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Yagnesh Dave

Indian Gujarati-language poet

Sahitya Akademi Award (2021)
Narsinh Mehta Award (2022)

Yagnesh Rameshchandra Dave (born 24 March 1954) is a Gujarati writer and poet from India. He received the 2021 Sahitya Akademi Award for his poetry collection Gandhmanjusha (2014).

Biography

Yagnesh Dave was born on 24 March 1954 in Rajkot, Gujarat, India. He completed M.Sc. and obtained his Ph.D. in experimental biology. He worked as an assistant station director at Akashvani, Vadodara.^[1]^[2]

Works

His first poetry collection, Jatismar, came out in 1992. It was followed by Jal ni Aankhe (1982), Andar Khulta Darvaja (2006) and Gandhmanjusha (2014). His essays are collected in Aaso ma Ughadto Ashadh (2000). Ghar Aangan na Pakshio and Vadadada ni Vato (1992) are his works of children literature.^[1]

Awards

He received the 2021 Sahitya Akademi Award for his poetry collection Gandhmanjusha. He is a recipient of Jayanth Pathak Poetry Award and B. K. Thakore Award.^[1]^[2] He received the 2022 Narsinh Mehta Award.^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Shastri, Keshavram Kashiram (2013) [1977 (1st ed.)]. Trivedi, Shraddha; Shah, Kirtida; Shah, Pratibha (eds.). Gujaratna Saraswato ― 2 ગુજરાતના સારસ્વતો ― ખંડ ૨ [Who's Who in Literature of Gujarat ― 2] (in Gujarati) (Updated ed.). Ahmedabad: Gujarat Sahitya Sabha. p. 69. OCLC 900401455.
^ ^a ^b Jariwala, Masuma Bharmal (15 February 2022). "Sahitya Akademi Award goes to Rajkotian after 27-year wait". First India. Archived from the original on 24 March 2023. Retrieved 24 March 2023.
^ "ચાર કવિને અપાશે નરસિંહ મહેતા અવૉર્ડ" [Narsinh Mehta Award will be given to these four poets from Gujarat]. Gujarati Mid-Day (in Gujarati). 12 September 2023. Archived from the original on 9 November 2023. Retrieved 9 November 2023.