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{{Infobox writer
| name=Ratilal Borisagar
| image=Shri Ratilal borisagar.jpg
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| caption= Borisagar at [[Gujarati Vishwakosh|Gujarati Vishwakosh Trust]]; February 2019
| birth_date={{birth date and age|1938|8|31|df=y}}
| birth_place=[[Savarkundla]] (now in [[Gujarat]], India)
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| occupation= Humourist, essayist, editor
| language = [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]]
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| nationality=Indian
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| awards= [[Sahitya Akademi Award]] (2019)
| module = {{Infobox academic
| child=yes
| doctoral_advisor = [[Chandrakant Sheth]]
| thesis_title= Gujaratima Sahityik Sampadan: Vivechanatmak Adhyayan
| thesis_url= https://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/handle/10603/47748
| thesis_year= 1989
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'''Ratilal Mohanlal Borisagar''' (born 31 August 1938) is a [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]] humourist, essayist and editor from [[Gujarat]], India. Born and educated in [[Savarkundla]], he received a PhD in 1989. After working for some years as a teacher, he joined the state school textbook board until his retirement in 1998. He started his writing career as a story writer, but eventually gained acclaim as a humourist. He published several humour collections and humour novels, including the acclaimed book ''Enjoygraphy''. He edited several works of children's literature and humour literature. In 2019, he received the [[Sahitya Akademi Award]] for his essay collection, ''Mojma Revu Re.''

==Biography==
Borisagar was born on 31 August 1938 in [[Savarkundla]] (now [[Amreli district]], Gujarat) to Mohanlal and Santokben Borisagar. He completed his primary and secondary education in that district. Ratilal passed [[Secondary School Certificate|SSC]] examination in 1956. He completed his [[Bachelor of Arts|BA]] in 1963 and [[Master of Arts|MA]] in 1967. He later obtained a [[Bachelor of Education|BEd]] to teach in schools.<ref name=":0">{{cite encyclopedia |last=Parekh |first= Madhusudan |editor-last=Thaker |editor-first=Dhirubhai |editor-link= Dhirubhai Thaker |encyclopedia= [[Gujarati Vishwakosh]] |title=બોરીસાગર, રતિલાલ મોહનલાલ|trans-title= Borisagar, Ratilal Mohanlal|language=gu |year=2001 |publisher=Gujarat Vishwakosh Trust |volume=XIV |location= [[Ahmedabad]]|oclc=163822128 |pages=57}}</ref><ref name="gg">{{cite book|title=ગુજરાતી સાહિત્યનો ઈતિહાસ: 8 (ખંડ 1) સ્વાતંત્રયોત્તર યુગ - 2|last=Mehta|first=Hasit|date=November 2018|publisher=[[Gujarati Sahitya Parishad]]|isbn=((978-81-93884-9-4)) |editor1-last=Chaudhari|editor1-first=Raghuveer|series=8|volume=2|location=Ahmedabad|pages=308–313|language=gu|trans-title=History of Gujarati Literature : 8 (Khand : 1) Post-independence Era - 2|editor2-last=Desai|editor2-first=Parul Kandarp}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QA1V7sICaIwC&q=ratilal+borisagar&pg=PA189|title=Who's who of Indian Writers, 1999: A-M|last=Dutt|first=Kartik Chandra|publisher=Sahitya Akademi|year=1999|isbn=978-81-260-0873-5|pages=189|language=en}}</ref> In 1989, Borisagar received a PhD for his thesis ''Gujaratima Sahityik Sampadan: Vivechanatmak Adhyayan'' (Literary Editing in Gujarati: A Critical Study).<ref name=":0" /><ref name="gg" />

Borisagar worked as a primary school teacher for three years and secondary school teacher for eight and half years.<ref name=":0" /><ref name="gg" /> He also briefly worked as a clerk in a post office.<ref name="gg" /> He joined the Savarkundla college in 1971, as a professor of Gujarati. In 1974 he left professorship and joined Gujarat State School Textbook Board as the Academic Secretary. He worked there for 21 years and retired as the Deputy Director (Academic) in 1998.<ref name=":0" /><ref name="gg" />

He co-edited the''Akhand Anand'' magazine for seven years and was a committee member of the [[Gujarat Sahitya Sabha]]. He served as a Managing Secretary of the [[Gujarati Sahitya Parishad]] from 2005 to 2009 and established Matrubhasha Samvardhan Kendra (Mother-tongue Development Centre) there.<ref name="gg" />

==Works==
Borisagar started his career as a short story writer, however his humorous nature brought him into humour writing, where he received acclaim. His humour is simple and self-deprecating, with light sarcasm or satire.<ref name=":0" /> He was directly influenced by his parents, his neighbour Dhanbai, and his high school teacher Mukundrai Pandya.<ref name="gg" /> In 1956, Borisagar's first short story ''Samaj Jagashe'' was published in the ''Mahilajagat'' biweekly magazine. In 1960, he published his first humour essay ''Chavaya Vagarnu Kathavastu'' in ''Chandani'' magazine, he later wrote humour essays for the ''Aaram'' magazine.<ref name="gg" /> He is considered a literary descendant of humourist [[Jyotindra Dave]].<ref name="gg" />

Borisagar's first collection of humour essays, ''Marak Marak'' (1977), established him as a humour writer. His second collection, ''Anandlok'' (1983), was also well received.<ref name=":0" /><ref name="gg" /> His other humour collections include ''Tilak Karta Tresath Thaya'' (2002), ''<nowiki/>'Gya' Thi 'Ka' Sudhi'' (2004), ''Bhaj Anandam'' (2007), ''Amathu Amathu Kem Na Hasiye!'' (2008), ''Om Hasyam'' (2009),<ref name="gg" /> ''Mojma Revu Re'' and ''Tran Athvadiya Americama'' (2019).

In 1994, Borisagar published his first humorous novel, ''Sambhavami Yuge Yuge'', in which he represented the title character from the Gujarati classic novel ''[[Bhadrambhadra]]'' in contemporary milieu with light criticism of [[Sardar Sarovar Dam]],<ref name=":0" /><ref name="gg" /> the world's second biggest dam in terms of volume of concrete used.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/pm-narendra-modi-to-inaugurate-worlds-second-biggest-sardar-sarovar-dam-on-september-17-4843132/|title=PM Modi to inaugurate world's second biggest dam on September 17|date=2017-09-14|website=The Indian Express|language=en-US|access-date=2020-02-05}}</ref> His most acclaimed work is the autobiographical humorous novel ''Enjoygraphy'' (1997), which is a satire on his experience with [[heart disease]] and [[angiography]], medical profession and hospital management.<ref name=":0" /> In 2014, he published another humorous novel, ''Bhadrambhadra Amar Chhe'', focusing on gender equality.<ref name="gg" /> He has written six novellas as well.<ref name="gg" />

In 1994, he published a collection of quotes on children by various authors entitled ''Balvandana''.<ref name=":0" /> His other works of children's literature are ''Mahabharatna Prasango'' (2002) and ''Shreshth Balrachanao'' (2009).<ref name="gg" /> He has edited several issues of children's stories about the fictional character [[Bakor Patel]]. He has also edited several children's poetry books in the ''Gurjar Balkavya Vaibhav'' series.

He also writes plays and criticism as well as edits works.<ref name=":0" /> ''Ramanbhai Nilkanth'' (2002) and ''Gujarati Pratikavyo'' (2003) are his works of criticism. He edited or co-edited ''Gurjar Prahasansanchay'' (with [[Raghuveer Chaudhari]], 1998), ''Gurjar Adyatan Prahasansanchay'' (with Raghuveer Chaudhari, 1998), ''Gurjar Hasyanibandhsanchay'' (with [[Bholabhai Patel]], 1998), ''Ma E Ma'' (1999), ''Anokha Jeevancharitro'' (1999), ''Namu Te Hasyabrahmane'' (2000), ''Pita Pappa Daddy'' (2002), ''Hasyatetrisi'' (with [[Vinod Bhatt]], 2002), ''Bhavbhumi'' (with Bharati R. Dave and Raghuveer Chaudhari, 2002), ''Arvachin Gujarati Hasyarachanao'' (2003), ''Jyotindra Dave Hasyavaibhav'' (2004) and ''Na. Pra. Buchni Shreshth Hasyarachanao'' (2007).<ref name="gg" />

He published essays in ''[[Kumar (magazine)|Kumar]]'' magazine from 1978 to 1982. He wrote a humour column entitled "Marak Marak" for the ''[[Sandesh (Indian newspaper)|Sandesh]]'' daily newspaper from 1998 to 2003. His several radio plays are broadcast by [[All India Radio]]. He has also written a Gujarati comedy TV series, ''Professor Zunzunwala''.<ref name=":0" /><ref name="gg" />

==Recognition==
Borisagar's ''Marak Marak'' received the Jyotindra Dave Humour Prize in 1978, in addition to second prize from the [[Gujarat Sahitya Akademi]]. His ''Anandlok'' and ''Enjoygraphy'' have also received Gujarat Sahitya Akademi prizes.<ref name=":0" /><ref name="gg" /> ''Enjoygraphy'' also received the Ghanshyamdas Sharaf Sarvottam Sahitya award in 1997. He received the [[Dhanji Kanji Gandhi Suvarna Chandrak]] in 2002, the Chandrakant Anjaria Memorial Trust Education Award in 2003, the Kavi Dahyabhai Patel Sahityaratna Suvarna Chandrak in 2011, and the Sachchidanand Samman in 2011.<ref name="gg" /> In 2019, Borisagar received the [[Sahitya Akademi Award]] for his essay collection ''Mojma Revu Re''.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/magazines/panache/shashi-tharoor-nand-kishore-acharya-to-receive-sahitya-akademi-award-2019-win-rs-1-lakh-cash-prize/articleshow/72870095.cms|title=Shashi Tharoor, Nand Kishore Acharya to receive Sahitya Akademi Award 2019; win Rs 1 lakh cash prize|date=2019-12-18|work=The Economic Times|access-date=2019-12-18}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.newsonair.com/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=376311|title=Sahitya Akademi announces its annual Award|date=2019-12-19|website=All India Radio|access-date=2019-12-19}}</ref>

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

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{GujLit author}}
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