Dhirendra Mehta
| Dhirendra Mehta | |
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| Born |
August 29, 1944 Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India |
| Occupation |
Novelist Poet Commentator Negotiator |
| Language | Gujarati |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Ethnicity | Indian |
| Citizenship | Indian |
| Education | B.A., Ph.D. |
| Notable works | Chhavni |
| Notable awards | Sahitya Academy Award |
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Dhirendra Mehta, (Hindi: धीरेंद्र मेहता Gujarati: ધિરેન્દ્ર મેહતા born August 29, 1944 in Ahmedabad),[1] full name Dhirendra Pritamlal Mehta,[1] is a Gujarati novelist, poet, commentator and negotiator who won the 2010 Sahitya Akademi Award for Gujarati language for his novel Chhavni.[1][2][3] Based in Bhuj,[2] he did his BA degree in Gujarati in 1966.[1] He did his Ph.D. in 1976. His dissertation was named "Gujarātī Navalakathānō Upēyalakṣī Abhyāsa".[1] From 1970 to 1976, he taught Gujarati Literature in Gujarat College, Ahmedabad, and later in RR Lalan College.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Dave, Ramesh. "સાહિત્યસર્જક: ધીરેન્દ્ર મહેતા" [Writer: Dhirendra Mehta] (in Gujarati). Gujarati Sahitya Parishad.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "TOI columnist Esther David wins Akademi award". Ahmedabad: Times of India. December 21, 2010.
- ↑ Zafri Mudasser Nofil (Dec 28, 2010), "2010 Was an Action-Packed Year for Literature in India", Outlook
See also
- List of Sahitya Akademi Award winners for Gujarati – List of Gujarati language writers who have won the Sahitya Akademi Award.
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| Preceded by Shirish Panchal |
Recipient of the Sahitya Akademi Award winners for Gujarati 2010 |
Succeeded by incumbent |
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