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Sanskritirani Desai

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Sanskritirani Desai
Born (1958-10-01) 1 October 1958 (age 66)
NationalityIndian
OccupationPoet
Notable workSuryo Ja Suryo (1993)
Parent(s)Sudhir Desai, Tarini Desai
RelativesDhvani Desai, Sanskar Desai

Sanskritirani Desai is Gujarati poet from India.

Life

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Sanskritirani was born in Baroda (now Vadodara) on 1 October 1958 to Sudhir Desai and Tarini Desai who were Gujarati writers. Her sister Dhvani Desai is also poet and filmmaker. She studied for an M. A.[1] in Statistics, M. B. A. in Finance and Diploma in Management Studies. She works as the General Manager in the Information Technology Department of a Public Limited Company. She knows Gujarati, Hindi, English, Marathi, Bengali, Sanskrit and Russian languages. She is a painter, swimmer, dancer as well as karateka.[2][3][1]

Works

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Her first poetry collection Suryo Ja Suryo (1993) included unique modern poems on the sun and its different forms. It received critical acclaim.[2][3] Sapna Vatemarguo is her other poetry collection. She has translated several poems from Russian into Gujarati and English.[1]

Awards

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Her Suryo Ja Suryo received several awards such as Takhtasinh Parmar Prize (1992–93)[4] and Phanishwarnath Renu Sahitya Award. She has also received two prizes from Gujarati Sahitya Parishad, Gira Gurjari Award, Dinkar Shah Kavi 'Jay' Prize.[2][3][1]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d Kartik Chandra Dutt (1999). Who's who of Indian Writers, 1999: A-M. Sahitya Akademi. p. 312. ISBN 978-81-260-0873-5.
  2. ^ 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. 144–145. ISBN 978-93-5108-247-7.
  3. ^ a b c Jani, Suresh B. (26 May 2007). "સંસ્કૃતિરાણી દેસાઇ, Sanskrutirani Desai". ગુજરાતી પ્રતિભા પરિચય (in Gujarati). Retrieved 28 February 2018.
  4. ^ Desai, Parul (2013). Gujarati Sahitya Parishad Prize. Ahmedabad: Gujarati Sahitya Parishad. p. 40.