[[Category:Recipients of the Ranjitram Suvarna Chandrak]]

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