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&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Prahlad Jethalal Parekh&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (22 October 1911 – 2 January 1962) was a [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]] poet and translator from India whose works contributed to the rise of a modern poetry in the [[Gujarati literature]].&lt;br /&gt;
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==Biography==&lt;br /&gt;
Parekh was born on 22 October 1911&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite book|editor1-last=Kothari|editor1-first=Jayant|editor1-link=Jayant Kothari|editor2-last=Anjaria|editor2-first=Sudha|title=રેષાએ રેષાએ ભરી જ્ઞાનઝંખા|script-title=gu:Reshāe Reshāe Bharī Jñānajhankhā|trans-title=Correspondence of Bhriguray Ajnjaria, Sketches of His Character and His Creative Writings|year=1997|edition=1st|language=gu|publisher=[[Gujarat Sahitya Akademi]]|publication-place=Gandhinagar|pages=112–113|isbn=81-7227-030-5|oclc=499764385}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; in [[Bhavnagar]], [[Gujarat]] to Jethalal Parekh. He completed his primary and secondary education at Dakshinamurti, Bhavnagar. He later dropped out of high school in 1930 to join the [[Indian independence movement|independence movement]] against the British and was subsequently jailed. After completing his jail sentence, he rejoined Dakshinamurti and further studied at [[Gujarat Vidyapith]] and [[Santiniketan]], where he was influenced by [[Rabindranath Tagore]]. In 1937, he became a teacher at a Modern School in [[Vile Parle]] and in the following year, he worked for a Gharshala (homeschool) in Bhavnagar. Since 1945, he taught at a high school in [[Mumbai]] until his death on 2 January 1962.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;GSP&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite web | title=સવિશેષ પરિચય: પ્રહલાદ પારેખ, ગુજરાતી સાહિત્ય પરિષદ | website=Gujarati Sahitya Parishad | url=http://www.gujaratisahityaparishad.com/prakashan/sarjako/savishesh/Savishesh-Prahlad-Parekh.html | language=gu | access-date=2018-05-28}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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==Works==&lt;br /&gt;
Parekh was a poet of the [[Gujarati literature#History#Arvaachin Sahitya (Modern literature, 1850 AD – present)|post-Gandhian period]]. Unlike other poets whose poetry was influenced by [[Gandhism|Gandhian]] thoughts, Parekh remained unaffected by this trend and almost exclusively wrote [[Lyric poetry|lyrical poetry]].&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;JhaveriAkademi1978&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite book|author=Mansukhlal Maganlal Jhaveri|authorlink2=Mansukhlal Jhaveri|title=History of Gujarati Literature|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DA0RAAAAMAAJ|year=1978|publisher=Sahitya Akademi|location=New Delhi|pages=216–217}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Parekh was influenced by Rabindranath Tagore&amp;#039;s musical metrics, his mysticism and lyricism as well as the old tradition of Gujarati [[bhajan]]s.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Lal1991&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite book|author=Mohan Lal|title=Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature: Navaratri To Sarvasena|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sOsbAAAAIAAJ|year=2007|publisher=Sahitya Akademi|location=New Delh|isbn=((81-260-1003-1))|page=3093}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Though a modest collection, his works are considered to have significantly contributed to the rise of the modern poetry in Gujarati literature.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite journal |last=Broker |first=Gulabdas |author-link=Gulabdas Broker |title=Gujarati Literature|journal=[[Indian Literature (journal)|Indian Literature]] |volume=5 |issue=2 |pages=72 |date=1962&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Gulab ane Sivali&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (1938), a prose tale, and &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Ruperi Sarovarne Kinare&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (1962), a translation of [[Laura Ingalls Wilder]]&amp;#039;s &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[By the Shores of Silver Lake]],&amp;#039;&amp;#039; count among his notable works, as do his two collections of poetry, &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Bari Bahar&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (Out from the Window; 1940) and &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Sarwani&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (The Spring; 1948).&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;GSP&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Lal1991&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;  Parekh had also contributed to [[Children&amp;#039;s literature in Gujarati language|children&amp;#039;s literature]].&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;JAMUNA2017&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite book|author=K. A. JAMUNA|title=Children&amp;#039;s Literature in Indian Languages|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KS0nDwAAQBAJ&amp;amp;pg=PT57|date=1 June 2017|publisher=Publications Division Ministry of Information &amp;amp; Broadcasting|isbn=978-81-230-2456-1|page=57}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Rajkumarni Shodhma&amp;#039;&amp;#039; and &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Karunano Swayamvar&amp;#039;&amp;#039; are his children&amp;#039;s long stories and &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Tanmaniya&amp;#039;&amp;#039; is his unpublished collection of children&amp;#039;s poetry.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;GSP&amp;quot;/&amp;gt; He translated one&amp;lt;!---[[Letter from an Unknown Woman]], probably--&amp;gt;{{which|date=May 2018}} of [[Stefan Zweig]]&amp;#039;s novels into Gujarati as &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Ajaninu Antar&amp;#039;&amp;#039;.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;GSP&amp;quot;/&amp;gt; &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Shistni Samasya&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (1962) is his introductory book on [[discipline]].&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;GSP&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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==Criticism==&lt;br /&gt;
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The publication of &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Bari Bahar&amp;#039;&amp;#039; made a great impact and is considered the turning point of the Gujarati poetry.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;TagoreDept1988&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite book|author=Rabindranath Tagore|title=Rabindranath Tagore: a 125th birth anniversary volume|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WiQhAAAAMAAJ|year=1988|publisher=Govt. of West Bengal, Dept. of Information &amp;amp; Cultural Affairs|page=50}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Datta1987&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite book|author=Amaresh Datta|title=Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature: A-Devo|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ObFCT5_taSgC&amp;amp;pg=PA388|year=1987|publisher=Sahitya Akademi|location=New Delhi|isbn=978-81-260-1803-1|page=388}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Gujarati writer and critic, [[Mansukhlal Jhaveri]], noted in &amp;#039;&amp;#039;History of Gujarati literature&amp;#039;&amp;#039; that there is an undercurrent of sadness in  Parekh&amp;#039;s poetry.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;JhaveriAkademi1978&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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==See also==&lt;br /&gt;
* [[List of Gujarati-language writers]]&lt;br /&gt;
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