Pravin Pandya (born 16 February 1957) is a Gujarati language poet, writer, playwright and dramatist from Gujarat, India. His significant works include Ajavasnan Matsya (1994), India Lodge (2003), Hathiraja Ane Bija Natako (2004) and Barda Na Dungar (2009). He is noted in Gujarati literature for his theatre activism and his dramatized adaptations of Hindi poet Shamser Bahadur Singh's works.
Early life
Pandya was born in
Dhrangadhra, Surendranagar district,
Gujarat to Jagjivandas and Mangalabahen. He completed his schooling from K. M. Boys High School, Dhrangadhra. He got his Bachelor of Arts (Dramatics) from Gujarat University in 1989. He completed Diploma in Journalism in 1991. He lives in
Ahmedabad.
Career
He is a member of Advisory Board for Gujarati at
Sahitya Akademi,
New Delhi since 2014.
Works
Ajavasnan Matsya, his first anthology of poems, was published in 1994, followed by
Barda Na Dungar (2009) and
Aa Kaurav Pandavna Samayma (2014). His poems reflect social images and political thoughts.
Hathiraja Ane Bija Natako (2004) and
India Lodge (2004) are his collections of plays. He adapted
Sudamacharitra of
Premanand Bhatt in Gujarati play as
Pachhi Sudamoji Boliya which was published in
Kumar (April 2016), a Gujarati magazine. He also adapted Hindi poet Shamser Bahadur Singh's works in Gujarati plays.
Recognition
His poem
Vyatha Chakra Kavita, published in
Kavilok (1992), won the 1992 Balvantray Thakor Prize. He won the
Ushnas Prize (1994–95) for his poetry collection
Ajavasnan Matsya (1994) and the Uma-Snehrashmi Prize (2008-09) for his poetry collection
Barda Na Dungar (2009). His play
Begum Hajarat has been translated into 22 languages of India and telecast by
Prasar Bharati in 2013. In 2008, he won Best Book Prize (2004) of Gujarat Sahitya Academy for his collection of plays
India Lodge. In November 2015, he declared that he would return the award and money.
See also
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List of Gujarati-language writers
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