Vishnuprasad Trivedi
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Vishnuprasad Ranchhodlal Trivedi 4 July 1899 Umreth, Gujarat | ||||||||
| Died | 10 November 1991 (aged 92) | ||||||||
| Pen name | Prerit | ||||||||
| Occupation | writer, literary critic | ||||||||
| Language | Gujarati | ||||||||
| Nationality | Indian | ||||||||
| Education | Master of Arts | ||||||||
| Alma mater | Gujarat College | ||||||||
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Vishnuprasad Ranchhodlal Trivedi; 4 July 1899 – 10 November 1991) was a Gujarati language literary critic from India.
Life
Vishnuprasad was born in Umreth, Gujarat on July 4, 1899. After receiving his education from many institutions, including Borsad, Thasra, Kapadvanj and Nadiad, he matriculated in 1916 from the Government High School of Nadiad and was admitted to Gujarat College, Ahmedabad. At Gujarat College, he studied under Anandshankar Dhruv. He completed his Bachelor of Arts in 1920, with Sanskrit and other English subjects. He completed his Master of Arts in 1923 focusing on Sanskrit and Gujarati subjects. In 1921, he joined the MTB Arts College in Surat.
South Gujarat University awarded him Doctorate in Literature in 1971. Vishnuprasad died November 10th, 1991.
Works
He was inspired by western literature and critics such as Coleridge and Matthew Arnold and, some Gujarati writers like Govardhanram Tripathi and Anandshankar Dhruv. He used to write under his pen-name Prerit. Linguistics, poetics and philosophy were his prime interests. He published his first critical article on Saraswatichandra, a novel by Govardhanram, in 1924. Vivechana, his first collection of criticism, was published in 1939, followed by 1939 na Gujarati Vangmayni Sameeksha (1939), Parishilan (1949), Akhegita (1957), Upayan (1961), Sahitya Sansparsha (1979) and Drumaparna (1982). He lectured on Govardhanram Tripathi at Gujarat University in 1960 which are collected as Govardhanram: Chintak ane Sarjak (1963), in which he discussed and evaluated the style of Govardhanram Tripathi and his view about the philosophy of life in the context of his works Sarasvatichandra and Snehamudra. Drumaparna (1982) and Aascharyavat (1987) are his collections of essay.[1][2]
Award
He received Sahitya Akademi Award in 1962 for his work Upayana (1961) and Narmad Suvarna Chandrak in 1945 for his work Parishilan (1949). He also received Ranjitram Suvarna Chandrak in 1944 and Sahitya Gaurav Puraskar in 1983. In 1974, Sahitya Akademi awarded him fellowship.[1][2]
References
- 1 2 3 Mohan Lal (1992). Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature: Sasay to Zorgot. New Delhi: Sahitya Akademi. p. 4399. ISBN 978-81-260-1221-3. Retrieved 23 October 2017.
- 1 2 3 "સવિશેષ પરિચય: વિષ્ણુપ્રસાદ ત્રિવેદી, ગુજરાતી સાહિત્ય પરિષદ". Gujarati Sahitya Parishad (in Gujarati). Retrieved 2017-10-23.
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