Native name દવે હરીશ કૃષ્ણારામ Language Gujarati Education Sardar Patel University | Pen name Harish Meenashru Nationality Indian | |
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Born Dave Harish Krishnaram
January 3, 1953 (age 64)
Anand, Gujarat, India ( 1953-01-03 ) Occupation Poet, Translator, Bank manager Alma mater Sardar Patel University Notable awards Takhtasinh Parmar Prize (1988–1989) | ||
Harish Krishnaram Dave (Gujarati: હરીશ કૃષ્ણારામ દવે), better known by his pen name Harish Meenashru (Gujarati: હરીશ મીનાશ્રુ), is a Gujarati language poet and translator from Gujarat, India. He is best known as a postmodern poet in Gujarati literature. Some of his significant works includes Dhribaangsundar Eni Pere Dolya (1988), Suno Bhai Sadho (1999), Tandul (1999), Parjanyasukta (1999) and Banaras Diary (2016). His poems have been translated in Hindi, Marathi, Malayalam, Kannada, German and English. He received Kalapi Award in 2010, Vali Gujarati Gazal Award in 2012 and Narsinh Mehta Award in 2014.
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Life
Meenashru was born on 3 January 1953 in Anand, Gujarat, India. He studied at Dadabhai Navroji High School, Anand; also known as D N High School; from 1962 to 1969. He studied B.Sc with Chemistry at V. P. Science College, Vallabh Vidhyanagar (from 1969 to 1970) and M. B. Patel Science College, Anand (from 1970 to 1973). He received Master of Science from the Department of Chemistry of Sardar Patel University in 1975.
He started his career as a directly recruited officer at the Bank of Baroda in March 1977. He headed few branches of this bank and retired voluntarily in March 2001 as Bank of Baroda Senior Branch Manager of Amul Dairy Road branch, Anand.
He married Geeta Dave on 30 May 1977. His son Tirath was born in 1979. He lives in Bakrol, a village in Anand.
Works
Meenashru wrote his first poem in 5th standard. In 1974, his poem, Chadiyanu Dukaalgeet, came out for first time in Nootan Shikshan, a magazine edited by Gunvant Shah.
Dhribaangsundar Eni Pere Dolya, his first anthology of poems, was published in 1988, followed by Tambul (1999), Tandul (1999), Parjanyasukta (1999), Suno Bhai Sadho (1999), Pad Pranjali (2004), Pankhipadarath (2011), Shabadman Jinkun Khas Khabaran Padi (2011) and Banaras Diary (2016). Nakhasikh (1977; compilation of selected modern Gujarati Ghazals) and Shesh-Vishesh (1984) are two of his compilation. Some of his poems are edited and translated into English by Piyush Joshi as A Tree with a Thousand Wings (2008).
He has also given translation of the world poetry. He has translated into Gujarati the poems of Wang Wei, an 8th-century Chinese poet and Pablo Antonio Cuadra, a Nicaraguan poet. Some of the translations done by him are published as Deshatan(Translations of World Poetry) and Hampinā Khadako (2014; Translation of poetry of Kannada poet Chandrashekhara Kambara).
Recognition
The INT - Indian National Theater awarded him the Kalapi Award in 2010 for his significant contribution in the field of Gujarati ghazal poetry. He is also a recipient of Takhtasinh Parmar Prize (1988–89), Vali Gujarati Gazal Award (2012) and Narsinh Mehta Award (2014).