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{{Infobox writer
| name = Panna Naik
| image = Panna Naik.jpg
| caption = Naik at [[Ahmedabad]], 2006
| native_name =
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| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1933|12|28}}
| birth_place = [[Bombay]], [[British India]]
| occupation = Poet, story writer
| language = [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]]
| nationality =
| education = M.A., M.S.
| alma_mater = [[University of Bombay]], [[Drexel University]], [[University of Pennsylvania]]
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| genres = [[Free verse]]
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| notableworks = ''Pravesh'' (1975), ''Videshini'' (2000)
| spouse = {{married|Nikul Naik|1960|2004|end=d.}}
| children =
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| awards =
| signature = Panna Naik Signature.jpg
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| website = {{url|http://pannanaik.com/}}
}}
'''Panna Naik''' (born 28 December 1933) is an Indian [[Gujarati language]] poet and story writer who has lived in [[Philadelphia]], United States since 1960. Working in the local university, she wrote poetry drawn from the world around her. Her book ''Pravesh'' (1975) received critical acclaim and she has published several poetry collections since.

==Life==
Panna Naik was born on 28 December 1933 in [[Bombay]] (now Mumbai) to Dhirajlal Modi and Ratanben.<ref name="AGSI" /><ref name="Jani 2018" /> Her grandfather Chhaganlal Modi (1857-1946) was an education inspector for [[Baroda State]] and had written popular historical fiction, ''Irawati''. Her family were from [[Surat]]. Her mother Ratanben had recited her Gujarati and Sanskrit religious and secular poems which made her interested in poetry.<ref name="JSTOR">{{Cite journal|last=Coppola|first=Carlo|date=1982|title=Panna Naik: An Introduction|jstor=40872488|journal=Journal of South Asian Literature|volume=17|issue=2|pages=183–186}}</ref> She completed her B.A. in 1954 and her M.A. in 1956 with Gujarati and Sanskrit from [[St. Xavier's College, Mumbai|St. Xaviers College]] affiliated with the [[Bombay University|University of Bombay]] (now University of Mumbai). In 1960, she moved to the United States as a bride.<ref name="JSTOR" /><ref>{{cite book|title=Committee on South Asian Women Bulletin|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GjMqAAAAYAAJ|year=1983|publisher=The Committee|page=11|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180228104311/https://books.google.com/books?id=GjMqAAAAYAAJ|archivedate=28 February 2018}}</ref> She completed [[Master of Science]] in [[Library Science]] from [[Drexel University]], [[Philadelphia]], in 1962 and M.S. in South Asian Studies from [[University of Pennsylvania]], Philadelphia, in 1973.<ref name="AGSI" /><ref name="Rustomji-Kerns1995">{{cite book|author=Roshni Rustomji-Kerns|title=Living in America: poetry and fiction by South Asian American writers|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rBdaAAAAMAAJ|year=1995|publisher=Westview Press|isbn=978-0-8133-2379-4|page=272|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180228104311/https://books.google.com/books?id=rBdaAAAAMAAJ|archivedate=28 February 2018}}</ref><ref name="JSTOR" /> She served as a [[bibliographer]] and librarian at the [[Van Pelt Library]] in the University of Pennsylvania from 1964 to 2003<ref name="Jani 2018" /> and as professor of Gujarati from 1985 to 2002. Her husband Nikul Naik died in 2004.<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=139–141|language=gu|trans-title=History of Modern Gujarati Literature – Modern and Postmodern Era}}</ref><ref name="Jani 2018">{{Cite news|url=https://sureshbjani.wordpress.com/2007/07/02/panna_naik/|title=પન્ના નાયક, Panna Naik|last=Jani|first=Suresh B.|date=2 July 2007|work=ગુજરાતી પ્રતિભા પરિચય|access-date=21 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180221162243/https://sureshbjani.wordpress.com/2007/07/02/panna_naik/|archive-date=21 February 2018|url-status=live|language=gu-IN}}</ref><ref name="Gadit 2018">{{Cite web|url=http://gujaratisahityaparishad.com/prakashan/sarjako/savishesh/Savishesh-Panna-Nayak.html#|title=પન્ના નાયક|last=Gadit|first=Jayant|authorlink=Jayant Gadit|website=gujaratisahityaparishad.com|publisher=Gujarati Sahitya Parishad|language=gu|trans-title=Panna Nayak|access-date=21 February 2018|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170808025238/http://www.gujaratisahityaparishad.com/prakashan/sarjako/savishesh/Savishesh-Panna-Nayak.html|archivedate=8 August 2017}}</ref> In 2015, she was romantically involved with accountant Natwar Gandhi.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/The-accountant-and-the-poetess/articleshow/45931619.cms|title=The accountant and the poetess|last=Shastri|first=Parth}}</ref>

==Poetry==
Panna's poetry depicts the feelings of a woman living in the modern city and a foreign country focusing on "Survival, Identity and Alienation". She also captures her relationship with men, the confusions of married life, hopes and afflictions in her poems which are considered as feminist in nature.<ref name="Gadit 2018" /><ref name="JSTOR" /> She is influenced by American poet [[Anne Sexton]] whose ''Love Poems'' (1967) inspired her to write poetry.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://pannanaik.com/?page_id=20|title=મારા વિશે|last=|first=|date=|website=pannanaik.com|language=gu|trans-title=About Me|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180221222342/http://pannanaik.com/?page_id=20|archive-date=21 February 2018|access-date=21 February 2018}}</ref> She draws inspiration from Indian as well as Western poetic traditions. Her first poetry collection was ''Pravesh'' (Admission, 1975) which drew her critical acclaim. ''Philadelphia'' (1981), ''Nisbat'' (1984), ''Arasparas'' (1989), ''Avanjavan'' (1991), ''Rang Zarukhe'' (2005), ''Cherry Blossom'' (2004), ''Ketlak Kavyo'' (1990) are her poetry collections.<ref name="JSTOR" /> ''Videshini'' (2000) is republication of her first five poetry collections which addresses the issues of Indian diaspora.<ref name="AGSI" /><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/The-accountant-and-the-poetess/articleshow/45931619.cms|title=The accountant and the poetess|work=The Times of India|access-date=21 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180221213610/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/The-accountant-and-the-poetess/articleshow/45931619.cms|archive-date=21 February 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> ''Attar Akshar'' is her [[Haiku]] collection. ''Flamingo'' (2003) is her story collection. Her poetry are anthologised in poetry collections: ''Udi Gayo Hans'' in ''1996ni Shreshth Vartao'', ''Qutip'' in ''Gujarati Navalika Chayan'' (1997), ''Katha Nalinbhaini'' in ''Gujarati Navalika Chayan'' (2001), ''Galna Tanka'' in ''Gujarati Navalika Chayan'' (2002). Her essay is anthologised in ''Ab To Baat Fail Gai'' edited by [[Suresh Dalal]].<ref name="AGSI"/><ref name="Jani 2018" />

== Awards ==
She won the [[Government of Gujarat]]'s Prize in Poetry in 1978 for her first poetry collection, ''Pravesh'' (1975).<ref name=JSTOR/> She also won the Chunilal Velji Mehta Award in 2002.<ref name="Jani 2018" />

==Selected works==
* ''Pravesh'' (Admission, 1975)
* ''Philadelphia'' (1981)
* ''Nisbat'' (1984)
* ''Arasparas'' (1989)
* ''Avanjavan'' (1991)
* ''Rang Zarukhe'' (2005)
* ''Cherry Blossom'' (2004)
* ''Ketlak Kavyo'' (1990)
* ''Videshini'' (2000)
* '' Attar Akshar''
* ''Flamingo'' (2003)

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{GujLit author}}
* {{official|http://pannanaik.com/}}

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