Harindra Dave


Harindra J Dave was a Gujarati poet, journalist, playwright and novelist of the post-independence Gujarati literature.

Life

He was born on 19 September 1930 in Khambhra village in Kachchh District, Gujarat, India. He was educated at the Shamaldas Gandhi College, Bhavnagar and later the University of Bombay.

Career

He authored more than fifty works, including poems, essays, drama and fiction.
Aganpankhi, Madhav Kyayn Nathi, Krishna ane Manav Sambandho, Mukhvato, Anagat, Hayati, Sang-Asang, Lohi no Rang Lal, Gandhi Ni Kavad are his some works. His work Krishna ane Manav Sambandho is a monumental research work on Krishna theme. His novel Madhav Kyany Nathi was translated into Hindi by Bhanushankar Mehta as Madhav Kahin Nahin Hain in 1995.
;Journalism
He was a journalist by profession
He worked as a journalist with Janashakti, a Gujarati daily from 1951 to 1962. He joined Bhavan's as an editor of Samarpan, Gujarati monthly digest. In 1968, he joined USIS and continued till 1973.
In 1973, he joined Janashakti as an editor. His writing during the Emergency was notable. After Janashakti, he joined Janmabhoomi Group of Newspapers as an Editor in Chief for 'Janmabhoomi', an evening daily and 'Pravasi', a morning daily and 'Janambhoomi-Pravasi, a weekly.
Before embarking on daily journalism in 1951, Harindrabhai worked with Chitrapat, a film magazine. And during those years with Chitrapat, he came into association with personalities like Shyam, Suraiya, Guru Dutt, Mehbub Khan, Motilal, Mohammad Rafi, Ramanand Sagar etc.

Recognition

He received the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1978 for his poetry collection Hayati. He also received the Ranjitram Suvarna Chandrak in 1982, the Kabir Award, the Gujarati Sahitya Parishad award and the Goenka award for Journalism.

Personal life

He married Jayalakshmi in 1947. He had three sons from his first marriage: Rohit, Prakash and Deepak.