Jayant Pathak

Jayant Pathak
Native name જયંત હિંમતલાલ પાઠક
Born Jayant Himmatlal Pathak
(1920-10-20)20 October 1920
Goth village, Rajgadh, Panchmahal district, Gujarat, India
Died 1 September 2003(2003-09-01) (aged 82)
Occupation Poet, literary critic
Language Gujarati
Nationality Indian
Education M. A., Ph. D.
Alma mater M.T.B Arts College, Surat
Period Modern Gujarati literature
Notable works
  • Vananchal (1967)
  • Anunaya (1978)
  • Mrugaya (1983)
Notable awards
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Jayant Himmatlal Pathak (Gujarati: જયંત હિંમતલાલ પાઠક; 20 October 1920 - 1 September 2003) was a Gujarati poet and literary critic from Gujarat, India. He was the president of Gujarati Sahitya Parishad for 1990 - 1991. He received several awards including Sahitya Akademi Award, Kumar Suvarna Chandrak, Narmad Suvarna Chandrak, Ranjitram Suvarna Chandrak and Uma-Snehrashmi Prize. The Jayant Pathak Poetry Award is named after him.

Life

He was born in Gauda Brahmins family on 20 October 1920 at Goth, a village now in Rajgadh taluka of Panchmahal district, Gujarat, India to Ichchhaba and Himmatram Joitaram Pathak. Bachudo (Lit. Small Child) was a nickname of his childhood. Pathak raised under his grandfather Joitaram. His father Himmatram died when he was about ten years old. He completed his preschool education from Rajgadh. Then, he moved to Motabahen's (a.k.a. Pushpabahen) home in Kalol in 1930 and joined N.G.S. High School, Kalol, and completed matriculation from there in 1938. He completed Bachelor of Arts from M.T.B Arts College in 1943 and Master of Arts with Gujarati and Sanskrit subjects from Vadodara college in 1945. He received Ph.D. in 1960 under Vishnuprasad Trivedi for his research thesis, 1920 Pachhini Gujarati Kavitani Sanskrutik Bhoomika: Paribalo Ane Siddhi. He married Bhanubahen.[1]

Career

From 1943 to 1945, he served as a teacher at different schools including New Era School, Vadodara; Katapitiya School and a school at Karjan village. From 1948 to 1953, he lived in Mumbai, Pune, and Delhi and worked in different field including journalism. He joined MTB Arts College, Surat in 1953 as a professor and retired in 1980 from there. He was appointed as the president of Gujarati Sahitya Parishad for 1989 to 1991. He also served as the president of Narmad Sahitya Sabha in 1992 and of Kavi Narmad Yugavarta Trust in 1992. His literary works had been published in Gujaratmitra, Loksatta, Kumar, Buddhiprakash, Granth, Vishwa Manav, Kavita and Kavilok.[1]

He died on 1 September 2003 at his home in Nanpura, Surat.[1]

Works

Pathak was born in Panchamahal, a tribal forest region of Gujarat. This ambiance strongly influenced his poetry. He also acquainted with literary personality and influenced by them when he was young, first is his cousin Ushnas, later renowned Gujarati poet; and second is his school teacher Pranshankar Bhatt. He is also influenced by Gujarati poets Umashankar Joshi and Sundaram.[2]

Marmar, is his first collection of poems, published in 1954,[3] followed by Sanket (1960), Vismay (1964), Sarga (1969), Antariksha (1975), Anunaya (1978), Mrugaya (1983), Shooli Upar Sej (1988), Be Akshar Anandna (1992) and Drutvilambit (2003).[1] His poems are characterized by the nostalgia of lost childhood spent in his village as he finds the city life uneasy and unbearable.[4] Anunaya, a collection of his poems was translated and published by Brajendra Tripathi in 1993.[5]

His critical works are Aadhunik Kavita Pravah (1963), Aalok (1966), Tunki Varta: Swaroop ane Sahitya (1968), Jhaverchand Meghani: Jivaan ane Sahitya (1968), Ramnarayan V. Pathak (1970), Kavyalok (1974), Arthat (1997) and Tunki Varta ane Bija Lekho (2000).[1]

Recognition

He received Narmad Suvarna Chandrak (1964) for his book Vananchal, Sahitya Akademi Award (1980) for Anunaya, Uma-Snehrashmi Prize (1982 - 1983) for Mrugaya and Dhanji Kanji Gandhi Suvarna Chandrak for Shooli Upar Sej. He is also a recipient of Kumar Suvarna Chandrak (1957) and Ranjitram Suvarna Chandrak (1976). The Jayant Pathak Poetry Award is named after him.[1] He shared Premanand Suvarna Chandrak (2001) with Raghuveer Chaudhari.

Further reading

  • Pathak, Jayant (2015). Kshan Vismay Ke (Hindi translation of poems written by Jayant Pathak) (in Hindi). Translated by Daksha Vyas. Gandhinagar: Hindi Sahitya Akademi. ISBN 978-93-83317-49-3.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Patel, Darshana (6 October 2015). "Chapter 5: Jayant Pathakni Prakruti Kavita". Anugandhiyugni Prakurti Kavita : Ek Abhyas (PDF) (Ph.D) (in Gujarati). Veer Narmad South Gujarat University. hdl:10603/50289. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
  2. ↑ "Beyond The Beaten Track". Gujaratilexicon.com (in Gujarati). Retrieved 2017-03-10.
  3. ↑ Sisir Kumar Das (1991). History of Indian Literature: 1911-1956, struggle for freedom : triumph and tragedy. Sahitya Akademi. pp. 545–. ISBN 978-81-7201-798-9.
  4. ↑ K. M. George (1992). Modern Indian Literature, an Anthology: Surveys and poems. New Delhi: Sahitya Akademi. p. 138. ISBN 978-81-7201-324-0. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
  5. ↑ D. S. Rao (1 January 2004). Five Decades: The National Academy of Letters, India : a Short History of Sahitya Akademi. Sahitya Akademi. pp. 61–. ISBN 978-81-260-2060-7.
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