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Nationality
  
Indian

Name
  
Dhruv Bhatt

Role
  
Novelist


Dhruv Bhatt

Notable works
  
Akoopar, Tatvamasi, Samudrantike

Notable awards
  
Sahitya Academy Award2002

Dhruv bhatt


Dhruv Bhatt (Gujarati: ધ્રુવ ભટ્ટ) is a Gujarati language novelist and poet from Gujarat, India.

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Life

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Dhruv Bhatt was born on 8 May 1947 in Ningala village of Bhavnagar State (now Bhavnagar district, Gujarat) to Prabodhray Bhatt and Harisuta Bhatt. He studied at various places, standard 1 to 4 at Jafrabad and Matriculation from Keshod. After studying commerce for two years, he left further studying in 1972 and joined Gujarat Machine Manufacturers as Sales Supervisor. He voluntary retired and started writing career.

Dhruv Bhatt Akupar Akoopar Gujarati Book by Dhruv Bhatt

He married Divya Bhatt. His son Devavrat is born in 1976 while his daughter, Shivani, in 1980.

Works

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He has written a teen novel, Khovayelu Nagar (1984). His Agnikanya (1988) is a novel centered on Draupadi of epic Mahabharata. He received recognition for his novels, Samudrantike (1993) and Tattvamasi (1998). His other novels are Atarapi (2001), Karnalok (2005), Akoopar (2011), Lovely Pan House (2012) and Timirpanthi (2015). Gay Tena Geet (2003) and Shrunvantu are poetry collections.

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Samudrantike is a novel on seafaring off the coast of Saurashtra. He travelled from Gopinath to Dwarka via Mahuva, Jafarabad, Diu and Somnath and its experience formed the novel in autobiographical style. The novel is translated into English by Vinod Meghani in 2001 as Oceanside Blues.

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Tattvamasi is centered on protagonist working in a tribal village on the banks of Narmada river.

Recognition

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He received Darshak Foundation Award in 2005. He also received awards from Gujarati Sahitya Parishad for Gay Tena Geet and from Gujarat Sahitya Akademi for Atarapi and Karnalok.

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He won the Sahitya Akademi Award in 2002 for his novel Tattvamasi (1998). His novel Akoopar has been adapted into a play directed by Aditi Desai.

References

Dhruv Bhatt Wikipedia


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