GN Devy

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Ganesh N. Devy (born 1950), formerly professor of English at the Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, a renowned literary critic and activist is founder and director of the Tribal Academy at Tejgadh, Gujarat, and director of the Sahitya Akademi’s Project on Literature in Tribal Languages and Oral Traditions. He was educated at Shivaji University, Kolhapur and the University of Leeds, UK. Among his many academic assignments, he has held fellowships at Leeds and Yale Universities and has been a Jawaharlal Nehru Fellow (1994-96).

Currently (2002 - 2006), he is a Professor at the Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Commmunication Technology (DA-IICT), Gandhinagar.

[edit] Awards

He was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award for `After Amnesia', and the SAARC Writers’ Foundation Award for his work with denotified tribals. He has also won the reputed Prince Claus Award (2003) awarded by the Prince Claus Fund for his work for the conservation of the history, languages and views of oppressed communities in the Indian state of Gujarat.

Along with Laxman Gaikwad and Mahashweta Devi, he is one of the founders of The Denotified and Nomadic Tribes Rights Action Group (DNT-RAG).

[edit] Publications

His publications are Critical Thought (1987), In Another Tongue (1992), Of Many Heroes (1997), India Between Tradition and Modernity (co-edited, 1997) and Indian Literary Criticism: Theory & Interpretation (2002). His recent publications are `Vaanprastha' in Marathi and `Adivasi Jane Che' in Gujarati. He has also contributed a philosophical essay on Truth from Indian philosophical perspective in `Keywords: Truth'. His latest books are `Vanaprastha' in Marathi and ` A Nomad Called Thief' 2006..He has edited `Painted Words: An Anthology of Tribal Literature' (2002).