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* ''Pratik'' (1953)
* ''Lilero Dhal'' (1979; posthumously)
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* [[Kumar Suvarna Chandrak]] (1963)
* [[Uma-Snehrashmi Prize]] (1972–1973)
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'''Priyakant Premachand Maniyar''' (24 January 1927 – 25 June 1976) was a [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]] poet from [[Gujarat]], India. He published seven collections of symbolic and [[Imagism|imagist]] poetry, and was awarded the [[Sahitya Akademi Award]] posthumously in 1982 for ''Lilero Dhal'' (1979), a collection of love songs about [[Radha]] and [[Krishna]].

==Early life==
Priyakant Maniyar was born to Premachand and Premakunwar in [[Viramgam]] (now in Gujarat, India) on 24 January 1927. His parents had migrated to Viramgam from [[Amreli]] for business. He was the second of five children. He started his primary school education at [[Mandal, Gujarat|Mandal]], where he studied until second grade, however he dropped out of New High School in Ahmedabad a few years later. Around this time he wrote his first poem, ''Pankhi ane Dano'' (Lit. ''Bird and Bird-seed''), and submitted it for publication in ''[[Kumar (magazine)|Kumar]]'' magazine. [[Bachubhai Ravat]], an editor of ''Kumar'', suggested him to join the [[Budh Sabha]], a weekly literary workshop.<ref name="Vyas1990">{{cite thesis |last=Vyas |first=Jagdish |title=કવિશ્રી પ્રિયકાંત મણિયાર: એક અધ્યયન |trans-title=Poet Priyakant Maniar: A study |chapter=Chapter 1 |language=gu |year=1990 |type=PhD |chapter-url=http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/handle/10603/47722|publisher=Department of Gujarati, Gujarat University |location=Ahmedabad |pages=1–8}}</ref> Maniyar was a [[bangle]]-maker by profession.<ref name="Indian Literature 1980">{{cite journal|title=Contributors|journal=[[Indian Literature (journal)|Indian Literature]]|jstor=23335045|volume=23|date=January–April 1980|issue=1/2|publisher=Sahitya Akademi.|location=New Delhi|page=577}}{{Subscription required |via=[[JSTOR]]}}</ref>

==Works==

Priyankant Maniyar is considered as one of the four major poets of the Niranjan school, a literary school named after poet [[Niranjan Bhagat]]. Other major poets of this school include Hasmukh Pathak and [[Nalin Raval]].<ref name="Datta1989">{{cite book|editor=Amaresh Datta|title=Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature: K To Navalram|year=1989|publisher=Sahitya Akademi|location=New Delhi|isbn=978-0-8364-2423-2|pages=2580–2581}}</ref><ref name="Meet1973">{{cite book|author=Madras All india Poets Meet|title=Symposium on poetry India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Wfw3AQAAIAAJ|access-date=23 May 2018|year=1973|publisher=Krishna Srinivas|page=92}}</ref>

Maniyar wrote [[Symbolism (arts)|symbolic]] and [[Imagism|imagist]] poetry,<ref name="Indian Literature 1980" /> and published seven collections of poems: ''Pratik'' (Sumbol; 1953), ''Ashabda Ratri'' (Silent Night; 1959), ''Sparsha'' (Touch; 1966), ''Sameep'' (Nearness; 1972), ''Prabal Gati'' (Powerful Speed; 1974), ''Vyom Lipi'' (Sky's Alphabet; 1979) and ''Lilero Dhal'' (Green Slope; 1979). His poems are composed in metrical, prosodic, orthometric and blank verses.<ref name="Datta1989" />

''Lilero Dhal'' is a collection of love songs of [[Radha]] and [[Krishna]]. The book also contains songs that depict the beauty of nature, mountains, springs, clouds, and rainbows. The songs became very popular among poetry lovers, as they are melodious and composed in folk tunes.<ref name="Abichandani1995">{{cite book|author=Param Abichandani|title=Encyclopedia of Indian Literature: Supplementary Entries and Index|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UL-_jwEACAAJ|year=1995|publisher=South Asia Books|isbn=9789995194123|page=4790}}</ref>

==Awards==
He received the [[Kumar Suvarna Chandrak]] award in 1963, and the [[Uma-Snehrashmi Prize]] (1972-1973). He received the [[Sahitya Akademi Award]] posthumously in 1982 for his poetry collection ''Lilero Dhal''.<ref name="GSP">{{cite web|url=http://www.gujaratisahityaparishad.com/prakashan/sarjako/savishesh/Savishesh-Priyakant-Maniyar.html|title=સવિશેષ પરિચય: પ્રિયકાંત મણિયાર, ગુજરાતી સાહિત્ય પરિષદ|website=Gujarati Sahitya Parishad|language=gu|access-date=23 May 2018}}</ref><ref name="Abichandani1995"/>

== Personal life ==
Maniyar married Ranjan in April 1956. They had two daughters, Jui and Gauri, born in 1959 and 1960, and one son, Nigam, born in 1963.<ref name="Vyas1990" /> Maniyar died on 25 June 1976 in [[Ahmedabad]].<ref name="GSP" />

==Further reading==
* {{cite book |title=Priyakant Maniyar |language=gu |last=Brahmabhatt |first=Prasad |year=1983 |publisher=Adarsh Prakashan |location=Ahmedabad |oclc=21937764}}
* {{cite book |title=Priyakant Maniyar |language=gu |last=Raval |first=Nalin |author-link=Nalin Raval |year=1998 |series=Gujarati Granthakar Shreni |publisher=Gurjar Grantharatna Karyalay |location=Ahmedabad |oclc=43639381}}
* {{cite book |title=Pratik Ni Kavita (Study of Poetry of Priyakant Maniyar) |language=gu |last=Brahmabhatt |first=Prasad |year=1989 |publisher=Parshva Publication |location=Ahmedabad |oclc=21154465}}

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

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Gbooks-author|Priyakant Premchand Maniyar}}

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