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| pseudonym = Prerit
| birth_name = Vishnuprasad Ranchhodlal Trivedi
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| birth_place = [[Umreth]], [[Gujarat]]
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1991|11|10|1899|7|4}}
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| occupation = writer, literary critic
| language = [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]]
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| education = Master of Arts
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*''Upayana'' (1961)
* ''[[Govardhanram: Chintak ne Sarjak]]'' (1962)
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* [[Ranjitram Suvarna Chandrak]] (1944)
* [[Narmad Suvarna Chandrak]] (1945)
* [[Sahitya Akademi Award]] (1962)
* [[Sahitya Gaurav Puraskar]] (1983)
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'''Vishnuprasad Ranchhodlal Trivedi''' (4 July 1899 – 10 November 1991) was a [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]] literary critic from India.

== Early life ==
Trivedi was born in [[Umreth]], [[Gujarat]] on July 4, 1899. After his education at institutions including [[Borsad]], Thasra, [[Kapadvanj]] and [[Nadiad]], he matriculated in 1916 from the Government High School of Nadiad and was admitted to [[Gujarat College]], [[Ahmedabad]]. At Gujarat College, he studied under [[Anandshankar Dhruv]]. He completed his Bachelor of Arts in 1920, with [[Sanskrit]] and other English subjects. He completed his Master of Arts in 1923 focusing on Sanskrit and Gujarati subjects. In 1921, he joined the MTB Arts College in [[Surat]].<ref name="GSP">{{cite web | title=સવિશેષ પરિચય: વિષ્ણુપ્રસાદ ત્રિવેદી, ગુજરાતી સાહિત્ય પરિષદ | website=Gujarati Sahitya Parishad | url=http://www.gujaratisahityaparishad.com/prakashan/sarjako/savishesh/Savishesh-Vishnuprasad-Trivedi.html | language=gu | access-date=2017-10-23}}</ref>

[[South Gujarat University]] awarded him Doctorate in Literature in 1971.<ref name="Lal1992">{{cite book|author=Mohan Lal|title=Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature: Sasay to Zorgot|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KnPoYxrRfc0C&pg=PA4399|access-date=23 October 2017|year=1992|publisher=Sahitya Akademi|location=New Delhi|isbn=978-81-260-1221-3|page=4399}}</ref><ref name="GSP"/>

== Works ==
Trivedi was inspired by western literature and critics such as [[Samuel Taylor Coleridge|Coleridge]] and [[Matthew Arnold]] and Gujarati writers including [[Govardhanram Tripathi]] and Anandshankar Dhruv. He used to write under his pen-name Prerit. Linguistics, poetics and philosophy were his prime interests.<ref name="Lal1992" /><ref name="GSP" />

He published his first critical article on ''[[Saraswatichandra (novel)|Saraswatichandra]]'', a novel by Govardhanram, in 1924. ''Vivechana'', his first collection of criticism, was published in 1939, followed by ''1939 na Gujarati Vangmayni Sameeksha'' (1939), ''Parishilan'' (1949), ''Akhegita'' (1957), ''Upayan'' (1961), ''Sahitya Sansparsha'' (1979) and ''Drumaparna'' (1982). He lectured on Govardhanram Tripathi at [[Gujarat University]] in 1960 which are collected as ''[[Govardhanram: Chintak ne Sarjak]]'' (1962), in which he discussed and evaluated the style of Govardhanram Tripathi and his view about the philosophy of life in the context of his works ''Sarasvatichandra'' and ''Snehamudra''. ''Drumaparna'' (1982) and ''Aascharyavat'' (1987) are collections of his essays.<ref name="Lal1992" /><ref name="GSP" />

His ''Arvachin Chintanatmak Gadya'' (''Modern Reflective Prose'') is a collection of five lectures delivered by him at the Bombay University, in the Thakkar Vassonji Madhavji Lecture Series, in 1946. The volume contains a discussion of the romantic tendencies in modem Gujarati literature. These lectures assess the essentials of reflective thought in Gujarati prose written during the years 1844 and 1905 A.D. In these lectures, he has summarized and discussed the thoughts of all the major Gujarati thinkers from [[Durgaram Mehta]] to [[Anandshankar Dhruv]].<ref name="Jhaveri1978">{{cite book|last=Jhaveri|first=Mansukhlal Maganlal|author-link=Mansukhlal Jhaveri|title=History of Gujarati Literature|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DA0RAAAAMAAJ|year=1978|publisher=Sahitya Akademi|location=New Delhi|page=179–180|oclc=639128528}}</ref>

== Award ==
He received [[Sahitya Akademi Award]] in 1962 for his work ''Upayana'' (1961) and [[Narmad Suvarna Chandrak]] in 1945 for his work ''Parishilan'' (1949). He also received [[Ranjitram Suvarna Chandrak]] in 1944 and [[Sahitya Gaurav Puraskar]] in 1983. In 1974, [[Sahitya Akademi]] awarded him a [[Sahitya Akademi Fellowship|fellowship]].<ref name="Lal1992"/><ref name=GSP/>

== References ==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Internet Archive author|search=Vishnuprasad Trivedi}}
* {{Gbooks-author|Vishṇuprasāda Ra Trivedī}}

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[[Category:1899 births]]
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[[Category:Gujarati-language writers]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Sahitya Akademi Award in Gujarati]]
[[Category:Indian literary critics]]
[[Category:People from Anand district]]
[[Category:Gujarat University alumni]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Ranjitram Suvarna Chandrak]]

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