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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Indian Gujarati-language poet and literary critic (Born: 1960)}}<br />
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| name = Sanju Vala<br />
| image = Sanju Vala.jpg<br />
| caption = Sanju Vala<br />
| birth_name = Sanju Naranbhai Vala<br />
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1960|7|11|df=y}}<br />
| birth_place = Badhada, [[Savarkundla]], Amreli, Gujarat, India<br />
| occupation = Poet, critic<br />
| language = [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]]<br />
| nationality = Indian<br />
| notableworks =<br />
* Kaik/Kashunk/Athava To (1990)<br />
* Killebandhi (2000)<br />
* Ragadhinam (2007)<br />
| awards = <br />
* [[Shayda Award]] - 1999<br />
* [[Harindra Dave]] Memorial Award - 2014<br />
| signature = Sanju Vala Signature.jpg<br />
| years_active = Since 1983<br />
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'''Sanju Vala''' (b. 11 July 1960) is an Indian [[Gujarati language|Gujarati-language]] poet and literary critic [[Gujarat, India]]. He has authored more than 10 books and received numerous literary awards.<br />
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== Early life ==<br />
Sanju Vala was born in Badhada ([[Savarkundla]]) village in [[Amreli]] district of Gujarat, to Naranbhai and Ranima. He completed his primary education from Badhada Primary School in 1976. He completed schooling in 1979 from J.V Modi Highschool, Savarkundla. He dropped out of college after studying for a year.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|title = Gujarati Sahityakar Kosh|last = Shukla|first = Kirit|publisher = Gujarati Sahitya Akadami|year = 2013|isbn = 9789383317028|location = Gandhinagar|pages = 439}}</ref><br />
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== Career ==<br />
Sanju Vala joined the revenue department of the [[Government of Gujarat]] in 1979. He served as a member in working committee of [[Gujarati Sahitya Parishad]] from 2012 to 2014. He was a member of the working committee of Vali Gujarati Gazalkendra run by [[Gujarat Sahitya Akademi]].<ref name=":0"/> He wrote columns for several newspapers, such as ''Janmabhoomi'' and ''[[Phulchhab]]''. His poems were published in several literary magazines including ''[[Shabdasrishti]]'', ''Parab'', ''Sameepe'', ''Etad'', ''[[Parivesh (magazine)|Parivesh]]'','' Navneet Samarpan'' and ''[[Gazalvishwa]]''. As a poet, he organised and participated in [[mushaira]]s, poet meetings and lectures on poetry appreciation and criticism. He has written poetry and its criticism. He has authored more than 10 books and received numerous literary awards.<ref>Brahmbhatt, Prasad (2012), Arvachin gujarati sahityano itihas (History of modern gujarati literature) parshv publication</ref><br />
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== Works ==<br />
[[File:Sanju Vala Darshak Sanman 2014.jpg|alt=Sanju Vala accepting darshak sahitya sanman by Vidhyaguru ratilal borisagar sanskrutik pratishthan|right|thumb|Sanju Vala with [[Morari Bapu|Morari bapu]] Darshak Sahitya Sanman – 2014]]<br />
Vala started his career writing [[ghazal]]s and later ventured into other forms of poetry. His main contribution is towards [[Geet (song)|Geet]], ghazals and Achhandas ([[Free verse|free verse poetry]]). [[Harish Meenashru]] and [[Manilal H. Patel]] appreciated his style of [[rhythm]] by commenting that his songs are path-breaking and fresh among age-old patterns of rhythm. At that time when most of the ghazal-poets used to write in straightforward and loud tones, he wrote against flow of predominant style of writing ghazals and established poetry with fresh language.<ref>{{cite book |editor1-last=Chavda |editor1-first=Anil |editor1-link=Anil Chavda |editor2-last=Brahmbhatt |editor2-first=Harsh |year=2013 |title=Shabda Sathe Maro Sambandh |location=Ahmedabad |publisher=Navbharat Sahitya Mandiar |pages=182–191 |isbn= 978-81-8440-754-9}}></ref><br />
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== Recognition ==<br />
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| quote = Sanju Wala seeks awareness of the multiple states of consciousness through multiple verse forms. He is adept at the lyrical and has a flair for Gazals. His songs reflect [[Saurashtra language|saurashtra diction]]. He experiments with meters like Kataav that are flexible or with free verse. He can be flippant while retaining a sharp eye to notice minute and missed details of everyday life. Oppressive pain and explosive violence in several of his poems are inevitable on a journey to the centre of existence. We were born during the years of hope and aspirations. Sanju was born in 1960 during the period of national frustrations. But the future of Gujarati poetry rests in the poets like him.<br />
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| source = [[Dileep Jhaveri]] (A Tale of Modern Gujarati Poetry, [[Muse India]], Issue 11)<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.museindia.com/viewarticle.asp?myr=2007&issid=11&id=525|title = A Tale of Modern Gujarati Poetry|date = 2016-01-21|access-date = 2016-01-21|publisher = Muse India|last = Jhaveri|first = Dileep|archive-date = 2017-08-05|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170805015826/http://www.museindia.com/viewarticle.asp?myr=2007&issid=11&id=525|url-status = dead}}</ref><br />
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He was awarded the Jayant Pathak Poetry Award for his anthology ''kaik/kashunk/athava to'' in 1990. For his contribution in Gujarati ghazal poetry, he was awarded by [[Shayda Award]] in 1999. He received R.V Pathak/Nanalal Kavita Paritoshik in 2003 and Dr.Bhanuprasad Pandya Award for his anthology ''Ragadhinam'' in 2007 by [[Gujarati Sahitya Parishad]], [[Manubhai Pancholi|Darshak]] Sahitya Sanman-2014 by Vidhyaguru Ratilal Borisagar Sanskrutik Pratishthan, Kavishree [[Ramesh Parekh]] Sanman-2014 by Asmita Foundation, Rajkot and Harindra Dave Memorial Award in 2014.<ref name=":0" /><br />
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== Bibliography ==<br />
*''Kaik/Kashunk/Athava To...'' (collection of poems), 1990<br />
*''Atikrami Te Gazal'' (gazals of poets from Rajkot), 1990<br />
*''Kinshukalay'' (Compilation of ghazals of new generation)<br />
*''Killebandhi'' (long poem and Freeverse), 2000<br />
*''Ragadhinam'' (poem-songs), 2007<br />
*''Ghar same sarovar'' (Collected poetry of [[Shyam Sadhu]]), 2009, Published by Gujarat Sahitya Akademi.<br />
*''Kavitachayan''-2007 (Selected Gujarati poems of 2007) published by Gujarati Sahitya Parishad.<br />
*''Yaadno Rajyabhishek'' (Selected gazals of Shoonya Palanpuri), 2012, published by Gujarat Sahitya Akademi.<br />
*''Manpanchamna Melama'' (Collected poetry of [[Ramesh Parekh]]), 2013, published by Gujarat Sahitya Akademi.<br />
*''Kavita name sanjeevani'' (collection of gazals) 2014.<ref name=":0" /><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 />
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