| Niranjan Bhagat | |
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| Born | April 18, 1926 Ahmedabad, Bombay Presidency, British India |
| Occupation | Poet Essayist Litterateur Editor |
| Language | Gujarati, English |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Ethnicity | Indian |
| Citizenship | Indian |
| Notable work(s) | Gujarati Sahiyta-Purvardha Uttarardha |
| Notable award(s) | Sahitya Academy Award |
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Niranjan Bhagat, (Gujarati: નિરંજન ભગત Hindi: निरंजन भगत); born May 18, 1926 in Ahmedabad),[1] full name Niranjan Narhari Bhagat,[1] is a Gujarati poet and commentator who won the 1999 Sahitya Akademi Award for Gujarati language for his critic Gujarati Sahiyta-Purvardha Uttarardha.[1][2] He is also an English poet, and has written over hundred 100 poems in English, most being written in the style of Gitanjali.[3]
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Niranjan Bhagat was born on May 18, 1926 in Ahmedabad.[1][3] Born to mother Mena and father Narhari Bhagat, his birth took place in a 'pol' next to a famous vaishnav temple.[3] His original last name was Gandhi.[3] His father was a businessman, and his grandfather was a member of Bhajana Mandali, due to which he came to be known as Bhagat, which his descendants adopted as their surname.[3] His primary education was in a municipal school, the time which he refers as le vert paradis des amours enfantines (the green paradise of childish loves).[3]
His life's most tragic event happened when he was 10; his father renounced his home.[3] As a result the poet had to spent seventeen years of his life with his maternal family.[3]
Niranjan Bhagat did his Intermediate Arts in L.D. Arts College from 1944 to 1946,[3] after which he enrolled for B.A. in English literature at Elphinstone College, Mumbai.[3] Later he completed his M.A. in 1950 and joined L.D. Arts College as a lecturer.[3]
Bhagat has been deeply inspire from Rabindranath Tagore, the author of Gitanjali.[3] He also went forward to learn Bengali language in order to read Tagore's works in their original text.[3] He also tried to write in Bengali himself.[3]
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| Preceded by Jayant Kothari |
Recipient of the Sahitya Akademi Award winners for Gujarati 1999 |
Succeeded by Vinesh Antani |