| Chimanlal Trivedi | |
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.jpg) Trivedi at Gujarati Sahitya Parishad | |
| Born | Chimanlal Shivshankar Trivedi (1929-06-02)2 June 1929 Mujpur, Gujarat, India |
| Died | 30 January 2015(2015-01-30) (aged 85) |
| Occupation | Writer, literary critic, editor |
| Language | Gujarati |
| Notable awards | Ranjitram Suvarna Chandrak (2009) |
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| Academic background | |
| Thesis | Kavi Nakar: Ek Adhyayan (Poet Nakar: A Study) (1960) |
| Doctoral advisor | Kantilal Vyas |
Chimanlal Shivshankar Trivedi (2 June 1929 – 30 January 2015) was a Gujarati critic and editor from Gujarat, India.
Life
Chimanlal Trivedi was born on 2 June 1929 at Mujpur village (now in Patan district, Gujarat, India). He completed BA in 1950, MA in 1952 and PhD in 1961. He taught Gujarati at various colleges since 1951 including St. Xavier's College, Ahmedabad.
He died on 30 January 2015.
Works
Pingal Darshan (1953) is an introductory work on metres. Urmikavya (1966) is a work on lyrical poetry, its form, development and types. His Ph.D. thesis Kavi Nakar - Ek Adhyayan (1966) is a study of medieval Gujarati poet Nakar and his published and unpublished works. The followups to this work are included in Nakar (1979) of Gujarati Granthkar series as well as in Gujarati Sahityano Itihas - Volume 2. Chosathnu Granthasth Vagmay (1972) is criticism of works of various genres. Bhavlok (1976) and Bhavmudra (1983) discuss poetry and works of well known and unknown poets of medieval and modern era. His essay Gujarati Chhandorachana in Bhavmudra investigates the use of metres in Gujarati literature.
He co-edited Apana Khandkavyo (1957), Sudamacharitra (1963), Kunwarbainu Mameru (1964), Abhimanyu Akhyan (1967), Virat Parva (1969), Kalelkar Granthavali (1981). He has also co-edited Gujarati Sahityano Itihas and Granth Ane Granthkar Part 11 (1966), both published by Gujarati Sahitya Parishad. He co-edited Madhya Yugin Urmikavyo (1998), a compilation of medieval Gujarati poems, with Chinu Modi.
Awards
He was awarded Ranjitram Suvarna Chandrak in 2009.
See also
References
- ^ Dave, Ramesh. "ચીમનલાલ ત્રિવેદી" [Chimanlal Trivedi] (in Gujarati). Gujarati Sahitya Parishad. Retrieved 2018-03-23.
- Thakar, Urmila. "Chimanlal Trivedi". In Thakar, Dhirubhai (ed.). Gujarati Vishvkosh (ગુજરાતી વિશ્વકોશ). Ahmedabad: Gujarati Vishwakosh Trust.
- D. S. Rao (1 January 2004). Five Decades: The National Academy of Letters, India : a Short History of Sahitya Akademi. New Delhi: Sahitya Akademi. p. 50. ISBN 978-81-260-2060-7. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
- 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. p. 403. ISBN 978-93-5108-247-7.