Vinod Joshi

Vinod Joshi
at Gujarati Literature Festival, Ahmedabad, December 2016
Native name વિનોદ જોશી
Born Vinod Joshi
(1955-08-13) August 13, 1955
Bhoringda, Amreli, Gujarat
Occupation Professor, poet, critic
Language Gujarati
Nationality Indian
Education M. A., Ph.D
Period Post-modern Gujarati literature
Genres Geet, Sonnet, long narrative poems in metres
Notable awards
Spouse
Vimal Joshi (m. 1981)
Vinod Joshi
Academic work
Doctoral students Mahendrasinh Parmar

Vinod Joshi (Gujarati: વિનોદ જોશી) is a post-modern Gujarati poet, writer and critic from Gujarat, India. His notable works include Parantu (1984; collection of poems), Shikhandi (1985; long narrative poem based on Shikhandi, a character from Mahabharata), Radio Natak: Swarup ane Siddhant (1986; Radio Drama: Form and Theory, a Ph.D. awarded abridged theses), Tundil-tundika (1987; in a form of padyavarta, a genre of medieval Gujarati literature) and Zalar Vage Zoothadi (1991; collection of poems). He is recipient of the Jayant Pathak Puraskar (1985), Critic's award (1986), Kavishwar Dalpatram Award (2013), Sahitya Gaurav Puraskar (2015), Narsinh Mehta Award (2018), Kalapi Award (2018).

Early life

Vinod Joshi was born on 13 August 1955 in Bhoringda, a village of Amreli district, Gujarat. His father Hargovinddas Joshi was a Sanskrit scholar and served as a Panchayat Mantri in rural Saurashtra. Vinod Joshi is influenced by the folkloric Gujarati language inherited from his mother, Lilavati Joshi. His family is a native of Botad. He completed his preschool education from Mohanlal Motichand Balmandir, Gadhada. He completed his primary education from the Government School of Turkha, a village of Botad district, from 1960 to 1966. He took his secondary school education from N.T.M Government High School, Surendranagar (1967 to 1968); Sarvoday Vidyalaya, Lathidad (1969) and Government High School, Botad (1970). He completed his Bachelor of Arts in Gujarati literature from Kavishri Botadkar Arts and Commerce College, Botad in 1975. He completed his Master of Arts from Gujarati Anusnatak Kendra of Saurashtra University, Bhavnagar (1976) and Gujarati Bhasha Sahitya Bhavan of Saurashtra University (1977). He earned Ph.D. in 1980 from Gujarati Bhasha Sahitya Bhavan, Saurashtra University for his research thesis Radio Nataknu Kalaswaroop Ane Gujaratima Teno Vikas (Form Of Radio Drama and Its Development in Gujarati Language) under the guidance of Ishwarlal R. Dave.[1][2]

He married Vimal Joshi and they have a son, Aditya.[3]

Career

Vinod Joshi started his career as a Professor of Gujarati literature in 1977 at H.L. Patel Arts and Commerce College, Bhayavadar, a town near Upleta. From 1978 to 1987, he served as a professor at Kapadia Mahila Arts College, Bhavnagar . He served as a professor and head of the Gujarati Department at Maharaja Krishnakumarsinhaji Bhavnagar University from 1988 to 2017. He has also served as a Dean of the faculty of arts and as a Vice-Chancellor of the same university. He is former convener (2008 to 2012) of Gujarati language at Sahitya Akademi, New Delhi.[3]and again appointed as a convener (2018 to 2022) to the same National institution.

Vinod Joshi started writing poetry during his school days. In Standard 10, he explored the Sanskrit metres and ventured into the metrical form. It was in 1973, when his poem was published for the first time in Kumar, a Gujarati language magazine. Subsequently, his poems are published in other Gujarati periodicals like Kavilok, Kavita, Shabdasrishti, Parab, Navneet Samarpan, Buddhiprakash, Etad etc.[4]

Works

He has imbued refreshing rural life images in his poems, mainly through portrayal of feminine sentiments in Gujarati literature.[5]

Poetry

Parantu, his first anthology of poems, was published in 1984 by Kavilok Trust, followed by Shikhandi (1985). Shikhandi, a long narrative poem is composed in Sanskrit prosody. Shikhandi dealt with the psyche of Shikhandi and Bhishma, characters from Mahabharata. Tundil-tundika (1987) a long narrative poem of Vinod Joshi, is a reinterpretation of medieval form padyavaarta of Gujarati in a modern style. Zalar Vage Zoothadi (1991) is his most loved and sought after collection of poems. His selected poems have been compiled as Kunchi Aapo, Baaijee! by Manilal H. Patel.[6] Vinod Joshi is critically acclaimed in Gujarati literature for the elegant female sensibility in the sounds, rhymes and rhythms of his songs. In the poems of Vinod Joshi, one can perceive intense femininity, solitude, social status and indefinable individuality through images of everyday reality and objects.[7][2]

Criticism

  • Sonnet (1984)
  • Abhipret (1986)
  • Amrut Ghayal: Vyaktimatta ane Vangmay (1988) (critical works on Amrut Ghayal)
  • Udgreev (1995)
  • Nivesh (1995)
  • Radio Natak: Swaroop ane Siddhant (1986; Radio Drama: Form and Theory, An abridge theses, awarded Ph.D.)

Compilation

  • Neeraksheer (1984 to 2012)
  • Sahityano Aaswad (1992)
  • Raasatarangini (Poems of Botadkar),(1995)
  • Kavyachayan (2006)
  • Aaj Andhar Khushbo bharyo Lagto (Poems of Prahlaad Parekh), (2002)
  • Vijayray Vaidya Smarak Grantha[6]
  • Viraatna Pagthaare (Poems of Jagdeep Veerani), (2016)

Fiction

  • Morpichchha (1999) - An epistle novel

Recognition

Vinod Joshi has been awarded Kavishwar Dalpatram Award in 2013 and Sahitya Gaurav Puraskar by Gujarat Sahitya Akademi in 2015.His book on criticism, Nivesh, was awarded by Ramanlal Joshi Prize (1994) instituted by Gujarati Sahitya Parishad. He is recipient of the first Girnar Sahitya Shiromani Puraskar (2012) awarded by Doordarshan, Ahmedabad, He is also a recipient of Umashankar Joshi Award (1986), Jayant Pathak Poetry Award (1984), Critics Award (1986), Zaverchand Meghani Award (2011), Rashtriya Kalakendra Appreciation Award (2014), Kala Ratna Award by Gujarat Kala Pratishthan (2016).[8][6][2] He received Narsinh Mehta Award of 2018 for his contribution in Gujarati poetry. He received Samarpan Sanman (2018) by Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan for his Prabandh-Kavya Sairandhree and Kalapi Award (2018) by INT for his contribution to Gujarati poetry.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "M K Bhavnagar University Official Website". M K Bhavnagar University Official Website. Retrieved 2016-04-22.
  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. 258–260. ISBN 978-93-5108-247-7.
  3. 1 2 Shukla, Kirit (2008). Gujarati Sahityakar Parichaykosh. Gandhinagar: Gujarat Sahitya Akademi. p. 138. ISBN 9789383317028.
  4. ↑ Joshi, Vinod (December 2011). Trivedi, Harshad, ed. "Mari Kavita Yatra". Shabdasrishti. Gandhinagar: Gujarat Sahitya Akademi. ISSN 2319-3220.
  5. ↑ "Welcome to Muse India". Welcome to Muse India. Retrieved 2016-04-23.
  6. 1 2 3 Brahmbhatt, Prasad (2014). History of Modern Gujarati Literature (Modern & Post Modern Era. Ahmedabad: Parshva Publication. ISBN 978-93-5108-247-7.
  7. ↑ Jhaveri, Dileep (April 2014). "Dileep Jhaveri: "Beckoning to the Woods"". Muse India. ISSN 0975-1815. Retrieved 2016-04-29.
  8. ↑ "Pro.Dr. Vinod Joshi Got Gaurav Award to the Sahitya Akademi- m.divyabhaskar.co.in". Divya Bhaskar (in Gujarati). 2015-06-27. Retrieved 2016-04-22.
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