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{{Infobox writer
| name = Rajendra Shukla
| image = Rajendra Shukla.jpg
| caption = Ahmedabad, May 2017
| native_name =
| native_name_lang = gu
| pseudonym =
| birth_name = Rajendra Anantrai Shukla
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1942|10|12}}
| birth_place = [[Bantva]], [[Junagadh district]], Gujarat
| occupation = Poet
| language = [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]]
| nationality = Indian
| education = Master of Arts
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| spouse = Nayna Jani
| children =
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| awards = * [[Ranjitram Suvarna Chandrak]] (2006)
* [[Sahitya Akademi Award]] (2007)
* [[Vali Gujarati Gazal Award]] (2009)
| signature = Rajendra Shukla autograph.svg
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'''Rajendra Anantrai Shukla''' is a [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]] poet. He taught at various places before voluntarily retiring. He published several poetry collections which won him several major Gujarati literary awards.{{reference needed|date=September 2019}}

==Life==
[[File:Chinu Modi Madhav Ramanuj Rajendra Shukla Chandrakant Sheth.jpg|thumb|[[Chinu Modi]] on mic, than [[Chandrakant Sheth]], Rajendra Shukla and [[Madhav Ramanuj]]
at [[Vallabh Vidyanagar]], 1992]]
He was born on 12 October 1942 in Bantwa village near [[Junagadh]], Gujarat, India. His family is native of [[Wadhwan]]. He completed his primary education from [[Jamnagar]], [[Bhavnagar]], Bantwa and Majevadi. He completed his secondary education from Junagadh and [[Ahmedabad]]. He started his college education from Bahauddin College, Junagadh. He completed B. A. in 1965 in Sanskrit and Prakrit from L. D. Arts College, Ahmedabad and M. A. in the same subjects in 1967 from School of Languages, [[Gujarat University]]. He taught at various institutions until 1982.<ref name=nmg/><ref name="kothari">{{cite book |title=Modern Gujarati Poetry: A Selection |first=Rita |last=Kothari |publisher=Sahitya Akademi |year=1998 |isbn=978-8-12600-294-8 |page=82}}</ref><ref name=gsp>{{cite web|url=http://www.gujaratisahityaparishad.com/prakashan/photo-gallery/sahitya-sarjako/Rajendra-Shukla.html |title=રાજેન્દ્ર શુક્લ (Rajendra Shukla) |publisher=[[Gujarati Sahitya Parishad]] |accessdate=16 November 2012}}</ref><ref name=AGSI>{{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=102–105|language=gu|isbn=978-93-5108-247-7}}</ref>

Shukla is married to Nayana Jani, a Gujarati poet.<ref>{{cite news |title=Coffee mates boost literary culture in city |work=DNA |date=2 May 2013 |first=Priya|last=Adhyanu-Majithia |url=http://dnasyndication.com/dna/dna_english_news_and_features/Coffee-Mates-boosts-literary-culture-in-city-/DNAHM61800 |accessdate=30 April 2015}}</ref> After teaching Sanskrit at [[Dahod]], he left teaching voluntarily in 1982 to educate his children without schooling as an experiment. He resides in [[Ahmedabad]].<ref name=gsp/><ref name=AGSI/>

==Works==
[[File:Rajendra Shukla and Madhav Ramanuj.png|thumb|with [[Madhav Ramanuj]] in Gujarati Literature Festival, Ahmedabad, 18 December 2016]]
He studied poetry from Takhtasinhji Parmar along with [[Manoj Khanderia]] and [[Shyam Sadhu]].<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Bhatt |first=Kanaiyalal |editor-first=Bhagyesh |editor-last=Jha |title=Interview with poet Rajendra Shukla |language=gu |magazine=[[Shabdasrishti]] |publisher=[[Gujarat Sahitya Akademi]] |location=Gandhinagar |date=March 2017 |page=53}}</ref>

He is influenced by the poetry of [[Narasinh Mehta]], a saint-poet of medieval Gujarat as well as modernist poetry of Re Math poets.<ref name=nmg>{{cite book |title=Narasinha Mehta of Gujarat: A Legacy of Bhakti in Songs and Stories |first=Neelima |last=Shukla-Bhatt |publisher=Oxford University Press |year=2014 |isbn=978-0-19997-642-3 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SnXDBAAAQBAJ |pages=128, 165, 261}}</ref><ref name=AGSI/> His first poem was published in ''Kumar'' magazine in 1962.<ref name=AGSI/> He has published several poetry collections: ''Komal Rishabh'' (1970), ''Antar Gandhar'' (1981) and five volumes of ''Gazal Samhita'' (2005). ''Swavachakni Shodh'' (1972) is his long poem.<ref name=gsp/><ref name=AGSI/>

==Recognition==
Shukla was awarded by the Government of Gujarat for the best anthology of poetry of 1970 for ''Komal Rishabh'' which he shared with poet [[Ramesh Parekh]]. He was again awarded by the Government of Gujarat for the best anthology of poetry of 1981 for ''Antar Gandhar''. He was also awarded Kavi Nhanalal Prize in 1981 and [[Uma-Snehrashmi Prize]], 1980–1981 for ''Antar Gandhar''. He is a recipient of [[Gujarat Sahitya Academy]] Award for ''Ghazal Samhita'' as the Best Anthology of Gujarati poetry in 2005. He also received the [[Narsinh Mehta Award]], the highest award being given to contemporary poet in 2006. He was awarded Sanskar Chandrak in 1980 and [[Ranjitram Suvarna Chandrak]] in 2006. He also received [[Sahitya Academy Award]] for ''Ghazal Samhita'' in 2007. He also received [[Narmad Suvarna Chandrak]] in 2008, [[Vali Gujarati Gazal Award]] in 2009, Lekharatna award and [[Kalapi Award]] in 2001.<ref name=gsp/><ref name="kothari" /><ref name=AGSI/><ref>{{cite book |title=English Heart, Hindi Heartland: The Political Life of Literature in India |first=Rashmi |last=Sadana |publisher=University of California Press |year=2012 |isbn=978-0-52095-229-4 |page=97 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ReFMMBXokrIC&pg=PA97}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Narasinha Mehta of Gujarat: A Legacy of Bhakti in Songs and Stories |first=Neelima |last=Shukla-Bhatt |publisher=Oxford University Press |year=2014 |isbn=978-0-19997-642-3 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SnXDBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA96 |page=96}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*{{cite web|url=http://deshgujarat.com/2008/06/27/gujarati-documentary-on-poet-rajendra-shuklavideo/ |title=Documentary on Rajendra Shukla (Video) |publisher=DeshGujarat |accessdate=16 November 2012|language=gu}}

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