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| Yagnik was born on 12 February 1938 in ] (now in Gujarat). He completed his primary and secondary school education from Rajkot. He completed BA in 1960 and MA in Gujarati-Sanskrit in 1962. He received PhD for his thesis on ''Madhyakalin Gujarati Kamkatha'' in 1972.<ref name=":1">{{Cite book|title=ગુજરાતી વિશ્વકોશ|last=Kanijiya|first=Baldevbhai|publisher=Gujarati Vishwakosh Trust, Ahmedabad|date=April 2003|isbn=|editor-last=Thaker|editor-first=Dhirubhai|editor-link=Dhirubhai Thaker|volume=XVII|location=]|pages=77-78|language=gu|trans-title=Gujarati Encyclopaedia|oclc=551875907}}</ref> | Yagnik was born on 12 February 1938 in ] (now in Gujarat) to Vrajlal Yajnik and Pushpaben (Prasannaben). He was their eighth child.<ref name="Shodh1">{{cite thesis|last=Prajapati|first=Hetal C.|script-title=હસુ યાજ્ઞિકનું સમગ્ર સાહિત્ય: એક અધ્યયન|title=Hasu Yajniknu Samagra Sahitya: Ek Adhyayan|trans-title=Hasu Yajnik's Complete Works: A Study|language=gu|publisher=Department of Gujarat, ]|date=2018|type=PhD|hdl=10603/254212}}</ref><ref name=":1"/> His father was clerk in British Agency in Rajkot while his grandfather Govindalal was a survey officer in ]. He was raised by his grandfather and was heavily influenced by him.<ref name="Shodh1"/> He completed his primary and secondary school education from Rajkot. He completed BA in 1960 and MA in Gujarati-Sanskrit in 1962. He received PhD for his thesis on ''Madhyakalin Gujarati Kamkatha'' in 1972.<ref name=":1">{{Cite book|title=ગુજરાતી વિશ્વકોશ|last=Kanijiya|first=Baldevbhai|publisher=Gujarati Vishwakosh Trust, Ahmedabad|date=April 2003|isbn=|editor-last=Thaker|editor-first=Dhirubhai|editor-link=Dhirubhai Thaker|volume=XVII|location=]|pages=77-78|language=gu|trans-title=Gujarati Encyclopaedia|oclc=551875907}}</ref> | ||
| He served as a professor of Gujarati in government colleges in ], ], ] and ] from 1963 to 1982. He served as the registrar of the ], ] from 1982 to 1996.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XkraAAAAMAAJ&q=hasu+yajnik&dq=hasu+yajnik&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiq7sOx_bPgAhUIWysKHWnxCzQQ6AEIUjAI|title=Indian Folklore Research Journal|last=Bardi|first=Pietro|date=|publisher=National Folklore Support Centre|year=2002|isbn=|location=|pages=78|language=en|issue=2-5}}</ref> He was a managing trustee of the Meghani Lokvidya Sanshodhan Bhavan, Ahmedabad.<ref name=":1"/> | He served as a professor of Gujarati in government colleges in ], ], ] and ] from 1963 to 1982. He served as the registrar of the ], ] from 1982 to 1996.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XkraAAAAMAAJ&q=hasu+yajnik&dq=hasu+yajnik&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiq7sOx_bPgAhUIWysKHWnxCzQQ6AEIUjAI|title=Indian Folklore Research Journal|last=Bardi|first=Pietro|date=|publisher=National Folklore Support Centre|year=2002|isbn=|location=|pages=78|language=en|issue=2-5}}</ref> He was a managing trustee of the Meghani Lokvidya Sanshodhan Bhavan, Ahmedabad.<ref name=":1"/> | ||
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| Hasu Yajnik | |
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 Hasu Yajnik in November 2018 at Amdavad National Book Fair | |
| Born | Hasmukhray Vrajlal Yajnik (1938-02-12)12 February 1938 Rajkot, Rajkot State (now Gujarat, India) |
| Died | 10 December 2020(2020-12-10) (aged 82) |
| Pen name | Upamanyu, Pushpadhanva, B. Kashyap, Vajranandan Jani and Shridhar |
| Occupation | Novelist, short story writer, critic, editor, folklorist, children's writer |
| Language | Gujarati |
| Nationality | Indian |
Hasmukhray Vrajlal Yajnik (12 February 1938 ― 10 December 2020), better known as Hasu Yajnik, also spelled Hasu Yagnik was a Gujarati novelist, short story writer, critic, editor, folklorist and children's writer from Gujarat, India.
Biography
Yagnik was born on 12 February 1938 in Rajkot (now in Gujarat) to Vrajlal Yajnik and Pushpaben (Prasannaben). He was their eighth child. His father was clerk in British Agency in Rajkot while his grandfather Govindalal was a survey officer in Palitana State. He was raised by his grandfather and was heavily influenced by him. He completed his primary and secondary school education from Rajkot. He completed BA in 1960 and MA in Gujarati-Sanskrit in 1962. He received PhD for his thesis on Madhyakalin Gujarati Kamkatha in 1972.
He served as a professor of Gujarati in government colleges in Surendranagar, Visnagar, Ahmedabad and Jamnagar from 1963 to 1982. He served as the registrar of the Gujarat Sahitya Akademi, Gandhinagar from 1982 to 1996. He was a managing trustee of the Meghani Lokvidya Sanshodhan Bhavan, Ahmedabad.
He died on 10 December 2020 due to COVID-19.
Works
Yajnik had written under various pen names: Upamanyu, Pushpadhanva, B. Kashyap, Vajranandan Jani and Shridhar. He had written twenty novels, three short story collections, two jail stories, four medieval stories, criticism of four medieval works, edited twelve folk works and six works of children's literature.
His populist novels with simple themes and language include Dagdha (1968), Highway Par Ek Rat (1981), Biji Savarno Sooraj (1982), Sol Pachhi (1986), Neera Kausani (1987). Diwal Pachhalni Duniya is a semi-fictionalised collection of 28 true stories. Mandani Maya (1985), Ek Jubanimanthi (1985) and Pachhitna Paththaro (1985) are his short story collections.
Madhyakalin Gujarati Premkatha (1974), Madhyakalin Kathasahitya (1987), Shamal (1978, on Shamal Bhatt) and Sanskrit Kathasahitya (1997) are his research works. Kamkatha (1987) includes stories of Gujarati females from medieval Sanskrit Prakrit works while Kamkatha:Suda Bahontari (1987) has stories of females characters.
Futati Pankhono Pahelo Fafadat (1972) is co-edited him. Gujarati Lokkathao (1996), Saurabh Vratkathao (1996), Saurabh Navrat Garba (1996), Saurabh Lagnageet Sangrah (1999), Saurabh Padabhajanavali (1999), Lagnollas (2001) are folk literature collections edited by him.
He had notated traditional devotional songs edited by Harivallabh Bhayani in Hari Ven Vay Chhe Re Ho Vanma (1988). He has also notated Gokulma Tahukya Mor (1989) and Jharmar Meh Jhabooke Veej (1989).
He had also written some works on music: Violin-vadan (1992), Ragdarshan (1993), Harmonium-vadan (1997), Bansari-vadan (1998). His Krishnacharit and Ramkatha are translated in Marathi, Odia and Hindi.
Awards
Yajnik had received silver medal for his short stories in 1954. His Diwal Pachhalni Duniya received a prize from the Gujarati Sahitya Parishad. He also received an award from the Skylark, London (1994) and a fellowship from the Gujarati Sahitya Academy, London (1997). He also received the first prize from the Gujarat Sahitya Akademi for his work Gujaratni Lokvidya.
See also
References
- ^ Pandya, Pravin (11 December 2020). "સાહેબની વિદાય". Opinion Magazine (in Gujarati). Retrieved 13 December 2020.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Prajapati, Hetal C. (2018). Hasu Yajniknu Samagra Sahitya: Ek Adhyayan હસુ યાજ્ઞિકનું સમગ્ર સાહિત્ય: એક અધ્યયન [Hasu Yajnik's Complete Works: A Study] (PhD) (in Gujarati). Department of Gujarat, Gujarat University. hdl:10603/254212.
{{cite thesis}}: Invalid|script-title=: missing prefix (help) - ^ Kanijiya, Baldevbhai (April 2003). Thaker, Dhirubhai (ed.). ગુજરાતી વિશ્વકોશ [Gujarati Encyclopaedia] (in Gujarati). Vol. XVII. Ahmedabad: Gujarati Vishwakosh Trust, Ahmedabad. pp. 77–78. OCLC 551875907.
- Bardi, Pietro (2002). Indian Folklore Research Journal. National Folklore Support Centre. p. 78.
- Thaker, Dhirubhai (1999). Glimpses of Gujarati literature. Gujarat Sahitya Akademy. p. 35. ISBN 81-7227-061-5.