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{{Infobox writer <br />
| name = Rajendra Patel<br />
| image = Rajendra patel.jpg<br />
| caption = Patel at [[Gujarati Vishwakosh|Gujarat Vishwakosh Trust]]<br />
| birth_name = Rajendra Bhogilal Patel<br />
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1958|8|20}}<ref name="Welcome to Muse India 1958">{{cite web | title=Welcome to Muse India | website=Welcome to Muse India | date=1958-08-28 | url=http://www.museindia.com/authorprofile.asp?myr=2011&issid=36&id=384 | accessdate=2016-07-21 | archive-date=2016-08-19 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160819234841/http://www.museindia.com/authorprofile.asp?myr=2011&issid=36&id=384 | url-status=dead }}</ref><br />
| birth_place = [[Naroda]], [[Ahmedabad]], [[Gujarat]] <br />
| occupation = Poet, Short story writer, Critic, Translator <ref name="Kritya">{{cite web | title=kritya2012 « Kritya | website=Kritya | url=http://www.krityapoetryfestival.com/kritya2012/ | accessdate=2016-07-21}}</ref><br />
| language = [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]]<br />
| education = [[Master of Science]]<ref name="www.indianwriters.org 1958">{{cite web | title=Rajendra Patel | website=www.indianwriters.org | date=1958-08-20 | url=http://www.indianwriters.org/R/rajendra_patel.htm | accessdate=2016-07-21 | archive-date=2016-08-19 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160819035712/http://www.indianwriters.org/R/rajendra_patel.htm | url-status=dead }}</ref><br />
| alma_mater = [[Gujarat University]]<br />
| period = Post-modern [[Gujarati literature]]<br />
| genres = [[Free verse]], [[Sonnet]], [[Short story]], [[Essay]]<br />
| subjects =<br />
| movement = <br />
| notableworks =<br />
* ''Jueeni Sugandha'' (2003)<br />
* ''Shri Purant Janse'' (2009)<br />
| relatives = <br />
| awards = Best Book Prize of Gujarat Sahitya Akademi<br />
| signature = Rajendra Patel Autograph.svg<br />
| years_active = 1974 - present<br />
}}<br />
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'''Rajendra Patel''' (born 20 August 1958) is a [[Gujarati language]] poet, short story writer and critic from [[Gujarat]], [[India]]. He has served as Vice President of [[Gujarati Sahitya Parishad]] since 2014. His significant works include ''Jueeni Sugandha'' (2003; collection of short stories), ''Shri Purant Janse'' (2009; collection of poems) and ''Avagat'' (2014; collection of criticism). Gujarat Sahitya Akademi awarded him three times for his poems, short stories and criticism. His book ''Jueeni Sugandh'' was translated by Navneet Thakkar in [[Hindi]] as ''Juhi Ki Mahak'' (2007). He also served in the editorial team of ''[[Shabdasrishti]]'', a monthly magazine published by [[Gujarat Sahitya Akademi]].<br />
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== Early life ==<br />
Patel was born on 20 August 1958 in the [[Naroda]] area of [[Ahmedabad]], [[Gujarat]]; to Bhogilal and Lakshmibahen. He took his schooling from Diwan Ballubhai School, which is near [[Kankaria]], from 1968 to 1974. He received his [[Bachelor of Science]] from Bhavans College, Ahmedabad in 1978 in the [[Chemistry]] subject. He received his [[Master of Science]] in [[Organic Chemistry]] from the School of Science at [[Gujarat University]] in 1980.<ref name= "rp">{{Cite book|title = Gujarati Sahityakar Parichay Kosh|last = Shukla|first = Kirit|publisher = Gujarat Sahitya Akadami|year = 2013|isbn = 9789383317028|location = Gandhinagar|pages = 343}}</ref><br/> He married in 1984 and has two daughters.<ref>Kabootar, Patang ane Darpan written by Rajendra Patel, year-2012, Publisher, Rangdwar prakashan, Ahmedabad, page-12, {{ISBN|978-93-80125-33-6}}</ref><br />
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== Career ==<br />
He started to write in 1974 and was published for first time in ''Vishwamanav'', a Gujarati language magazine. Subsequently, his poems were published in other literary magazines including Parab, [[Kumar (magazine)|Kumar]], [[Kavilok]], Kavita, Etad and Navneet Samarpan.<br />
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He served as a treasurer of [[Gujarati Sahitya Parishad]], Ahmedabad from 2006 to 2009; as a member of the Advisory Board of Gujarati language at [[Sahitya Akademi]], [[New Delhi]] from 2009 to 2012; as a joint secretary of Vanche Gujarat Abhiyan, [[Gandhinagar]] from 2010 to 2011; as a secretary of Gujarati Sahitya Parishad from 2010 to 2013; and was serving as a Vice President of Gujarati Sahitya Parishad from 2014 to 2020.<ref name="Kritya.in">{{cite web | title=Kritya :: Poetry In Our Time | website=Kritya.in | url=http://www.kritya.in/0607/En/poetry_at_our_time3.html | accessdate=2016-07-21 | archive-date=2016-08-20 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160820074414/http://www.kritya.in/0607/En/poetry_at_our_time3.html | url-status=dead }}</ref> At present he is a trustee of Matrubhasha Abhiyan, Director of Anuvad Pratishthan and core team member of the [[Gujarat Literature Festival]] in Ahmedabad. He is also running a pharmaceutical company.<ref name="Welcome to Muse India 1958"/><br><br />
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== Works ==<br />
=== Poem collections ===<br />
* ''Koshma Suryodaya'' (2004)<br />
* ''Shree Purant Janse'' (2009)<br />
* ''Kabutar, Patang ane Darpan'' (2012)<br />
* ''Ek Shodhaparva'' (2013)<br />
* ''Bapujini Chhatri'' (2014)<br />
* ''Vastuparva'' (2016)<br />
*Chandostav (2021) <br />
*Vasiyatnamu (2021) <br />
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=== Short story collections ===<br />
* ''Jueeni Sugandha'' (2003)<br />
* ''Adhuri Shodh'' (2009)<br />
* ''Akbandh Aakash'' (2011)<br />
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===Essay Collection===<br />
* ''Baari Pase...'' (2021)<br />
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=== Literary criticism ===<br />
* ''Avagahan'' (2010)<br />
* ''Avagat'' (2014)<br />
* ''Morito Chahi Na Ami'' (2015, [[Sri Aurobindo]] and [[Rabindranath Tagore]]'s poetry).<br />
* ''Videshi Kavyvishesh'' (2021) <br />
* ''Ravindrasahitya Vishesh'' (2021) <br />
* ''Pankhi na Jane'' (2021)<br />
* ''Fal ane Falshruti'' (2021)<br />
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===Editing===<br />
* ''Bhogilal Gandhi Janmashatabdi Grantha'' (2011; birth centenary volume on [[Bhogilal Gandhi]])<ref name="opinionmagazine">{{cite web|title=ભોગીલાલ ગાંધી જન્મ શતાબ્દી ગ્રંથ : પુસ્તક પરિચય|website=Opinion Magazine|date=13 January 2017|url=https://opinionmagazine.co.uk/details/2343/bhogilal-gandhi-janma-sataabdee-granth-pustak-parichay|language=gu|access-date=13 February 2022|archive-date=13 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220213211635/https://opinionmagazine.co.uk/details/2343/bhogilal-gandhi-janma-sataabdee-granth-pustak-parichay|url-status=live}}</ref><br />
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== Recognition ==<br />
He received prizes from [[Gujarat Sahitya Akademi]] for his short story collection ''Jueeni Sugandh'' in 2004, for his poetry collection ''Shree Purant Janse'' in 2009<ref name= "rp"/> and for his criticism book "Avagat" in 2014.{{citation needed|date=September 2018}}<br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[List of Gujarati-language writers]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{GujLit author}}<br />
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