Sanskritirani Desai

Sanskritirani Desai
Born (1958-10-01) 1 October 1958
Baroda, Bombay State (now Vadodara, Gujarat), India
Nationality Indian
Occupation Poet
Notable work Suryo Ja Suryo (1993)
Parent(s) Sudhir Desai, Tarini Desai
Relatives Dhvani Desai, Sanskar Desai

Sanskritirani Desai is Gujarati poet from India.

Life

Sanskritirani was born in Baroda (now Vadodara) on 1 October 1958 to Sudhir Desai and Tarini Desai who were Gujarati writers. Her sister Dhvani Desai is also poet and filmmaker. She studied an M. A.[1] in Statistics, M. B. A. in Finance and Diploma in Management Studies. She works as the General Manager in the Information Technology Department of a Public Limited Company. She knows Gujarati, Hindi, English, Marathi, Bengali, Sanskrit and Russian languages. She is a painter, swimmer, dancer as well as karateka.[2][3][1]

Works

Her first poetry collection Suryo Ja Suryo (1993) included unique modern poems on the sun and its different forms. It received her critical acclaim.[2][3] Sapna Vatemarguo is her another poetry collection. She has translated several poems from Russian into Gujarati and English.[1]

Awards

Her Suryo Ja Suryo received her several awards such as Takhtasinh Parmar Prize (1992-93)[4] and Phanishwarnath Renu Sahitya Award. She has also received two prizes from Gujarati Sahitya Parishad, Gira Gurjari Award, Dinkar Shah Kavi 'Jay' Prize.[2][3][1]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Kartik Chandra Dutt (1999). Who's who of Indian Writers, 1999: A-M. Sahitya Akademi. p. 312. ISBN 978-81-260-0873-5.
  2. 1 2 3 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. 144–145. ISBN 978-93-5108-247-7.
  3. 1 2 3 Jani, Suresh B. (2007-05-26). "સંસ્કૃતિરાણી દેસાઇ, Sanskrutirani Desai". ગુજરાતી પ્રતિભા પરિચય (in Gujarati). Retrieved 2018-02-28.
  4. ↑ Desai, Parul (2013). Gujarati Sahitya Parishad Prize. Ahmedabad: Gujarati Sahitya Parishad. p. 40.
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