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{{Short description|Indian author}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=October 2018}}
{{Infobox writer
| name = Raghuveer Chaudhari
| image = Raghuvir Chaudhari 01.jpg
| caption = Chaudhari at [[Mumbai]], 1999
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1938|12|5|df=y}}
| birth_place = Bapupura near [[Gandhinagar]], [[Gujarat]], India
| death_date =
| death_place =
| occupation = author
| period =
| language = [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]]
| nationality = [[India]]n
| notableworks = ''[[Amrita (Gujarati novel)|Amrita]]'' (1965)
| children = [[Sanjay Chaudhary (writer)|Sanjay Chaudhary]],
Drashti Patel, Kirti Chaudhary, Surta Mehta
| signature = Autograph of Raghuvir Chaudhari.jpg
| awards = {{plainlist|
* [[Ranjitram Suvarna Chandrak]] (1975)
* [[Sahitya Akademi Award]] (1977)
* [[Jnanpith Award]] (2015)}}
}}

'''Raghuveer Chaudhari'''<ref group=note>Spelling of name is based on his signature.[http://ajvaas.blogspot.in/2008/10/blog-post_02.html?m=1] Archived here:[https://archive.is/1czw0] Other alternative spellings are Raghuvir Chaudhary and Raghuvir Chaudhari.</ref> is a novelist, poet and critic from [[Gujarat]], [[India]]. He has also worked as a columnist for numerous newspapers, such as ''Sandesh'', ''Janmabhumi'', ''Nirikshaka'' and ''[[Divya Bhaskar]]''. He was a teacher at the [[Gujarat University]] until his retirement in 1998. His most significant contributions have been in [[Gujarati language]] but he has also written [[Hindi]] articles. He received the [[Sahitya Akademi Award]] in 1977, for his novel trilogy ''Uparvas''. He received [[Jnanpith Award]], considered to be India's highest literary award, in 2015. In 2019, he was awarded a [[D.Lit.]] by Gujarat University.

Raghuveer Chaudhari started his career writing novels and poetry, and later ventured into other forms of literature. He authored more than 80 books and received numerous literary awards. He also served for many literary organisations.

==Early life==
Raghuveer Chaudhari was born on 5 December 1938, in Bapupura village near [[Gandhinagar]], Gujarat, to Dalsinh and Jeeviben, a religious farming couple. He was from JAT family. He completed primary and secondary education in [[Mansa, Gujarat]]. He received a [[Bachelor of Arts|B.A.]] in 1960 and [[Master of Arts|M.A.]] in [[Hindi]] language and literature in 1962 from [[Gujarat University]]. In 1979, Chaudhari also received a [[PhD]] for his ''Comparative Study of Hindi and Gujarati Verbal Roots'' at the same university.<ref name="Desai2018">{{cite book |last=Mehta |first=Dhirendra |author-link=Dhirendra Mehta |editor-last=Desai |editor-first=Parul Kandarpa |title=ગુજરાતી સાહિત્યનો ઇતિહાસ (૧૯૩૬થી ૧૯૫૦): સ્વાતંત્ર્યોત્તર યુગ-૨ |language=gu |trans-title=History of Gujarati Literature (1936 to 1950): Post-independence era-2 |volume=8 |date=November 2018 |publisher=K. L. Study Center, [[Gujarati Sahitya Parishad]] |location=Ahmedabad |page=11 |isbn=978-81-939074-1-2}}</ref>

He participated in the [[Navnirman Movement]] and opposed [[The Emergency (India)|the Emergency]] in the 1970s.<ref name="Dutt1999">{{cite book|author=Kartik Chandra Dutt|title=Who's who of Indian Writers, 1999: A-M|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QA1V7sICaIwC&pg=PA237|access-date=25 August 2014|date=1 January 1999|publisher=Sahitya Akademi|isbn=978-81-260-0873-5|page=237}}</ref><ref name="MH1971">{{cite book|author=Maharashtra (India)|title=Maharashtra State Gazetteers: General Series|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=e0FuAAAAMAAJ|year=1971|publisher=Directorate of Government Print., Stationery and Publications|pages=405–406}}</ref><ref name=gsp>{{cite web|url=http://www.gujaratisahityaparishad.com/prakashan/photo-gallery/sahitya-sarjako/Raghuvir-Chaudhary.html |title=Raghuvir Chaudhary|publisher=[[Gujarati Sahitya Parishad]]|access-date =25 August 2014|language =gu}}</ref><ref name=rd>{{cite web|url=http://rangdwar.com/web/?option=com_content&task=view&id=20&Itemid=44|title=Raghuveer Chaudhari|publisher=Rangdwar Prakashan|access-date =25 August 2014}}</ref>

==Career ==
[[File:Raghuvir Chaudhari.JPG|thumb|Raghuvir Chaudhari at Sahitya Akademi, New Delhi]]
Chaudhari joined the School of Languages in [[Gujarat University]] from 1977 and retired as a professor and the head of Department of Hindi in 1998. He served for the executive council of [[Sahitya Akademi]] from 1998 to 2002. He was a member of the [[Press Council of India]] from 2002 to 2004 and was also appointed as a jury member of the 25th [[International Film Festival of India|Indian Film Festival]].

After retirement, he returned to Bapupura and started agricultural activities. He was the president of [[Gujarati Sahitya Parishad]] in 2001 and is currently serving as its trustee.<ref name="Dutt1999"/><ref name="MH1971"/><ref name=gsp/><ref name=rd/>

==Works==
He has written more than eighty books including novels, poetry, plays and literary criticism. He chiefly writes in Gujarati but also occasionally in Hindi.<ref name="Dutt1999"/>

===Novels===
His novel ''[[Amrita (Gujarati novel)|Amrita]]'' (1965) explores the concept of [[existentialism]]. His 1975 trilogy titled ''Uparvas'', ''Sahwas'' and ''Antarvas'' won him the [[Sahitya Akademi]] award in 1977. ''Rudramahalaya'' (1978) and ''Somtirth'' (1996) are historical novels.

His other novels include ''Venu Vatsala'' (1967), ''Purvarang'', ''Laagni'' (1976), ''Samjyaa Vinaa Chhuta Padavun'' (2003) and ''Ek Dag Aagal Be Dag Paachhal'' (2009) and ''Avaran''.<ref name="Dutt1999"/><ref name="MH1971"/><ref name="DasguptaLal2007">{{cite book|author1=Sanjukta Dasgupta|author-link=Sanjukta Dasgupta|author2=Malashri Lal|author2-link=Malashri Lal|title=The Indian Family in Transition: Reading Literary and Cultural Texts|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4r-GAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA176|date=13 November 2007|publisher=SAGE Publications|isbn=978-81-321-0163-5|page=176}}</ref>

===Plays===
His ''Trijo Purush'' is based on the life of [[Chandravadan Mehta]], a Gujarati author.<ref name="Ṭevāṇī2003">{{cite book|author=Śaileśa Ṭevāṇī|title=C.C. Mehta|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AbLPU10RFUYC&pg=PA87|date=1 January 2003|publisher=Sahitya Akademi|isbn=978-81-260-1676-1|page=87}}</ref> ''Sikandar Sani'' is a historical play<ref name="Dutt1999"/><ref>{{cite book|title=Indian & Foreign Review|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4nBDAAAAYAAJ|year=1982|publisher=Publications Division of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India|page=29}}</ref> while ''Dim Light'' is a [[street play]].<ref name=rd/>

===Poetry===
''Tamasa'' (1965) is an anthology which explores the idea of intelligence over feelings. Another poetry collection is ''Vaheta Vriksha Pavanma'' published in 1985.<ref name="Dutt1999"/><ref name="MH1971"/><ref>{{cite book|title=Contemporary Gujarati poetry|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jkMuAAAAMAAJ|year=1972|publisher=Western India Pub. Co.|page=1}}</ref>

===Other works===
''Akasmik Sparsh'' and ''Gersamaj'' are collections of short stories. His collections of character sketches are published as ''Sahaarani Bhavyata'' and ''Tilak Kare Raghuvir''. ''Saharani Bhavyata'' gives sketches of twenty five eminent literary figures like [[Umashankar Joshi]], [[Jayanti Dalal]], [[Tribhuvandas Luhar|Sundaram]], Yashavant Shukla, Pravin Joshi, [[Ravji Patel]] and many others. He wrote columns in several regional as well as national dailies and journals such as [[Sandesh (newspaper)|Sandesh]], [[Divya Bhaskar]], [[Janmabhumi|Janmabhoomi]] and Nirikshaka.<ref name="Dutt1999"/><ref name="MH1971"/><ref name=solanki>{{cite thesis|last=Solanki|first=Vipul|title=A Translation of Joseph Macwan's Vyathana Vitak from Gujarati Into English with a Critical Study|date=2016|publisher=[[Saurashtra University]]|place=Rajkot|type=PhD|chapter=Chapter 2:Critical Appreciation of Vyathana Vitak (The Afflicted)|hdl=10603/130572|pages=46}}</ref>

==Recognition==
{{quote box
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| quote = Raghuveer's poetry is particularly remarkable for its profundity of thoughts and the meaningful use of images and symbols. Thought "poetry" remains his first love, the form he has consistently explored, is "novel". His faith in the functional aspect of human life has progressively strengthened. It is voiced through his novels ''Amrita'', ''Venu Vatsala'' and ''Uparvas trilogy''. ''Rudra Mahalaya'' is a landmark in Gujarati historical novel writing. His essays contains a combination of microscopic observation concerning the art of creative writing and a vivid presentation of thought. His style of writing tinged with his unique sense of humour adds to the readability of his essays.
| salign = right
| source = ''[[Shabdasrishti]]'' (Issue 395, August 2016)
}}

He was awarded the [[Sahitya Akademi award]] for his novel trilogy ''Uparvas'' in 1977. During 1965 to 1970 he won numerous prizes awarded annually by the State of Gujarat. He received the [[Ranjitram Suvarna Chandrak]] in 1975, [[Kumar Chandrak]] in 1965 and Munshi award in 1997. In 2001, he won [[Sahitya Gaurav Puraskar]], which he shared with the renowned Gujarati author [[Ramanlal Joshi]]. He also received Sauhard Samman from Uttar Pradesh Hindi Sansthaan for contribution to Hindi literature in 1990, [[Narmad Suvarna Chandrak]] in 2010, and the [[Uma-Snehrashmi Prize]] for 1974-75.<ref name="Dutt1999"/><ref name="MH1971"/><ref name=gsp/><ref name=rd/> He received [[Jnanpith Award]] in 2015.<ref name="mid-day2015">{{cite web | title=Gujarati Litterateur Raghuveer Chaudhary honoured with 51st Jnanpith Award | website=mid-day | date=2015-12-29 | url=http://www.mid-day.com/articles/gujarati-litterateur-raghuveer-chaudhary-honoured-with-51st-jnanpith-award/16815176 | access-date=2015-12-29}}</ref> In 2019, he was awarded a [[D.Lit.]] by [[Gujarat University]].<ref name="The Times of India 2019">{{cite news|title=Seven honorary DLitt degrees to be awarded|newspaper=The Times of India|date=13 February 2019|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/seven-honorary-dlitt-degrees-to-be-awarded/articleshow/67967158.cms|access-date=1 February 2021}}</ref>

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

==Notes and references==
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===Note===
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===References ===
{{Reflist}}

== External links==
* {{Gbooks-author|Raghuvīra Caudharī}}
* {{GujLit author}}

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