Jyotindra Dave

Jyotindra Dave
Born 21 October 1901
Surat, Gujarat, India
Died 11 September 1980 (aged 78)
Bombay
Occupation humourist, author
Language Gujarati
Nationality Indian

Jyotindra Dave was an Indian humourist of Gujarati literature.

Life

He was born in Surat on 21 October 1901. He completed matriculation in 1919, BA in 1923 and MA in 1925 from Surat. He joined K. M. Munshi in Bombay to write history of Gujarati literature from 1926 to 1933. He taught at Kabibai highschool in Mumbai for brief period when Munshi was in jail. He also co-edited Gujarat monthly. From 1933 to 1937, he taught Gujarati language at MTB College, Surat. On Munshi's request, he returned to Bombay in 1937 and worked as a translator in Oriental office of Bombay Government until his retirement in 1956. He later taught Gujarati in various colleges of Bombay and later served as a principal in college at Mandvi, Kutch. He also served as a president of Gujarati Sahitya Parishad in 1966.[1][2]

He spent his later years in Bombay and died there on 11 September 1980.[1][2]

Works

Dave used all forms of humour in his writing including satire, parody, wit, conceit.[2]

Selected works

Awards

He received Ranjitram Suvarna Chandrak in 1941. He also received Narmad Suvarna Chandrak in 1950.[1]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Jyotindra Dave" (in Gujarati). Gujarati Sahitya Parishad. Retrieved 31 July 2014.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 George, K. M. (1992). Modern Indian Literature, an Anthology: Plays and prose 3. Sahitya Akademi. p. 205. ISBN 9788172017835.