Priyakant Maniar

Priyakant Maniar
Born Priyakant Premachand Maniar
(1927-01-24)24 January 1927
Viramgam, Gujarat, India
Died 25 June 1976(1976-06-25) (aged 49)
Ahmedabad, Gujarat
Occupation Poet
Language Gujarati
Residence Ahmedabad
Nationality Indian
Notable works
  • Pratik (1953)
  • Lilero Dhal (1979; posthumously)
Notable awards
Spouse
Ranjan (m. 1956)

Priyakant Premachand Maniar, also spelled Maniyar, (24 January 1927 - 25 June 1976), was a Gujarati poet from Gujarat, India. He published seven collections of symbolic and imagist poetry, and was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award posthumously in 1982 for his poetry collection Lilero Dhal (1979), a collection of love songs about Radha and Krishna.

Life

Priyakant Maniar was born to Premachand and Premakunwar in Viramgam in Gujarat, India on 24 January 1927. His parents had migrated to Viramgam from Amreli for business. He was the second of five children. He started his primary school education at Mandal, where he studied until 2nd grade. He dropped out of New High School in Ahmedabad a few years later and around this period, he wrote his first poem, Pankhi ane Dano (Lit. Bird and Bird-seed), and sent it for publication in the Kumar magazine. The editor of Kumar, Bachubhai Ravat suggested he join the Budh Sabha, a weekly literary workshop.[1] He was a bangle-maker by profession.[2]

Maniar married Ranjan in April 1956. He had two daughters Jui and Gauri born in 1959 and 1960 respectively, while his son Nigam, was born in 1963.[1] He died on 25 June 1976 in Ahmedabad.[3]

Works

Priyankant Maniar is considered as one of the four major poets of the Niranjan school, named after poet Niranjan Bhagat in Gujarati literature. Other major poets of this school include Hasmukh Pathak and Nalin Raval.[4][5] He wrote symbolic and imagist poetry.[2] He published seven collections of poems: Pratik (Sumbol; 1953), Ashabda Ratri (Silent Night; 1959), Sparsha (Touch; 1966), Sameep (Nearness; 1972), Prabal Gati (Powerful Speed; 1974), Vyom Lipi (Sky's Alphabet; 1979) and Lilero Dhal (Green Slope; 1979). His poems are composed in metrical, prosodic, orthometric, and blank verses.[4]

Lilero Dhal is a collection of love songs of Radha and Krishna. Along with these love songs, the book contains songs which depict the beauty of nature, mountains, springs, clouds, and rainbows. The songs became very popular among poetry lovers, as they are melodious and composed in folk tunes.[6]

Awards

He received Kumar Suvarna Chandrak in 1963, Uma-Snehrashmi Prize (1972-1973). He received the Sahitya Akademi Award posthumously in 1982 for his poetry collection Lilero Dhal.[3][6]

Further reading

  • Brahmabhatt, Prasad (1983). Priyakant Maniar (in Gujarati). Ahmedabad: Adarsh Prakashan. OCLC 21937764.
  • Raval, Nalin (1998). Priyakant Maniar. Gujarati Granthakar Shreni (in Gujarati). Ahmedabad: Gurjar Grantharatna Karyalay. OCLC 43639381.
  • Brahmabhatt, Prasad (1989). Pratik Ni Kavita (Study of Poetry of Priyakant Maniar (in Gujarati). Ahmedabad: Parshva Publication. OCLC 21154465.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Vyas, Jagdish (1990). "Chapter 1". કવિશ્રી પ્રિયકાંત મણિયાર: એક અધ્યયન [Poet Priyakant Maniar: A study] (Ph.D.) (in Gujarati). Ahmedabad: Department of Gujarati, Gujarat University. pp. 1–8.
  2. 1 2 "Contributors". Indian Literature. New Delhi: Sahitya Akademi. 23: 577. January–April 1980. JSTOR 23335045.  – via JSTOR (subscription required)
  3. 1 2 "સવિશેષ પરિચય: પ્રિયકાંત મણિયાર, ગુજરાતી સાહિત્ય પરિષદ". Gujarati Sahitya Parishad (in Gujarati). Retrieved 2018-05-23.
  4. 1 2 Amaresh Datta, ed. (1989). Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature: K To Navalram. New Delhi: Sahitya Akademi. pp. 2580–2581. ISBN 978-0-8364-2423-2.
  5. ↑ Madras All india Poets Meet (1973). Symposium on poetry India. Krishna Srinivas. p. 92. Retrieved 23 May 2018.
  6. 1 2 Param Abichandani (1995). Encyclopedia of Indian Literature: Supplementary Entries and Index. South Asia Books. p. 4790. ISBN 9789995194123.
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