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==Life== | ==Life== | ||
She was born in [[Ahmedabad]] on 19 June 1948. She | She was born in [[Ahmedabad]] on 19 June 1948. She completed B. A. in Gujarati and Sanskrit from [[St. Xavier's College, Ahmedabad]] in 1969 and M. A. from School of Languages, [[Gujarat University]] in 1971. She received Ph. D. from [[Gujarat Vidyapith]] in 1976 for her dissertation, ''Motif no Abhyas Ane Ketlik Pasand Kareli Gujarati Lokkathama Teni Tapas'' (Study of Motifs and its Research in Selected Gujarati Folktales). She was a [[Gujarati language]] teacher at St. Xavier's Education Center from 1974.<ref name=modern>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JObSbMwe3aUC&pg=PA79 |title=Modern Gujarati Poetry: A Selection |page=79 |year=1998 |isbn=8126002948}}</ref><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=143–144|language=gu|trans-title=History of Modern Gujarati Literature – Modern and Postmodern Era}}</ref> | ||
Dhruv was a founding member of the cultural group Samvedan Sanskritic Manch and of the media group Darshan; both groups have social change as an objective. She is also a founder of Kalam, which provides an outlet for women writers.<ref name=poetry>{{cite web |url=http://www.poetryinternationalweb.net/pi/site/poet/item/9982/27/Saroop-Dhruv |title=Saroop Dhruv |publisher=Poetry International Rotterdam}}</ref> She also writes and directs plays.<ref name=miller/><ref name="AGSI"/> | Dhruv was a founding member of the cultural group Samvedan Sanskritic Manch and of the media group Darshan; both groups have social change as an objective. She is also a founder of Kalam, which provides an outlet for women writers.<ref name=poetry>{{cite web |url=http://www.poetryinternationalweb.net/pi/site/poet/item/9982/27/Saroop-Dhruv |title=Saroop Dhruv |publisher=Poetry International Rotterdam}}</ref> She also writes and directs plays.<ref name=miller/><ref name="AGSI"/> | ||
==Works== | ==Works== | ||
In 1982, she published her first collection of poems ''Mara Hathni Vaat'' (It is all in my hand).<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=PA125|year=1996|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|isbn=978-0-313-28778-7|page=125}}</ref> In 1995, she published a second collection of poems ''Salagti Havao'' (Burning flames).<ref name=poetry/><ref name=":20GW">{{Cite book|title=વીસમી સદીનું ગુજરાતી નારીલેખન|publisher=[[Sahitya Akademi]]|year=2005|isbn=8126020350|editor-last=Chaudhari|editor-first=Raghuveer|editor-link=Raghuveer Chaudhari|edition=1st|location=New Delhi|pages=361|language=gu|trans-title=20 Century Women's Writings in Gujarati|chapter=લેખિકા-પરિચય|trans-chapter=Introduction of Women Writers|oclc=70200087|editor-last2=Dalal|editor-first2=Anila|editor-link2=Anila Dalal}}</ref> Her other poetry collections are ''Hastakshep'' (Intervention, 2003) and ''Sahiyara Surajni Khojma''(2003).<ref name=miller/><ref name=poetry/><ref name="AGSI"/> | In 1982, she published her first collection of poems ''Mara Hathni Vaat'' (It is all in my hand).<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=PA125|year=1996|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|isbn=978-0-313-28778-7|page=125}}</ref> In 1995, she published a second collection of poems ''Salagti Havao'' (Burning flames).<ref name=poetry/><ref name=":20GW">{{Cite book|title=વીસમી સદીનું ગુજરાતી નારીલેખન|publisher=[[Sahitya Akademi]]|year=2005|isbn=8126020350|editor-last=Chaudhari|editor-first=Raghuveer|editor-link=Raghuveer Chaudhari|edition=1st|location=New Delhi|pages=361|language=gu|trans-title=20 Century Women's Writings in Gujarati|chapter=લેખિકા-પરિચય|trans-chapter=Introduction of Women Writers|oclc=70200087|editor-last2=Dalal|editor-first2=Anila|editor-link2=Anila Dalal}}</ref> Her other poetry collections are ''Hastakshep'' (Intervention, 2003) and ''Sahiyara Surajni Khojma'' (2003).<ref name=miller/><ref name=poetry/><ref name="AGSI"/> | ||
English translations of her poems have appeared in the collections ''In their Own Voice'' (1990), ''Women Writing in India'' (1995)<ref name=miller>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Y-TMhtk5AUYC&pg=PA84 |title=Who's who in Contemporary Women's Writing |page=84 |last=Miller |first=Jane Eldridge |year=2001 |isbn=0415159806}}</ref> and ''Modern Gujarati Poetry: A Selection'' (1998).<ref name=modern/> | English translations of her poems have appeared in the collections ''In their Own Voice'' (1990), ''Women Writing in India'' (1995)<ref name=miller>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Y-TMhtk5AUYC&pg=PA84 |title=Who's who in Contemporary Women's Writing |page=84 |last=Miller |first=Jane Eldridge |year=2001 |isbn=0415159806}}</ref> and ''Modern Gujarati Poetry: A Selection'' (1998).<ref name=modern/> | ||
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==Awards== | ==Awards== | ||
She received an award from the [[Gujarati Sahitya Parishad]] for her first poetry collection, ''Mara Hathni Vat'' (1982). In 1996, she received the Mahendra Bhagat Award.<ref name=poetry/><ref name=miller/> She was awarded the Hellman/Hammett Award for Courageous Writing for 2008 by the [[Human Rights Watch]] for resisting [[Censorship|state censorship]] in Gujarat and her social work.<ref>{{cite book|title=Year Book 2009|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NHLtQ7yOrAYC&pg=PA146|publisher=Bright Publications|page=146}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-sundaymagazine/Award-for-woman-playwright/article15401683.ece|title=Award for woman playwright|date=2008-05-25|work=The Hindu|access-date=2018-02-23|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> She received | She received an award from the [[Gujarati Sahitya Parishad]] for her first poetry collection, ''Mara Hathni Vat'' (1982). In 1996, she received the Mahendra Bhagat Award.<ref name=poetry/><ref name=miller/> She was awarded the Hellman/Hammett Award for Courageous Writing for 2008 by the [[Human Rights Watch]] for resisting [[Censorship|state censorship]] in Gujarat and her social work.<ref>{{cite book|title=Year Book 2009|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NHLtQ7yOrAYC&pg=PA146|publisher=Bright Publications|page=146}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-sundaymagazine/Award-for-woman-playwright/article15401683.ece|title=Award for woman playwright|date=2008-05-25|work=The Hindu|access-date=2018-02-23|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> She received [[Takhtasinh Parmar Prize]] (1982-83) for ''Mara Hathni Vaat''.<ref>{{cite book |last=Desai |first=Parul |date=2013 |title=Gujarati Sahitya Parishad Prize |location= Ahmedabad|publisher=Gujarati Sahitya Parishad |page=40 }}</ref> | ||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
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[[Category:Poets from Gujarat]] | [[Category:Poets from Gujarat]] | ||
[[Category:20th-century Indian women writers]] | [[Category:20th-century Indian women writers]] | ||
[[Category:20th-century Indian poets]] | [[Category:20th-century Indian poets]] | ||
[[Category:Women writers from Gujarat]] | [[Category:Women writers from Gujarat]] | ||