Name Harindra Dave Role Writer | Died March 29, 1995 Books Where are you, my Madhav | |
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Harindra Dave (19 September 1930 - 29 March 1995) was a Gujarati writer of the post-independence period.
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- Harindra dave gujarat sahitya academy
- Bharat ghelani editor chitralekha group receives harindra dave memorial award
- Life
- Career
- Recognition
- References
Bharat ghelani editor chitralekha group receives harindra dave memorial award
Life
He was born on 19 September 1930 in Khambhra village in Kachchh District, Gujarat. He was educated at Shamaldas Gandhi College, Bhavnagar and later Bombay University.
Career
He authored more than fifty works, including poems, essays, drama and fiction.
Aganpankhi (1962), Madhav Kyayn Nathi (1970), Krishna ane Manav Sambandho (1982), Mukhvato, Anagat, Hayati (1978), Sang-Asang, Lohi no Rang Lal (1981), Gandhi Ni Kavad (1984) are his some works. His work Krishna ane Manav Sambandho (1982) is a monumental research work on Krishna theme. His novel Madhav Kyany Nathi was translated into Hindi by Bhanushankar Mehta as Madhav Kahin Nahin Hain in 1995.
He was a journalist by profession.
He worked as a journalist with Janashakti, a Gujarati daily from 1951 to 1962. He joined Bhavan's as an editor of Samarpan, Gujarati monthly digest. In 1968, he joined USIS and continued till 1973.
In 1973, he joined Janashakti as an editor. His writing during the Emergency was notable. After Janashakti, he joined Janmabhoomi Group of Newspapers as an Editor in Chief for Janmabhoomi, an evening daily and Pravasi, a morning daily and Janambhoomi-Pravasi, a weekly.
Before embarking on daily journalism in 1951, Harindrabhai worked with Chitrapat, a film magazine. And during his years with Chitrapat, he came into association with personalities like Shyam, Suraiya, Guru Dutt, Mehbub Khan, Motilal, Mohamad Rafi, Ramanand 'Sagar' etc.
Recognition
He received the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1978 for his poetry collection Hayati. He also received the Ranjitram Suvarna Chandrak in 1982, the Kabir Award (from the Madhya Pradesh Government), the Gujarati Sahitya Parishad award and the Goenka award for Journalism.