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<p>Alter: pages. Formatted <a href="https://en.bharatpedia.org/wiki/BP:ENDASH" class="extiw" title="wp:ENDASH">dashes</a>. | <a href="https://en.bharatpedia.org/wiki/BP:UCB" class="extiw" title="wp:UCB">Use this bot</a>. <a href="https://en.bharatpedia.org/wiki/BP:DBUG" class="extiw" title="wp:DBUG">Report bugs</a>. | Suggested by Abductive | <a href="/wiki/Category:20th-century_Indian_poets" title="Category:20th-century Indian poets">Category:20th-century Indian poets‎</a> | via #UCB_Category 291/1078</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Infobox person<br /> | name = Pravin Darji<br /> | image = Pravin darji.jpg<br /> | caption = Pravin Darji at [[Gujarati Vishwakosh|Gujarat Vishwakosh Trust]], June 2018<br /> | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1944|08|23}}<br /> | birth_place = Mehlol, [[Panchmahal district|Panchmahal]], [[Gujarat]], India<br /> | death_date = <br /> | death_place = <br /> | other_name = <br /> | occupation = Writer<br /> | years_active = since 1973<br /> | spouse = Ramila<br /> | children = 3<br /> | parents = <br /> | awards = {{ubl<br /> | [[Padma Shri]] (2011)<br /> | [[Kumar Suvarna Chandrak]] (2011)<br /> }}<br /> | signature = Pravin Darji Signature.jpg<br /> | signature_alt = <br /> |module =<br /> {{Infobox academic<br /> | nocat_wdimage = yess<br /> | child= yes<br /> | doctoral_advisor = [[Dhirubhai Thaker]]<br /> | thesis_title = Origin and development of essay in Gujarati literature<br /> | thesis_url =http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/handle/10603/47754}}<br /> }}<br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;Pravin Darji&#039;&#039;&#039; is [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]] essayist, poet, critic and editor from India. &#039;&#039;Spand&#039;&#039; (1976), &#039;&#039;Charvana&#039;&#039; (1976), &#039;&#039;Dayarama&#039;&#039; (1978) and &#039;&#039;Pratyagra&#039;&#039; (1978) are some of his known works. He was awarded [[Padma Shri]] in 2011.<br /> <br /> ==Life==<br /> Pravin Darji was born on 23 August 1944 in Mahelol village in [[Panchmahal district]] of Gujarat, India. He completed SSC in 1961 and BA in Gujarati and Sanskrit in 1965. He completed MA in 1967 from [[Gujarat University]] and PhD in 1973. He taught Gujarati in Arts College in [[Modasa]] in from 1965 to 1967. He joined [[Lunavada]] College as a Professor in 1967 and served there until his retirement. He served as a chairman of the University Book Production Board for a year. He briefly edited &#039;&#039;Shabdashrishti&#039;&#039;, a literary magazine of Gujarat Sahitya Akademi.&lt;ref name=&quot;Gujarat Sahitya Parishad&quot;&gt;{{cite web | url=http://gujaratisahityaparishad.com/prakashan/sarjako/savishesh/Savishesh-Pravin-Darji.html | title=Gujarat Sahitya Parishad | publisher=Gujarat Sahitya Parishad | date=2014 | access-date=November 26, 2014}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref name=&quot;Suresh Bani&quot;&gt;{{cite web | url=http://sureshbjani.wordpress.com/2007/04/18/pravin_darji/ | title=Suresh Bani | publisher=Suresh Bani | date=2014 | access-date=November 26, 2014}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref name=&quot;CPD Assignment&quot;&gt;{{cite web | url=http://cpdassignmentbitec.blogspot.ae/2012/08/contributor-dr-pravin-darji_29.html | title=CPD Assignment | publisher=CPD Assignment | date=2014 | access-date=November 26, 2014}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref name=AGSI&gt;{{cite book|title=અર્વાચીન ગુજરાતી સાહિત્યનો ઈતિહાસ - આધુનિક અને અનુઆધુનિક યુગ (History of Modern Gujarati Literature – Modern and Postmodern Era)|first=Prasad|last=Brahmabhatt |publisher=Parshwa Publication|location=Ahmedabad|year=2010|pages=298–301|language=gu|isbn=978-93-5108-247-7}}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> Pravin Darji married Ramila and they have two daughters and a son.&lt;ref name=&quot;Suresh Bani&quot; /&gt;<br /> <br /> ==Works==<br /> &#039;&#039;Adakhe Padakhe&#039;&#039; (1982), &#039;&#039;Leelaparna&#039;&#039; (1984), &#039;&#039;Ghasna Phool&#039;&#039; (1990), &#039;&#039;Pancham&#039;&#039; (1996), &#039;&#039;Gata Zarana&#039;&#039; (1997), &#039;&#039;Madhyabinduna Kamp&#039;&#039; (2003), &#039;&#039;Dadami Te Chakshu&#039;&#039; (2004), &#039;&#039;Pariprashna&#039;&#039; (2005), &#039;&#039;Motino Charo&#039;&#039;, &#039;&#039;Ayakhana Ank&#039;&#039; (1988), &#039;&#039;Sannikat&#039;&#039; (1993), &#039;&#039;Darbhankur&#039;&#039;, &#039;&#039;Venurav&#039;&#039; are his collections of essays.&lt;ref name=AGSI/&gt;<br /> <br /> &#039;&#039;Chees&#039;&#039; (1973), &#039;&#039;Utsedh&#039;&#039; (1985), &#039;&#039;Io&#039;&#039; (2005) are his poetry collections. &#039;&#039;Chandanna Vriksh&#039;&#039; (1991) and &#039;&#039;Ka Katha&#039;&#039; (2005) are his biographical works. &#039;&#039;Himalayna Khole&#039;&#039; (2001) and &#039;&#039;Nava Desh, Nava Vesh&#039;&#039; (2003) is his travelogues.&lt;ref name=AGSI/&gt;<br /> <br /> His PhD thesis &#039;&#039;Nibandh: Swarup ane Vikas&#039;&#039; (on essays) was published in 1975. His another work on essays is &#039;&#039;Lalitnibandh&#039;&#039; (1986). His other works of criticism are &#039;&#039;Seema Parno Shabda&#039;&#039; (1990), &#039;&#039;Spand&#039;&#039; (1976), &#039;&#039;Charvana&#039;&#039; (1976), &#039;&#039;Dayaram&#039;&#039; (1978), &#039;&#039;Pratyagra&#039;&#039; (1978), &#039;&#039;Navalkatha Swarup&#039;&#039; (1986), &#039;&#039;Pashchat&#039;&#039; (1982), &#039;&#039;Vipula Cha Prithvi&#039;&#039; (1983), &#039;&#039;Kavyasang&#039;&#039; (2000), &#039;&#039;Purakalpan&#039;&#039; (1989), &#039;&#039;Irony&#039;&#039; (1995). He edited &#039;&#039;Gujarati Bhashani Ketlik Vishishta Vartao&#039;&#039; (1984), &#039;&#039;Gadya Sanchay&#039;&#039; Volume 2 (1982), &#039;&#039;Harishchandrana Kavyo&#039;&#039; (1983), &#039;&#039;121 Gujaarti Vartao ane Vartakaro&#039;&#039; (1994), &#039;&#039;Niravrutt&#039;&#039; (2007). He co-edited &#039;&#039;Shabdashri&#039;&#039; (1980). He translated &#039;&#039;Saundaryo Hahu Janmya Nathi&#039;&#039; (1990).&lt;ref name=AGSI/&gt;&lt;ref name=&quot;CPD Assignment&quot; /&gt;&lt;ref name=&quot;Gujarat Sahitya Parishad&quot; /&gt;&lt;ref name=&quot;Suresh Bani&quot; /&gt;<br /> <br /> ==Awards==<br /> He received Sanskar Award (1986), Hari Om Award (1988), Sanskritik Gaurav Award (2002), Anantrai Raval Criticism Award (2003), Sanskriti Award (2005), Kala Gurjari Award (2007), Sanskar Chandrak (1978), Viththalbhai Patel Suvarna Chandrak (1992), [[Premanand Suvarna Chandrak]] (2005), [[Dhanji Kanji Gandhi Suvarna Chandrak]] and Dahyabhai Patel Suvarna Chandrak.&lt;ref name=AGSI/&gt; He also received [[Kumar Suvarna Chandrak]] in 2011. The [[Government of India]] honored him with the fourth highest civilian award of [[Padma Shri]] in 2011.&lt;ref name=&quot;Padma Shri&quot;&gt;{{cite web | url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf | title=Padma Shri | publisher=Padma Shri | date=2014 | access-date=November 11, 2014}}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> ==See also==<br /> * [[List of Gujarati-language writers]]<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> {{reflist}}<br /> {{Commons category}}<br /> <br /> {{Padma Shri Award Recipients in Literature &amp; Education}}<br /> <br /> {{Authority control}}<br /> <br /> {{DEFAULTSORT:Darji, Pravin}}<br /> [[Category:1944 births]]<br /> [[Category:Living people]]<br /> [[Category:Recipients of the Padma Shri in literature &amp; education]]<br /> [[Category:Poets from Gujarat]]<br /> [[Category:Gujarati-language writers]]<br /> [[Category:Gujarati-language poets]]<br /> [[Category:People from Panchmahal district]]<br /> [[Category:20th-century Indian poets]]<br /> [[Category:20th-century Indian essayists]]<br /> [[Category:Indian travel writers]]<br /> [[Category:Indian literary critics]]<br /> [[Category:Indian editors]]<br /> [[Category:Recipients of the Ranjitram Suvarna Chandrak]]</div>

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