Occupation Author Name Rajendra Shah Nationality Indian Role Poet | Alma mater MSU Baroda Died January 2, 2010 Period 1947-2003 Awards Jnanpith Award | |
Born 28 January 1913
Kheda, British India ( 1913-01-28 ) Notable works Shant Kolahal,
Vishadne Saad Education Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda | ||
Gujarati poet rajendra shah
Rajendra Keshavlal Shah (January 28, 1913 – January 2, 2010) was a lyrical poet who wrote in Gujarati. Born in Kapadvanaj, he authored more than 20 collections of poems and songs, mainly on the themes of the beauty of nature, and about the everyday lives of indigenous peoples and fisherfolk communities. In his poems using Sanskrit metrics, he was influenced by Rabindranath Tagore. He is considered as one of the giants of post Gandhi-era in Gujarati literature.
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Among his various professions, Shah was also a printer in Mumbai, where he launched the poetry magazine Kavilok in 1957. The press itself became an important Sunday meeting-place for Gujarati poets. Apart from writing poetry, Shah also translated into Gujarati Tagore's poetry collection Balaaka; Jayadeva's Gita Govinda; Coleridge's The Rime of the Ancient Mariner; and Dante's The Divine Comedy.
Shah won the Jnanpith Award for 2001. The judges noted, "his intensity of emotion and innovation in form and expression which set him apart as a poet of great significance. The mystical tone of his poetry stems from the tradition of great medieval masters like Narsinh Mehta, Kabir and Akho."
dard a poem by kaivalya rajendra shah shah
Life
In 1930, he discontinued from the study, as he was arrested in Civil disobedience movement and sentenced to the jail. In 1931, He married Manjula Agrawal. Later, in 1934, he joined Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda and completed his bachelors in philosophy, and thereafter, started his career by teaching school students in Ahmedabad.
He died on 2 January 2010 in Mumbai.
Awards
He won Kumar Chandrak in 1947, Ranjitram Suvarna Chandrak in 1956. He received Sahitya Akademi Award (1963) for his book Shant Kolahal. He is also a recepiant of Aurobindo Suvarna Chandrak presented (1980) by Gujarati Sahitya Parishad, Sahitya Gaurav Puraskar (1992) and Narsinh Mehta Award 1999. He received Jnanpith Award, considered to be India's highest literary award, in 2001