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'''Saroj Pathak''' (1 June 1929 – 16 April 1989) was [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]] novelist, story writer and essayist from [[Gujarat]], India.<br />
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==Life==<br />
Saroj Pathak was born on 1 June 1929 to Narandas Uddeshi in [[Jakhau]] in [[Cutch State]] (now [[Kutch district]], Gujarat). She completed her primary and secondary school from [[Bombay]] (now Mumbai). She [[matriculation|matriculated]] in 1947. She completed BA in Gujarati in 1960 and MA in 1964 from [[Gujarat University]]. She was associated with [[Akashvani (radio broadcaster)|Akashvani]] in 1956–57. She was also associated with Soviet Information Service in 1957–58. She was professor at college in [[Bardoli]] from 1964. She died in Bardoli on 16 April 1989.<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=255–258|language=gu|isbn=978-93-5108-247-7}}</ref><ref name="gsp">{{cite web | title=સરોજ પાઠક (Saroj Pathak) | website= [[Gujarati Sahitya Parishad]] | url=http://gujaratisahityaparishad.com/prakashan/sarjako/savishesh/Savishesh-Saroj-Pathak.html | language=gu | access-date=27 December 2016}}</ref><ref name="up2016">{{cite thesis |type=Ph.D. |last=Pandya |first=Urvashi |date=28 February 2003 |title=Saroj Pathak's fiction in the context of modern Gujarati fiction |publisher=[[Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda]]|hdl=10603/60222|language=gu|page=27-41}}</ref><ref name="sld2016">{{cite thesis |type=Ph.D. |last=Dholeria|first= Salma J |date=11 December 2014 |title=Saroj pathak nu katha sahitya |publisher=[[Gujarat University]]|hdl=10603/30720|language=gu}}</ref><ref name="Singh2001">{{cite book|author=Nagendra Kr Singh|title=Encyclopaedia of women biography: India, Pakistan, Bangladesh|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wZMrAQAAIAAJ|year=2001|publisher=A.P.H. Pub. Corp.|isbn=978-81-7648-264-6|page=39}}</ref><br />
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==Works==<br />
Her husband was a humourist and used to write stories which inspired her to write. Her first story, ''Nahi Andharu, Nahi Ajvalu'' was published in ''Jivanmadhuri'' magazine. Her ''Sarika Pinjarstha'' was praised. Her first short story collection ''Prem Ghata Zuk Aai'' (1959) was published by Chetan Publishers which earned her prize from Government of [[Bombay State]]. ''Preet Bandhani'' (1961) was published with help of her husband. ''Maro Asbab, Maro Rag'' (1966) contains social stories. ''Virat Tapaku'' (1966) brought her recognition as modernist writer. ''Hukamno Ekko'', ''Tathastu'' (1972) are her other story collections.<ref name=AGSI/><ref name="gsp"/><ref name="up2016"/><ref name="sld2016"/><ref name="TharuLalita1993">{{cite book|author1=Susie J. Tharu|author2=Ke Lalita|title=Women Writing in India: The twentieth century|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OjZYf9Xf9bcC&pg=PA313|year=1993|publisher=Feminist Press at CUNY|isbn=978-1-55861-029-3|pages=312–313}}</ref><ref name="NatarajanNelson1996"/><br />
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''Nightmare'' (1969) was her first novel. Her other novels are ''Nihsesh'' (1979), ''Priy Poonam'' (1980), ''Time Bomb'' (1987), ''Likhitang'' (1988).<ref name=AGSI/><ref name="gsp"/><ref name="up2016"/><ref name="sld2016"/><ref name="TharuLalita1993"/><ref name="NatarajanNelson1996">{{cite book|author1=Nalini Natarajan|author2=Emmanuel Sampath Nelson|title=Handbook of Twentieth-century Literatures of India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1lTnv6o-d_oC&pg=PA127|year=1996|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|isbn=978-0-313-28778-7|page=127}}</ref><br />
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She wrote essays in ''Nari Sansar'' column in ''Gujarat Mitra''. Her essays are collected in ''Sansarika'' (1967) and ''Arvachina'' (1976). ''Pratipada'' (1962) is her work of translation.<ref name=AGSI/><ref name="gsp"/><br />
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==Personal life==<br />
She married [[Ramanlal Pathak]], Gujarati humourist in 1950.<ref name=AGSI/><ref name="up2016"/><br />
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