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{{Infobox person
| name = Vinodini Nilkanth
| image = Vinodini Nilkanth.jpg
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=y|1907|2|9}}
| birth_place = [[Ahmedabad]], [[Gujarat]]
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=y|1987|9|29|1907|2|9}}
| occupation = professor, writer, translator
| nationality = Indian
| father = [[Ramanbhai Nilkanth]]
| mother = [[Vidyagauri Nilkanth]]
| relatives = [[Sarojini Mehta]] (sister)
}}

'''Vinodini Ramanbhai Nilkanth''' (9 February 1907 – 29 November 1987) was a [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]] writer, translator, and academic. She wrote novels, essays, short stories, journalist columns, and children's literature.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/vinodinee-neelkanth-life-and-times-of-a-gujarati-writer-who-dared-to-be-unconventional/435522/|title=Vinodinee Neelkanth: Life and times of a Gujarati writer who dared to be unconventional - Indian Express|last=|first=|date=|website=archive.indianexpress.com|publisher=|language=|access-date=21 July 2018}}</ref>

== Early life ==
[[File:Vinodini Nilkanth 1914.jpg|thumb|Vinodini around 1914|upright=0.7|left]]
Vinodini Nilkanth was born in [[Ahmedabad]], the capital of [[Gujarat]]. Her father was [[Ramanbhai Nilkanth]], a Gujarati novelist and politician. Her mother, [[Vidyagauri Nilkanth]], was a social reformer and educator, and one of the first women in Gujarat to graduate from university. Both of her parents were writers, as well as her sister [[Sarojini Mehta|Sarojini]].

Vinodini attended primary school at Mahalakshmi Training College. She went to secondary school at Government Girls High School. In 1928, she completed her Bachelor of Arts with English as her primary subject and Gujarati as a secondary language. In 1930, she went to [[University of Michigan]] to study for her Masters in Social Science and Education.<ref name="GSP">{{cite web | title=સવિશેષ પરિચય: વિનોદિની નીલકંઠ, ગુજરાતી સાહિત્ય પરિષદ | website=Gujarati Sahitya Parishad | url=http://gujaratisahityaparishad.com/prakashan/sarjako/savishesh/Savishesh-Vinodini-Nilkanth.html | language=gu | access-date=8 September 2018}}</ref>

== Career ==
Vinodini Nilkanth was chief of the Vanita Vishram, an institute in Ahmedabad. She was also the Headmistress of the Municipal Girls High School in Ahmedabad. Later she became a professor at the [[SNDT Women's University|S. N. D. T Mahila Pathshala]]. She also wrote columns in newspapers.<ref name="GSP"/> She was a member of the executive committee of the [[Gujarat Vidhya Sabha]].<ref name="DattaLal2007">{{cite book|author1=Amaresh Datta|author2=Mohan Lal|title=Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature: Navaratri–Sarvasena|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sOsbAAAAIAAJ|year=2007|edition=4th|publisher=[[Sahitya Akademi]]|location=New Delhi|pages=2950–2951|isbn=((978-81-260-1003-1))}}</ref>

== Works ==

Nilkanth published her first book of essays in her teens. Her short stories revealed her penetration of the human mind, particular the mind of a woman.

===Personal essays===
* ''Rasadwara'' (1928)
* ''Nijananda''<ref name="DattaLal2007"/>

===Short story collections===
* ''Aarasini Bhitarma'' (1942)
* ''Karpasi ane Biji Vartao''
* ''Dil Dariavna Moti'' (1958)
* ''Angulino Sparsh'' (1965)

===Novel===
* ''Kadalivan''

===Children's literature===
* ''Shishuranjana'' (1950)
* ''Mendini Manjari'' (1956)
* ''Balakoni Duniyama Dokiyu''
* ''Safarachand'' (1964)
* ''Padchand Kathiyaro'' (1964)

===Other writings===
* ''Gharno Vahivat'' (1959)
* ''Bal Suraksha'' (1961)
* ''Muktajanoni Bhoomi'' (1966).<ref name="GSP"/>

===Translations===
In addition to her own literary work, Nilkanth translated [[Jane Austen]]'s ''[[Pride and Prejudice]]'' into Gujarat. She also published ''Sukhni Siddhi'', a translation of [[Bertrand Russell]]'s ''[[The Conquest of Happiness]]''.

===Journalistic writings===
From 1949, she wrote a column ''Ghar Gharni Jyoti'' in a daily paper, [[Gujarat Samachar]], which became very popular.<ref name="DattaLal2007"/> Her journalistic writings as a columnist have been published in five volumes: ''Ghar Gharni Jyot'' part 1, 2, 3 & 4 (1955, 1958, 1964 & 1969). The last one, ''Ghar Diwdi'', (1987) was published after her death.<ref name="GSP"/><ref name="DattaLal2007"/>

===Adaptation===
Nilkanth's short story ''Dariyav Dil'' was adapted into [[Gujarati cinema|Gujarati film]] ''[[Kashino Dikro]]'' (1979) directed by [[Kanti Madia]].

==Awards==
Her short story collections ''Dil Dariavna Moti'' won the [[Gujarat Sahitya Sabha]] Award, and her work ''Angulino Sparsh'' won the Gujarat government award.<ref name="DattaLal2007"/>

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

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{Internet Archive author|sname=Vinodini Nilkanth}}
* {{Gbooks-author|Vinodinī Nīlakaṇṭha}}

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