Ravindra Parekh

Ravindra Parekh (Gujarati: રવીન્દ્ર પારેખ) is a Gujarati short story writer, novelist, playwright, poet, critic and translator from Gujarat, India.

Life

Ravindra Parekh was born on 21 November 1946 in Kalwada village (now in Valsad district, Gujarat) to Ambaben and Maganlal Parekh. He studied in Surat. He studied B. Sc. in Chemistry and Physics in 1969, B. A. in Gujarati and Psychology in 1977, and M. A. in Gujarati and Hindi as well as LL.B. in 1979 from Veer Narmad South Gujarat University. He worked with Union Bank of India and retired. He has worked as a vice-chairman of Gujarati Sahitya Parishad.[1][2]

Works

Ravindra Parekh a is prolific writer.[1]

His short story collections include: Swapnavato (1986), Sandhikal (1994) and Paryay (2002). Swapnavato was awarded Umashankar Joshi Prize while Paryay won Saroj Pathak Memorial Prize.[1]

Jaldurg (1984) was his first novel which was suspense story around psychological view of relationship between man and woman. Atikram (1989) was first serialized in Kadambari magazine and later as a book. His other two novels Crosswire and Lathukam (1998) were serialized in Gujarat Mitra daily. Lathukam is based on his unpublished radio play.[1]

His one-act play collections Ghar Vagarna Dwar (1993) and Hu Tamaro Hu Chhu (2003) are awarded by Gujarat Sahitya Akademi. They also contain children’s plays.[1]

His first poetry collection E To Ravindra Chhe (2003) has only ghazals. Harisamvad (2003) has devotional songs. Saral (2007) has forty songs and sixty ghazals.[1]

Hasya Parishadma Jata (2003) has collection of humourous essays. Anyokti (2003), Nishpati (20040 and Sammiti (2005) are his works of criticism.[1]

He has translated Laxman Gaikwad’s autobiography Uchalaya from Marathi to Gujarati as Uthaugeer. Deshvidesh (2003) is a collection of translation of short stories from India and abroad. He adapted Mahesh Elkunchwar’s play Vada Chirebandi in Gujarati as Tirade Futi Kumpal. He has edited Gujarati Navlikachayan (1997) published by Gujarati Sahitya Parishad.[1]

Personal life

He married Pushpa S. Kavatkar in 1972. They has two sons and a daughter.[2] His son Dhwanil Parekh is also poet and writer.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 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. 238–241. ISBN 978-93-5108-247-7.
  2. 1 2 Jani, Suresh B. (2007-07-12). "રવીન્દ્ર પારેખ" [Ravindra Parekh]. ગુજરાતી પ્રતિભા પરિચય (in Gujarati). Retrieved 2018-07-04.
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