Books Simplification of Life | Nationality Indian Education Doctor of Philosophy | |
Occupation Poet, Translator, Editor, Bank officer Notable works Burning From Both The Ends (1980)What Did I Do To Be Black and Blue (1987)Bahishkrut Phulo (2006) | ||
Neerav Patel is a Gujarati and English language poet, translator and editor from Gujarat, India. He is best known for his significant contribution in Gujarati Dalit literature such as Burning From Both The Ends (1980, English poems), What Did I Do To Be Black and Blue (1987, English poems) and Bahishkrut Phulo (2006, Gujarati). He edited Swaman, a journal of dalit writings in Gujarati.
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Life
Neerav Patel was born on 2 December 1950 in Bhuwaldi, a village in Daskroi Taluka of Ahmedabad district, Gujarat. He earned Ph.D in English literature. He served as a Bank Officer. After his retirement, he devotes his entire time to Dalit literature and activity.
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He pioneered the movement of Gujarati Dalit literature, publishing the first ever Gujarati Dalit literary magazine Akrosh in 1978 under the auspices of the Dalit Panther of Gujarat. He also edited short-lived Gujarati magazines with others namely Kalo Suraj, Sarvanam, Swaman and Vacha He has published two poetry collections in English, Burning From Both The Ends (1980) and What Did I Do To Be Black and Blue (1987). He published an anthology of Gujarati poem Bahishkrut Phulo in 2006. He has explored Dalit sensibility in his poems.