{"count":17752,"next":"http://admin.kavishala.in/sootradhar/authors/?format=json&page=879","previous":"http://admin.kavishala.in/sootradhar/authors/?format=json&page=877","results":[{"id":14599,"image":"https://kavishalalab.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/kavishala_logo.png","name":"Amrit Keshav Nayak","bio":"\nAmrit Keshav Nayak (14 April 1877 – 18 July 1907) was a Parsi theatre actor-director, lyricist and Gujarati author. He joined theatre at early age and later directed several plays including adaptations of plays of Shakespeare. He wrote plays and novels also.\nNayak was born in Ahmedabad on 14 April 1877 (Vaishakh Shukla 1 Vikram Samvat 1933) to Nayak family. He lived in Mata ni Pol in Kalupur area of the city. He studied only four grades and two grades in Urdu. Nayak moved to Bombay with his father.","raw_bio":"Amrit Keshav Nayak (14 April 1877 – 18 July 1907) was a Parsi theatre actor-director, lyricist and Gujarati author. He joined theatre at early age and later directed several plays including adaptations of plays of Shakespeare. He wrote plays and novels also. Nayak was born in Ahmedabad on 14 April 1877 (Vaishakh Shukla 1 Vikram Samvat 1933) to Nayak family. He lived in Mata ni Pol in Kalupur area of the city. He studied only four grades and two grades in Urdu. Nayak moved to Bombay with his father.","slug":"amrit-keshav-nayak","DOB":null,"DateOfDemise":null,"location":"none","url":"/sootradhar/amrit-keshav-nayak","tags":null,"created":"2023-09-22T12:20:21.012280","is_has_special_post":false,"is_special_author":false,"language":20},{"id":14602,"image":"https://kavishalalab.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/kavishala_logo.png","name":"Amrutlal Yagnik","bio":"Amrutlal Bhagwanji Yagnik (born 8 August 1913) was an Indian Gujarati critic, biographer, essayist, editor and translator.\nAmrutlal was born on 8 August 1913 at Dhrangadhra. He completed his education until matriculation from Dhrangadhra. He completed B. A. in 1936 and Masters in Arts in 1939 in English and Gujarati from Samaldas College. He worked as a part-time lecturer in Ramnarayan Ruiya College from 1939 to 1940 and later as a full-time lecturer of Gujarati from 1940 to 1960. He also served as the founder principal of K. J. Somaiya College, Ghatkopar, Mumbai from 1960 to 1961. He later served as the principal of Mithibai College.\nHis works are chiefly associated with education, literature and social culture. His critical writing is collected in Chidghosh (1971). Mukhad Kya Dekho Darpan Mein (1979) is work on education and society. He wrote short biographies of Kishorelal Mashruwala (1980) and Gulabdas Broker (1983) under Gujarati Granthkar Shreni.","raw_bio":"Amrutlal Bhagwanji Yagnik (born 8 August 1913) was an Indian Gujarati critic, biographer, essayist, editor and translator. Amrutlal was born on 8 August 1913 at Dhrangadhra. He completed his education until matriculation from Dhrangadhra. He completed B. A. in 1936 and Masters in Arts in 1939 in English and Gujarati from Samaldas College. He worked as a part-time lecturer in Ramnarayan Ruiya College from 1939 to 1940 and later as a full-time lecturer of Gujarati from 1940 to 1960. He also served as the founder principal of K. J. Somaiya College, Ghatkopar, Mumbai from 1960 to 1961. He later served as the principal of Mithibai College. His works are chiefly associated with education, literature and social culture. His critical writing is collected in Chidghosh (1971). Mukhad Kya Dekho Darpan Mein (1979) is work on education and society. He wrote short biographies of Kishorelal Mashruwala (1980) and Gulabdas Broker (1983) under Gujarati Granthkar Shreni.","slug":"amrutlal-yagnik","DOB":null,"DateOfDemise":null,"location":"none","url":"/sootradhar/amrutlal-yagnik","tags":null,"created":"2023-09-22T12:20:21.028348","is_has_special_post":false,"is_special_author":false,"language":20},{"id":14603,"image":"https://kavishalalab.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/kavishala_logo.png","name":"Anandghan","bio":"\nAnandghan was a 17th-century Jain monk, mystical poet and hymnist. Though very little is known about his life, his collection of hymns about philosophy, devotion and spirituality in vernacular languages are popular and still sung in Jain temples.\nThere is no historical information available about life of Anandghan. The majority of information is based in hagiographies and oral history.","raw_bio":"Anandghan was a 17th-century Jain monk, mystical poet and hymnist. Though very little is known about his life, his collection of hymns about philosophy, devotion and spirituality in vernacular languages are popular and still sung in Jain temples. There is no historical information available about life of Anandghan. The majority of information is based in hagiographies and oral history.","slug":"anandghan","DOB":null,"DateOfDemise":null,"location":"Rajputana (now Rajasthan, India)","url":"/sootradhar/anandghan","tags":null,"created":"2023-09-22T12:20:21.036945","is_has_special_post":false,"is_special_author":false,"language":20},{"id":14604,"image":"https://kavishalalab.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/kavishala_logo.png","name":"Anandshankar Dhruv","bio":"\nAnandshankar Bapubhai Dhruv (25 February 1869 – 7 April 1942) was a Gujarati scholar, writer, educationist and editor from Bombay Presidency, British India. His name is revered as 'Acharya' (a learned person) in Gujarat, and hence generally he is known as Acharya Anandshankar Dhruv.\nDhruv was born in Ahmedabad on 25 February 1869. His father was an officer of Kathiawar Agency and worked as an agent of Baroda State after retirement. He studied in English medium schools and learned Sanskrit at early age. While studying Master of Arts, he started teaching Sanskrit at Gujarat College in 1893. Later he taught at Elphinstone College for some years. He was appointed a Vice Chancellor of Banaras Hindu University in 1920. He performed the opening ceremony of The Modern School at Sicka Nagar, Bombay in 1936 established by Ramanbhai and Pushpaben Vakil. He was also a chairman of Inter University Board. He died on 7 April 1942.","raw_bio":"Anandshankar Bapubhai Dhruv (25 February 1869 – 7 April 1942) was a Gujarati scholar, writer, educationist and editor from Bombay Presidency, British India. His name is revered as 'Acharya' (a learned person) in Gujarat, and hence generally he is known as Acharya Anandshankar Dhruv. Dhruv was born in Ahmedabad on 25 February 1869. His father was an officer of Kathiawar Agency and worked as an agent of Baroda State after retirement. He studied in English medium schools and learned Sanskrit at early age. While studying Master of Arts, he started teaching Sanskrit at Gujarat College in 1893. Later he taught at Elphinstone College for some years. He was appointed a Vice Chancellor of Banaras Hindu University in 1920. He performed the opening ceremony of The Modern School at Sicka Nagar, Bombay in 1936 established by Ramanbhai and Pushpaben Vakil. He was also a chairman of Inter University Board. He died on 7 April 1942.","slug":"anandshankar-dhruv","DOB":null,"DateOfDemise":null,"location":"none","url":"/sootradhar/anandshankar-dhruv","tags":null,"created":"2023-09-22T12:20:21.045525","is_has_special_post":false,"is_special_author":false,"language":20},{"id":14605,"image":"https://kavishalalab.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/kavishala_logo.png","name":"Anantrai Raval","bio":"\nAnantrai Manishankar Raval (1 January 1912 – 18 November 1988) was a Gujarati critic and editor from India. Born and studied in Amreli, he worked briefly with a daily. He taught at several colleges before joining government as a director of language department. He wrote criticism chiefly under the pen name Shaunak and edited several works of Gujarati literature and litterateurs.\nRaval was born on 1 January 1912 at Amreli in Gujarat. He was a native of Vallabhipur. He completed his primary and secondary education from  Amreli. He passed matriculation in 1928. He completed Bachelor of Arts in Gujarati and Sanskrit from Samaldas College, Bhavnagar and was a fellow of same college for two years. He completed Master of Arts with Gujarati and English in 1934 and was the first student in the University of Bombay to pass it with first class. He worked as a subeditor with Hindustan Prajamitra daily for three months. Raval joined Gujarat College in Ahmedabad in August, 1934 and served as a principal of D. K. V. College, Jamnagar for one and half years. He served as Director of Language Department of Government of Gujarat for a decade and retired from the post in 1970. He was later appointed a professor of Gujarati in School of Languages and Literature, Gujarat University. He retired as the president of it in 1977. He served as a member of Law Commission of Government of Gujarat. He presided over the convention of Gujarati Sahitya Parishad at Vadodara in 1979. He died on 18 November 1988.","raw_bio":"Anantrai Manishankar Raval (1 January 1912 – 18 November 1988) was a Gujarati critic and editor from India. Born and studied in Amreli, he worked briefly with a daily. He taught at several colleges before joining government as a director of language department. He wrote criticism chiefly under the pen name Shaunak and edited several works of Gujarati literature and litterateurs. Raval was born on 1 January 1912 at Amreli in Gujarat. He was a native of Vallabhipur. He completed his primary and secondary education from  Amreli. He passed matriculation in 1928. He completed Bachelor of Arts in Gujarati and Sanskrit from Samaldas College, Bhavnagar and was a fellow of same college for two years. He completed Master of Arts with Gujarati and English in 1934 and was the first student in the University of Bombay to pass it with first class. He worked as a subeditor with Hindustan Prajamitra daily for three months. Raval joined Gujarat College in Ahmedabad in August, 1934 and served as a principal of D. K. V. College, Jamnagar for one and half years. He served as Director of Language Department of Government of Gujarat for a decade and retired from the post in 1970. He was later appointed a professor of Gujarati in School of Languages and Literature, Gujarat University. He retired as the president of it in 1977. He served as a member of Law Commission of Government of Gujarat. He presided over the convention of Gujarati Sahitya Parishad at Vadodara in 1979. He died on 18 November 1988.","slug":"anantrai-raval","DOB":null,"DateOfDemise":null,"location":"Amreli, Bombay Presidency, British India","url":"/sootradhar/anantrai-raval","tags":null,"created":"2023-09-22T12:20:21.054104","is_has_special_post":false,"is_special_author":false,"language":20},{"id":14608,"image":"https://kavishalalab.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/kavishala_logo.png","name":"Anila Dalal","bio":"\nAnila Amrutlal Dalal is Gujarati critic and translator.\nDalal was born on 21 October 1933 in Ahmedabad to Amritlal Dalal. She completed SSC in 1949, BA in English in 1954, MA in English in 1956 and later Ph.D. from Gujarat University. She received MS from University of Illinois in 1959. She is a retired professor and Head of the Department of English at Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Arts College, Ahmedabad where she taught from June 1960 to 1990s. She received PhD in 1990 from Gujarat University for her thesis on novels of Iris Murdoch.","raw_bio":"Anila Amrutlal Dalal is Gujarati critic and translator. Dalal was born on 21 October 1933 in Ahmedabad to Amritlal Dalal. She completed SSC in 1949, BA in English in 1954, MA in English in 1956 and later Ph.D. from Gujarat University. She received MS from University of Illinois in 1959. She is a retired professor and Head of the Department of English at Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Arts College, Ahmedabad where she taught from June 1960 to 1990s. She received PhD in 1990 from Gujarat University for her thesis on novels of Iris Murdoch.","slug":"anila-dalal","DOB":null,"DateOfDemise":null,"location":"none","url":"/sootradhar/anila-dalal","tags":null,"created":"2023-09-22T12:20:21.078748","is_has_special_post":false,"is_special_author":false,"language":20},{"id":14609,"image":"https://kavishalalab.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/kavishala_logo.png","name":"Aniruddh Brahmabhatt","bio":"\nAniruddh Lalji Brahmabhatt was a Gujarati writer from Gujarat, India. He was poet, critic, biographer and short story writer.\nHe was born on 11 November 1937 at Patan, Gujarat. His family belonged to Detroj. He completed his school and college education from Vadodara. In 1958, he completed BA with Gujarati and Sanskrit from M. S. University.  He passed MA with the same subject in 1960. He started teaching at Arts College of Dabhoi in 1959 and later joined college in Bilimora. In 1968, he became Reader in School of Languages, Gujarat University. He was an editor of Bhumika (later Kimapi) magazine. He died in Ahmedabad on 31 July 1981 due to Leukemia.","raw_bio":"Aniruddh Lalji Brahmabhatt was a Gujarati writer from Gujarat, India. He was poet, critic, biographer and short story writer. He was born on 11 November 1937 at Patan, Gujarat. His family belonged to Detroj. He completed his school and college education from Vadodara. In 1958, he completed BA with Gujarati and Sanskrit from M. S. University.  He passed MA with the same subject in 1960. He started teaching at Arts College of Dabhoi in 1959 and later joined college in Bilimora. In 1968, he became Reader in School of Languages, Gujarat University. He was an editor of Bhumika (later Kimapi) magazine. He died in Ahmedabad on 31 July 1981 due to Leukemia.","slug":"aniruddh-brahmabhatt","DOB":null,"DateOfDemise":null,"location":"none","url":"/sootradhar/aniruddh-brahmabhatt","tags":null,"created":"2023-09-22T12:20:21.086574","is_has_special_post":false,"is_special_author":false,"language":20},{"id":14610,"image":"https://kavishalalab.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/kavishala_logo.png","name":"Anjali Khandwala","bio":"Anjali Khandwalla (1940 ― 11 April 2019) was a Gujarati short story writer and vocalist.\nShe was a lecturer at the Vanier College, Montreal, Canada from 1970 to 1975. She moved to Ahmedabad in 1975 and settled there.\nShe had written teen story collection Leelo Chhokro. Ankhni Imarato (1988) is her short story collection which has fifteen stories. These stories draw attention to the formation of situations and their descriptions and expressions. Her other short story collection Ghughat Ke Pat Khol was well appreciated. It includes a story \"Chandlano Vyap\" (The All-pervasive Bindi) and Shaktipat which are female-centred stories.","raw_bio":"Anjali Khandwalla (1940 ― 11 April 2019) was a Gujarati short story writer and vocalist. She was a lecturer at the Vanier College, Montreal, Canada from 1970 to 1975. She moved to Ahmedabad in 1975 and settled there. She had written teen story collection Leelo Chhokro. Ankhni Imarato (1988) is her short story collection which has fifteen stories. These stories draw attention to the formation of situations and their descriptions and expressions. Her other short story collection Ghughat Ke Pat Khol was well appreciated. It includes a story \"Chandlano Vyap\" (The All-pervasive Bindi) and Shaktipat which are female-centred stories.","slug":"anjali-khandwala","DOB":null,"DateOfDemise":null,"location":"none","url":"/sootradhar/anjali-khandwala","tags":null,"created":"2023-09-22T12:20:21.098237","is_has_special_post":false,"is_special_author":false,"language":20},{"id":14612,"image":"https://kavishalalab.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/kavishala_logo.png","name":"Ansuya Trivedi","bio":"\nAnsuya Trivedi (born 7 April 1924) was Gujarati critic, editor and researcher from Gujarat state of India. She studied and later taught Gujarati language and literature in various colleges in Mumbai. With her husband Bhupendra Trivedi, she  coedited and researched several works including many on medieval Gujarati poet Akha Bhagat. She had extensively studied and published works on the proverbs in Gujarati.\nAnsuya Trivedi was born on 7 April 1924 in Bombay (now Mumbai). She matriculated in 1941. She studied BA and completed it with first class in 1946. She taught as a Dakshina Fellow in Elphinstone College from 1946 to 1948. She completed MA in 1948 and BT in 1950. In 1966, she was awarded PhD for her thesis Madhyakalin Gujarati Sahityama Prayukt Kahevao (transl. Proverbs used in medieval Gujarati literature) under Harivallabh Bhayani. In 1970, she obtained the Diploma in Linguistics from the University of Mumbai.","raw_bio":"Ansuya Trivedi (born 7 April 1924) was Gujarati critic, editor and researcher from Gujarat state of India. She studied and later taught Gujarati language and literature in various colleges in Mumbai. With her husband Bhupendra Trivedi, she  coedited and researched several works including many on medieval Gujarati poet Akha Bhagat. She had extensively studied and published works on the proverbs in Gujarati. Ansuya Trivedi was born on 7 April 1924 in Bombay (now Mumbai). She matriculated in 1941. She studied BA and completed it with first class in 1946. She taught as a Dakshina Fellow in Elphinstone College from 1946 to 1948. She completed MA in 1948 and BT in 1950. In 1966, she was awarded PhD for her thesis Madhyakalin Gujarati Sahityama Prayukt Kahevao (transl. Proverbs used in medieval Gujarati literature) under Harivallabh Bhayani. In 1970, she obtained the Diploma in Linguistics from the University of Mumbai.","slug":"ansuya-trivedi","DOB":null,"DateOfDemise":null,"location":"none","url":"/sootradhar/ansuya-trivedi","tags":null,"created":"2023-09-22T12:20:21.114542","is_has_special_post":false,"is_special_author":false,"language":20},{"id":14613,"image":"https://kavishalalab.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/kavishala_logo.png","name":"Anwar Agewan","bio":"\nAnwar Mohammadbhai Agewan (4 December 1936 – 6 July 1991) was an Indian Gujarati-language biographer, folklorist and editor. Born in Akola and educated in Gujarat and Bombay, he edited several publications. He wrote on religious thought and various saints of Gujarat.\nAgewan was born on 4 December 1936 in Akola (now in Maharashtra, India). He completed his primary and secondary education in Shivrajgadh and Gondal respectively. He passed matriculation from Bombay. He obtained a graduation from Agra Hindi Vidyapith. He worked with Jay Gujarat and Rooplekha weeklies in Bombay. He also edited Aastha magazine.","raw_bio":"Anwar Mohammadbhai Agewan (4 December 1936 – 6 July 1991) was an Indian Gujarati-language biographer, folklorist and editor. Born in Akola and educated in Gujarat and Bombay, he edited several publications. He wrote on religious thought and various saints of Gujarat. Agewan was born on 4 December 1936 in Akola (now in Maharashtra, India). He completed his primary and secondary education in Shivrajgadh and Gondal respectively. He passed matriculation from Bombay. He obtained a graduation from Agra Hindi Vidyapith. He worked with Jay Gujarat and Rooplekha weeklies in Bombay. He also edited Aastha magazine.","slug":"anwar-agewan","DOB":null,"DateOfDemise":null,"location":"none","url":"/sootradhar/anwar-agewan","tags":null,"created":"2023-09-22T12:20:21.122983","is_has_special_post":false,"is_special_author":false,"language":20},{"id":14614,"image":"https://kavishalalab.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/kavishala_logo.png","name":"Anwarmiya Kaji","bio":"Anwarmiya Ajamiya Kaji (1843 ― 22 October 1916) was a poet from Gujarat, India.\nAnwarmiya was born in 1843 in Visnagar to Ajamiya Anumiya. His family had roots in Arabia who moved to Patan and served as Kaji (local judge). They were granted Visnagar for activity so they settled there. Anwarmiya had interest in spirituality since his childhood. At the age of 12, he served Premmast Saiyyd Saheb when he visited Visnagar and had deep influence of him. Initially resided at lonely places but later moved to old mosque in Kajiwada on insistence of his relatives and followers. He visited Mecca and Madina in 1881. He contracted illness and moved to Palanpur where he died on 22 October 1916. A mausoleum was built over his resting place and the Urs is organised there every year.\nAnwarmiya Kaji had knowledge of six orthodox schools of Hindu philosophy  and Yoga. His  Anwarkavya includes several spiritual poems about Bhakti. He composed in Gujarati as well as Urdu. His poetry defines Bhakti in form of Sufism. He has also composed devotional hymns of Rama and Krishna.","raw_bio":"Anwarmiya Ajamiya Kaji (1843 ― 22 October 1916) was a poet from Gujarat, India. Anwarmiya was born in 1843 in Visnagar to Ajamiya Anumiya. His family had roots in Arabia who moved to Patan and served as Kaji (local judge). They were granted Visnagar for activity so they settled there. Anwarmiya had interest in spirituality since his childhood. At the age of 12, he served Premmast Saiyyd Saheb when he visited Visnagar and had deep influence of him. Initially resided at lonely places but later moved to old mosque in Kajiwada on insistence of his relatives and followers. He visited Mecca and Madina in 1881. He contracted illness and moved to Palanpur where he died on 22 October 1916. A mausoleum was built over his resting place and the Urs is organised there every year. Anwarmiya Kaji had knowledge of six orthodox schools of Hindu philosophy  and Yoga. His  Anwarkavya includes several spiritual poems about Bhakti. He composed in Gujarati as well as Urdu. His poetry defines Bhakti in form of Sufism. He has also composed devotional hymns of Rama and Krishna.","slug":"anwarmiya-kaji","DOB":null,"DateOfDemise":null,"location":"none","url":"/sootradhar/anwarmiya-kaji","tags":null,"created":"2023-09-22T12:20:21.131275","is_has_special_post":false,"is_special_author":false,"language":20},{"id":14616,"image":"https://kavishalalab.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/kavishala_logo.png","name":"Asharam Dalichand Shah","bio":"Asharam Dalichand Shah (8 February 1842 ― 26 March 1921) was Gujarati language writer who pioneered the research in Gujarati proverbs and idioms.\nAsharam was born on 8 February 1842 and died on 26 March 1921. He had served as the administrator of the several princely states of Kathiawar.\nHe published Gujarati Kahevat Sangraha (A Collection of Gujarati Proverbs) in 1911. It contained proverbs and idioms along with their versions, origin, use in different parts of Gujarat and circumstances or incidents which resulted in their origin. It also presented the transformation of proverb if it is originated from Sanskrit. He has also compared corresponding Hindi and Marathi proverbs.","raw_bio":"Asharam Dalichand Shah (8 February 1842 ― 26 March 1921) was Gujarati language writer who pioneered the research in Gujarati proverbs and idioms. Asharam was born on 8 February 1842 and died on 26 March 1921. He had served as the administrator of the several princely states of Kathiawar. He published Gujarati Kahevat Sangraha (A Collection of Gujarati Proverbs) in 1911. It contained proverbs and idioms along with their versions, origin, use in different parts of Gujarat and circumstances or incidents which resulted in their origin. It also presented the transformation of proverb if it is originated from Sanskrit. He has also compared corresponding Hindi and Marathi proverbs.","slug":"asharam-dalichand-shah","DOB":null,"DateOfDemise":null,"location":"none","url":"/sootradhar/asharam-dalichand-shah","tags":null,"created":"2023-09-22T12:20:21.148049","is_has_special_post":false,"is_special_author":false,"language":20}],"description":"<p style=\"text-align: center; font-size: 24px;\"> The Great Poets and Writers in Indian and World History! </p>","image":"https://kavishalalab.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/sootradhar_description/black.jpg"}