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== Biography == | == Biography == | ||
Desai was born on 22 February 1946 in Kathodara, a town now in the [[Surat district]], to Harshadray and Indumatiben.<ref name="Ranna"/><ref name="AGSI"/> His family belonged to [[Valod]].<ref name="AGSI"/> After completing his [[Secondary School Certificate|SSC]] in 1965, he worked in a diamond factory for 14 years. In 1980, he joined ''Gujarat Mitra'', a Gujarati daily, as a sub-editor.<ref name=" | Desai was born on 22 February 1946 in Kathodara, a town now in the [[Surat district]], to Harshadray and Indumatiben.<ref name="Ranna"/><ref name="AGSI"/> His family belonged to [[Valod]].<ref name="AGSI"/> After completing his [[Secondary School Certificate|SSC]] in 1965, he worked in a diamond factory for 14 years. In 1980, he joined ''Gujarat Mitra'', a Gujarati daily, as a sub-editor.<ref name="Ranna"/><ref name="AGSI"/> He has retired.<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=124–125|language=gu|trans-title=History of Modern Gujarati Literature – Modern and Postmodern Era}}</ref> | ||
He married Shashi in 1990.<ref name="Ranna">{{cite book |last=Sharma |first=Radheshyam |title=Saksharno Sakshatkar: 3 (Question based interview with biographical literary sketches) |year=1999 |publisher= Rannade Prakashan |location=Ahmedabad |pages= 175–181}}</ref> | He married Shashi in 1990.<ref name="Ranna">{{cite book |last=Sharma |first=Radheshyam |title=Saksharno Sakshatkar: 3 (Question based interview with biographical literary sketches) |year=1999 |publisher= Rannade Prakashan |location=Ahmedabad |pages= 175–181}}</ref> | ||
== Works == | == Works == | ||
His first poetry collection ''Manas Urfe Reti Urfe Dariyo'' (1979) has 58 poems which are mostly [[ghazal]]s and some are songs. His second collection ''Mukam Post Manas'' (1982) has 56 poems. These two collections are experimental and include variety. These poems depict loneliness and separation of modern humans. A person affected and tormented by pain is a central theme of his poetry. He later published ''Angali Vadhine Mokalu'' (1984), ''Anushthan'' and ''Samandar Baj Manas''. | His first poetry collection ''Manas Urfe Reti Urfe Dariyo'' (1979) has 58 poems which are mostly [[ghazal]]s and some are songs. His second collection''Mukam Post Manas'' (1982) has 56 poems. These two collections are experimental and include variety. These poems depict loneliness and separation of modern humans. A person affected and tormented by pain is a central theme of his poetry. He later published ''Angali Vadhine Mokalu'' (1984), ''Anushthan'' and ''Samandar Baj Manas''. These all collections were collected and published as ''Nayan na Moti'' (2005). ''Dhoop Ka Saya'' has [[ghazal]]s in [[Urdu language|Urdu]].<ref name="AGSI"/><ref>{{cite encyclopedia |last=Topiwala |first=Chandrakant |encyclopedia=Gujarati Sahityakosh (Encyclopedia of Gujarati literature)|title=Nayan Desai |publisher=[[Gujarati Sahitya Parishad]] |location=Ahmedabad |year=1990 |pages=152–153}}</ref> | ||
== Recognition == | == Recognition == | ||