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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:20th-century Indian poets]] | [[Category:20th-century Indian poets]] | ||
[[Category:Women writers from Gujarat]] | [[Category:Women writers from Gujarat]] | ||
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Saroop Dhruv | |
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| Born | 19 June 1948 Ahmedabad, Bombay State (now Gujarat), India |
| Occupation | Educator, poet, activist |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Alma mater | St. Xavier's College, Gujarat University |
| Academic background | |
| Thesis | A Study of Motif and its Investigation in Selected Gujarati Folk-tales (1976) |
| Doctoral advisor | Mohanbhai Patel |
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Saroop Dhruv (born 19 June 1948) is an educator, poet and activist from Gujarat, India.[1]
Life[edit]
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.[1][2]
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.[3] She also writes and directs plays.[4][2]
Works[edit]
In 1982, she published her first collection of poems Mara Hathni Vaat (It is all in my hand).[5] In 1995, she published a second collection of poems Salagti Havao (Burning flames).[3][6] Her other poetry collections are Hastakshep (Intervention, 2003) and Sahiyara Surajni Khojma (2003).[4][3][2]
English translations of her poems have appeared in the collections In their Own Voice (1990), Women Writing in India (1995)[4] and Modern Gujarati Poetry: A Selection (1998).[1]
She had edited and published some research works including Sabarmati Puchhe Chhe (1986), Kalmukho Andhar Bhedva Vol. I-VI (2003), Heerno Hinchko: Bhalbarani Dalit Mahilao Dwara Gavata Geeto (2001) and Ummeed (2007).[2]
Awards[edit]
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.[3][4] She was awarded the Hellman/Hammett Award for Courageous Writing for 2008 by the Human Rights Watch for resisting state censorship in Gujarat and her social work.[7][8] She received Takhtasinh Parmar Prize (1982-83) for Mara Hathni Vaat.[9]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Modern Gujarati Poetry: A Selection. 1998. p. 79. ISBN 8126002948.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Brahmabhatt, Prasad (2010). અર્વાચીન ગુજરાતી સાહિત્યનો ઈતિહાસ - આધુનિક અને અનુઆધુનિક યુગ [History of Modern Gujarati Literature – Modern and Postmodern Era] (in ગુજરાતી). Ahmedabad: Parshwa Publication. pp. 143–144. ISBN 978-93-5108-247-7.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 "Saroop Dhruv". Poetry International Rotterdam.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Miller, Jane Eldridge (2001). Who's who in Contemporary Women's Writing. p. 84. ISBN 0415159806.
- ↑ Nalini Natarajan; Emmanuel Sampath Nelson (1996). Handbook of Twentieth-century Literatures of India. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 125. ISBN 978-0-313-28778-7.
- ↑ Chaudhari, Raghuveer; Dalal, Anila, eds. (2005). "લેખિકા-પરિચય" [Introduction of Women Writers]. વીસમી સદીનું ગુજરાતી નારીલેખન [20 Century Women's Writings in Gujarati] (in ગુજરાતી) (1st ed.). New Delhi: Sahitya Akademi. p. 361. ISBN 8126020350. OCLC 70200087.
- ↑ Year Book 2009. Bright Publications. p. 146.
- ↑ "Award for woman playwright". The Hindu. 25 May 2008. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
- ↑ Desai, Parul (2013). Gujarati Sahitya Parishad Prize. Ahmedabad: Gujarati Sahitya Parishad. p. 40.