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{{short description|Indian writer}}
{{Infobox writer
| name = Ravji Patel
| image = Poet_Ravji_Patel.jpg
| caption =
| native_name = રાવજી છોટાલાલ પટેલ
| native_name_lang = gu
| birth_name = Ravji Chhotalal Patel
| birth_date ={{Birth date|1939|11|15|df=y}}
| birth_place = Bhatpur, [[Anand, Gujarat]], India
| death_date ={{Death date and age|1968|08|10|1939|11|15|df=y}}
| death_place = [[Ahmedabad]], [[Gujarat]], India
| occupation =Poet, Short story writer, Novelist
| language = [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]]
| nationality = Indian
| education = under graduate
| alma_mater =
| period = Post-modern [[Gujarati literature]]
| genres = [[Geet (song)|Geet]], [[Free verse]], [[Sonnet]], [[Ghazal]]
| movement = Re Math
| notableworks =
* ''Ashrughar'' (1966)
* ''Jhanza'' (1967)
* ''Angat'' (1970)
* ''Vrutti ane Varta'' (1977)
| spouse =
| children =
| awards = [[Uma-Snehrashmi Prize]] (1966-67)
| signature =
| years_active =
}}
'''Ravji Patel''' ([[Gujarati language|Gujarati]]: રાવજી પટેલ; 15 November 1939 – 10 August 1968) was a modernist poet, short story writer and novelist of [[Gujarati language]].<ref>{{Cite journal | last1 = Joshi | first1 = S. | title = Life against Death: The Poetry of Ravji Patel | journal = Books Abroad | volume = 43 | issue = 4 | pages = 499–503 | doi = 10.2307/40123774 | year = 1969 | jstor = 40123774 }}</ref>

==Life==
[[File:Sansthan High School at Dakor (cropped).jpg|thumb|Sansthan High School at Dakor where Ravji studied|left]]
He was born in Bhatpur village (now in [[Anand district]], [[Gujarat]]) on 15 November 1939. His family was a native of Vallavpura village in [[Kheda district]]. He completed his primary education from his village, Vallavpura and moved to [[Ahmedabad]] for further education. He completed his S.S.C. from Navchetan High School, Ahmedabad. Then he joined City Arts College, but he could only study up to the second year of college and dropped out owing to financial difficulties. He worked briefly at various places like mills, libraries, newspapers and universities. After staying in Amirgadh and Anand for few months, he died in [[Ahmedabad]] on 10 August 1968 due to [[tuberculosis]] and [[mental disorder]].<ref name="Saccidānandan2001">{{cite book|author=Saccidānandan|title=Indian Poetry: Modernism and After : a Seminar|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AXiNXRM_KzMC&pg=PA94|year=2001|publisher=Sahitya Akademi|isbn=978-81-260-1092-9|page=94}}</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=54–59|language=gu|isbn=978-93-5108-247-7}}</ref><ref name="Satchidanandan2000">{{cite book|author=K. Satchidanandan|title=One Hundred Indian Poets|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0vljAAAAMAAJ|access-date=30 January 2017|date=1 January 2000|publisher=National Book Trust, India|isbn=978-81-237-2865-0|page=435}}</ref>

==Works==
[[File:Ravji Patel bust.jpg|thumb|Bust of Ravji Patel inaugurated in 2017 at Dakor|left]]
He co-edited poetry journal ''Shabda'' with [[Mukund Parikh]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Indian Literature|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xAUwAQAAMAAJ|access-date=31 January 2017|date=January 2009|publisher=Sahitya Akademi.|page=263}}</ref>

His only collection ''Angat'' (1970) was published posthumously which includes fourteen songs. One of his songs, "Mari Aankhe Kankuna Suraj Athamya" is considered as the landmark in Gujarati literature.<ref name="Saccidānandan2001"/><ref name= "agsi"/> The song flags a great change in the trends and styles of writing in Gujarati literature, bringing it into what is now known as the modern Gujarati literary trend.{{Citation needed|date= December 2021}}

''Ashrughar'' (1966; House of Tears) is his novel about a person suffering from tuberculosis. ''Jhanjha'' (1967; Foggy) is his other novel. Both are considered experimental novels.<ref name="George1992x">{{cite book|author=K. M. George|title=Modern Indian Literature, an Anthology: Surveys and poems|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=m1R2Pa3f7r0C&pg=PA141|year=1992|publisher=Sahitya Akademi|isbn=978-81-7201-324-0|page=141}}</ref> ''Vrutti ane Varta'' (1977) includes his incomplete story ''Vrutti''. ''Rakh Pan Bole Chhe'' is his [[one-act play]] published in third issue of ''Kriti'' magazine. Some of his letters to fellow authors are published in ''Ravji Patel'' by [[Mafat Oza]].<ref name= "agsi"/>

In 2018, [[Gujarati Vishwakosh|Gujarati Vishwakosh Trust]] published his biography entitled ''Mol Bharelu Khetar'', written by [[Manilal H. Patel]].<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Raval|first=Praful|author-link=Praful Raval|title=વિશ્વકોશ-પ્રકાશન|trans-title=Vishwakosh-Publications|language=gu|magazine=Vishwavihar|url=https://archive.org/stream/VishwaviharAugust2018/Vishwavihar#page/n27|date=August 2018|publisher=Gujarati Vishwakosh Trust|location=Ahmedabad|pages=28–29|issn=2321-6999}}</ref>

== Further reading ==
* {{cite book |last=Patel |first=Manilal H. |title=Ravji Patel |series=Sahitya Sarjak Shreni |publisher=Parshva Publication |location=Ahmedabad |date=2016 |edition=2nd |isbn=978-93-5108-580-5}}
* {{cite book |last=Patel |first=Manilal H. |title=Mol Bharelu Khetar (biographical sketch of Ravji Patel) |year=2018 |publisher=[[Gujarati Vishwakosh|Gujarati Vishwakosh Trust]] |location=Ahmedabad |isbn=978-93-83975-73-0}}

==References==
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== External links ==
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* {{GujLit author}}
* [https://ekatra.pressbooks.pub/ashrughar/ ''Ashrughar'', a novel by Ravji Patel, on Ekatra]

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