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{{Infobox person
| name = Sanskritirani Desai
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| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1958|10|01}}
| birth_place = [[Baroda]], [[Bombay State]] (now [[Vadodara]], [[Gujarat]]), [[India]]
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| nationality = Indian
| parents = [[Sudhir Desai]], [[Tarini Desai]]
| relatives = [[Dhvani Desai]], Sanskar Desai
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| occupation = Poet
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| known_for =
| notable_works = ''Suryo Ja Suryo'' (1993)
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'''Sanskritirani Desai''' is [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]] poet from India.

==Life==
Sanskritirani was born in [[Baroda]] (now [[Vadodara]]) on 1 October 1958 to [[Sudhir Desai]] and [[Tarini Desai]] who were Gujarati writers. Her sister [[Dhvani Desai]] is also poet and filmmaker. She studied an M. A.<ref name="Dutt1999"/> in [[Statistics]], M. B. A. in [[Finance]] and Diploma in [[Management Studies]]. She works as the General Manager in the Information Technology Department of a Public Limited Company. She knows Gujarati, [[Hindi]], English, [[Marathi language|Marathi]], [[Bengali language|Bengali]], [[Sanskrit]] and [[Russian language|Russian]] languages. She is a painter, swimmer, dancer as well as [[karate]]ka.<ref name="AGSI">{{cite book|title=અર્વાચીન ગુજરાતી સાહિત્યનો ઈતિહાસ - આધુનિક અને અનુઆધુનિક યુગ|last=Brahmabhatt|first=Prasad|publisher=Parshwa Publication|year=2010|isbn=978-93-5108-247-7|location=Ahmedabad|pages=144–145|language=gu|trans-title=History of Modern Gujarati Literature – Modern and Postmodern Era}}</ref><ref name="Jani 2018">{{Cite news|url=https://sureshbjani.wordpress.com/2007/05/26/sanskrutirani_desai/|title=સંસ્કૃતિરાણી દેસાઇ, Sanskrutirani Desai|last=Jani|first=Suresh B.|date=2007-05-26|work=ગુજરાતી પ્રતિભા પરિચય|access-date=2018-02-28|language=gu-IN}}</ref><ref name="Dutt1999">{{cite book|author=Kartik Chandra Dutt|title=Who's who of Indian Writers, 1999: A-M|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QA1V7sICaIwC&pg=PA312|year=1999|publisher=Sahitya Akademi|isbn=978-81-260-0873-5|page=312}}</ref>

==Works==
Her first poetry collection ''Suryo Ja Suryo'' (1993) included unique modern poems on the [[sun]] and its different forms. It received her critical acclaim.<ref name="AGSI"/><ref name="Jani 2018" /> ''Sapna Vatemarguo'' is her another poetry collection. She has translated several poems from Russian into Gujarati and English.<ref name="Dutt1999"/>

==Awards==
Her ''Suryo Ja Suryo'' received her several awards such as [[Takhtasinh Parmar Prize]] (1992-93)<ref>{{cite book |last=Desai |first=Parul |date=2013 |title=Gujarati Sahitya Parishad Prize |location= Ahmedabad|publisher=Gujarati Sahitya Parishad |page=40 }}</ref> and Phanishwarnath Renu Sahitya Award. She has also received two prizes from [[Gujarati Sahitya Parishad]], Gira Gurjari Award, Dinkar Shah Kavi 'Jay' Prize.<ref name="AGSI"/><ref name="Jani 2018" /><ref name="Dutt1999"/>

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

== References ==
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