Manhar Modi

Manhar Modi
Native name મનહર શાંતિલાલ મોદી
Born Manhar Shantilal Modi
(1937-04-15)15 April 1937
Ahmedabad, Gujarat
Died 23 February 2003(2003-02-23) (aged 65)
Occupation poet, editor
Language Gujarati
Nationality Indian
Education Master of Arts
Alma mater Gujarat University
Period Modern Gujarati literature
Genre ghazal, free verse
Literary movement Re Math
Notable works
  • Om Tat Sat (1967)
  • 11 Dariya (1986)
Notable awards

Manhar Modi was a Gujarati poet from Gujarat, India. Born and educated in Ahmedabad, he taught Gujarati at various colleges and edited several magazines. He was experimental in his poetry.

Life

Modi was born on 15 April 1937 in Ahmedabad. He completed his school education in Ahmedabad. He completed BA in Economics and Arithmetic in 1962. He also completed BA in Gujarati and Sanskrit in 1964 and MA in the same subjects in 1966 from Gujarat University.[1][2][3]

He had joined various profession during his student life. He worked as a textile design salesman from 1956 to 1958. He also served as a senior clerk in Western Railway from 1958 to 1966. He briefly served as a professor of Gujarati in Bhavan's College, Dakor in 1966. He later joined Bhakta Vallabh Dhola Arts and Commerce College, Ahmedabad as a professor of Gujarati and served till retirement. He served as an Editor-in-charge of Nirikshak magazine for eight years. He also served as the editor of Udgar, a magazine owned by R. R. Sheth Co. He later founded publication house, Rannade Prakashan and started a family magazine, Olakh and served as its editor for sixteen years. He headed Gujarati Adhyapak Sangh for some years and edited its yearly, Adheet. He briefly edited Parab, a monthly of Gujarati Sahitya Parishad. He was the president of Asait Sahitya Sabha and the vice-president of Gujarati Sahitya Parishad.[1][2][3]

He died on 23 February 2003.[1]

Works

He was associated with Re Math, a modernist literary movement of Gujarati literature from his early days. He was experimental in his poetry.[1][2][4]

Akruti (1963) is his first collection of poems followed by Om Tat Sat (1967) which has experimental poetry in which takes poetry to extreme of meaninglessness.[5] 11 Dariya (1986) is his collection of ghazals. Manhar ane Modi is his second ghazal collection. His other poetry collections are Hasumati ane Bija (1987), Ek Vadhrani Kshan (1993), Shrimukh Tadako ane Manhariyat.[1][2][3]

He edited Gazal Usine Chhedi (1974) with other Re Math poets. He co-edited poetry with Adil Mansuri and Chinu Modi in Gami Te Gazal (1976). He also co-edited Suresh Joshi: Mulyankan, Gadyanu Kalaswarup, Adhit (2010-11-12), Vivechanna Abhigamao and Gujaratina Adhyapakono Mahiti Kosh (1988).[1][2]

Awards

He was awarded prizes by Gujarati Sahitya Parishad and Gujarati Sahitya Akademi for 11 Dariya. He also received prize of Gujarati Sahitya Akademi and Kalapi Award for Ek Vadharani Kshan in 2002. He was awarded Dhanji Kanji Gandhi Suvarna Chandrak in 1998.[1][3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Brahmabhatt, Prasad (2010). અર્વાચીન ગુજરાતી સાહિત્યનો ઈતિહાસ - આધુનિક અને અનુઆધુનિક યુગ (History of Modern Gujarati Literature – Modern and Postmodern Era) (in Gujarati). Ahmedabad: Parshwa Publication. pp. 99–102. ISBN 978-93-5108-247-7.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "મનહર મોદી (Manhar Modi)". Gujarati Sahitya Parishad (in Gujarati). Retrieved 22 December 2016.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Kartik Chandra Dutt (1999). Who's who of Indian Writers, 1999: A-M. Sahitya Akademi. p. 779. ISBN 978-81-260-0873-5.
  4. ↑ Indian Writing Today. Nirmala Sadanand Publishers. 1967. p. 27.
  5. ↑ Contemporary Gujarati poetry. Western India Pub. Co. 1972.
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