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{{Infobox writer<br />
| name = Ramanlal Soni<br />
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| birth_date = {{birth date|1908|1|25|df=y}}<br />
| birth_place = Kokapur near [[Modasa]], [[Gujarat]], India<br />
| death_date = {{death date and age|2006|9|20|1908|1|25|df=y}}<br />
| death_place = [[Ahmedabad]], Gujarat<br />
| occupation = Author<br />
| language = [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]]<br />
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| nationality = Indian<br />
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| awards = [[Ranjitram Suvarna Chandrak]]<br />
| spouse = Rasikbala<br />
| children = Dr Shriram Soni, Dr Jayram Soni, Pratima Mody<br />
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'''Ramanlal Pitambardas Soni''' (25 January 1908 – 20 September 2006), also known by his pen name '''Sudamo''', was a children's writer, translator and, social worker from [[Gujarat]], India. He authored primarily in [[Gujarati language]].<br />
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== Biography ==<br />
He was born on 25 January 1908 in Kokapur near [[Modasa]] in north Gujarat. He completed his school education in Modasa. In 1940, he completed a BA from [[Agra University]]. He came back to Modasa and joined Modasa high school as a principal. He left a job in 1945 to be involved in social work. He went to [[Yerwada Central Jail]] during [[satyagraha]] movement in 1932 where he learned [[Bengali language]]. Later he served as a member of the legislative assembly of [[Bombay state]] from 1952 to 1957. He was married to Rasikbala Soni and had three children. Dr Shriram, Jayram and Pratima. Doctor by profession, his eldest son Shriram is married to anesthesiologist and renowned [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]]-[[Odia language|Odiya]] translator Dr Renuka Soni. He died on 20 September 2006 at [[Ahmedabad]].<ref name=enc>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KnPoYxrRfc0C&q=Ramanlal+pitambardas+soni+died&pg=PA4136|pages=4136–4137|title=Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature|volume =5|first=Mohan|last=Lal|publisher=Sahitya Akademi|year=1992|isbn=9788126012213}}</ref><ref name=gsp>{{cite web|url=http://www.gujaratisahityaparishad.com/prakashan/photo-gallery/sahitya-sarjako/Ramanlal-Soni.html|title=Ramanlal Soni|language =Gujarati |work=Gujarati Sahitya Parishad|accessdate=21 April 2014}}</ref><br />
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== Works ==<br />
He wrote original as well as translated and adapted children's literature. He wrote stories, poems, rhymes, plays, and biographies for them. Many of his stories and poems were published in the Zagmag column of [[Gujarat Samachar]] in the 1990s. His autobiography titled ''Rakh nu Pankhi'' was published in 1999. He translated Bengali literature into Gujarati. Some notable works include ''Gora'', ''[[Chokher Bali (novel)|Chokher Bali]]'', ''[[Rajarshi]]'' by [[Rabindranath Tagore]]; ''[[Srikanta (book)|Shrikant]]'' by [[Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay]]. He also translated works of [[Tarashankar Bandopadhyay]] and [[Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar]].<ref name=enc/><ref name=gsp/><br />
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== Awards ==<br />
He was awarded [[Ranjitram Suvarna Chandrak]], the highest literary award in the Gujarati language, in 1996. He also received Gujarat Gaurav Puraskar by the [[Government of Gujarat]] in 1999.{{citation needed|date=February 2020}}<br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[List of Gujarati-language writers]]<br />
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[[Category:Recipients of the Sahitya Akademi Prize for Translation]]</div>>Vijay Barot