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Native name | દવે હરીશ કૃષ્ણારામ |
Born | Dave Harish Krishnaram January 3, 1953 Anand, Gujarat, India |
Pen name | Harish Meenashru |
Occupation | Poet, Translator, Bank manager |
Language | Gujarati |
Nationality | Indian |
Education | Master of Science |
Alma mater | Sardar Patel University |
Period | Modern Gujarati literature |
Genres | Ghazal, Geet, Free verse |
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Harish Krishnaram Dave (Gujarati: હરીશ કૃષ્ણારામ દવે), better known by his pen name Harish Meenashru (Gujarati: હરીશ મીનાશ્રુ), is a Gujarati language poet and translator from Gujarat, India.[1] He is best known as a postmodern poet in Gujarati literature. Some of his significant works include Dhribaangsundar Eni Pere Dolya (1988), Suno Bhai Sadho (1999), Tandul (1999), Parjanyasukta (1999), and Banaras Diary (2016). His poems have been translated in Hindi, Marathi, Malayalam, Kannada, German, and English. He received a Kalapi Award (2010), Vali Gujarati Gazal Award (2012), and Narsinh Mehta Award (2014).[2]
Life
Meenashru was born on 3 January 1953 in Anand, Gujarat, India. He studied at Dadabhai Navroji High School (D.N High School), Anand from 1962 to 1969. He earned a B. Sc. in Chemistry from V. P. Science College, Vallabh Vidhyanagar (from 1969 to 1970) and M. B.[clarification needed] at Patel Science College, Anand (from 1970 to 1973). He received a M. Sc. from the Department of Chemistry of the Sardar Patel University in 1975.[3]
Meenashru started his career as a directly recruited officer at the Bank of Baroda in March 1977.[3] He headed a few branches of this bank and retired voluntarily in March 2001 as a Senior Branch Manager of Amul Dairy Road branch, Anand.[4]
He married Geeta Dave on 30 May 1977. Their son, Tirath, was born in 1979.[citation needed] He lives in Bakrol, a village in Anand.[2]
Works
Meenashru wrote his first poem in 5th standard. In 1974, his poem, Chadiyanu Dukaalgeet, was first published in Nootan Shikshan, a magazine edited by Gunvant Shah.[5]
Dhribaangsundar Eni Pere Dolya, his first anthology of poems, was published in 1988, followed by Tambul (1999), Tandul (1999), Parjanyasukta (1999), Suno Bhai Sadho (1999), Pad Pranjali (2004), Pankhipadarath (2011), Shabadman Jinkun Khas Khabaran Padi, (2011), and Banaras Diary (2016).
Nakhasikh (1977; compilation of selected modern Gujarati Ghazals) and Shesh-Vishesh (1984) are two of his compilation.[3] Some of his poems have been edited and translated into English by Piyush Joshi as A Tree with a Thousand Wings (2008).[6]
He has also translated world poetry. He has translated into Gujarati the poems of Wang Wei, an 8th-century Chinese poet and Pablo Antonio Cuadra, a Nicaraguan poet. Some of the translated poems are published as Deshatan (Translations of World Poetry) and Hampinā Khadako (2014; translation of poetry of Kannada poet, Chandrashekhara Kambara).[4]
Criticism
Dileep Jhaveri praised him in Muse India (Issue 68: Jul-Aug 2016), "Harish Minashru is an important name because of his constant preoccupation in exploring several possibilities of language by way of musicality, associations and multiple combinations of words or their fragments uniting into surprisingly new words. This creates new challenges for the meanings and poetic intentions. His basic support is minute observations of objects and phenomena along with mastery over Sanskrit, medieval and modern verse forms. He does not hesitate to take risk of anarchy while ascertaining individuality. This is the fundamental function of poetry."[7]
Awards & recognition
Year | Award | Conferred by |
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2014 | Narsinh Mehta Award[8] | |
2012 | Vali Gujarati Gazal Award[8][9] | |
2010 | Kalapi Award | Indian National Theatre |
1988-89 | Takhtasinh Parmar Prize |
See also
References
- ^ Dutt, Kartik Chandra (2016-07-18). "Who's who of Indian Writers, 1999: A-M". Google Books. Retrieved 2016-07-21.
- ^ a b "Poets translating Poets". Poets - Goethe-Institut (in Latin). Retrieved 2016-07-21.
- ^ a b c 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. 130–131. ISBN 978-93-5108-247-7.
- ^ a b Shukla, Kirit (2008). Gujarati Sahityakosh. Gandhinagar: Gujarat Sahitya Akadami. ISBN 9789383317028.
- ^ Meenashru, Harish (December 2011). Trivedi, Harshad (ed.). "An article about his creative journey by poet". Shabdasrishti. Gandhinagar: Gujarat Sahitya Akademi. ISSN 2319-3220.
- ^ "Welcome to Muse India". Ambika Ananth – ‘A Tree with a Thousand Wings’. Retrieved 2016-07-23.
- ^ "Muse India". Muse India. Retrieved 2016-07-21.
- ^ a b "Poets translating Poets - Poets - Goethe-Institut". www.goethe.de. Retrieved 2018-11-01.
- ^ "Poet Harish Minashru gets Vali award". The Indian Express. 2013-07-24. Retrieved 2018-11-01.
External links
Harish Meenashru on GujLit