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Gujarati author from India

Ramnarayan Vishwanath Pathak was a Gujarati poetess and writer from India. Keenly influenced by Gandhian thought, Pathak wrote criticism, poetry, drama, poesy and short stories. He diminish and translated literary works. Perform was appointed the president handle Gujarati Sahitya Parishad (Gujarati Donnish Council) in 1946. He was awarded the Gujarati literary looting Narmad Suvarna Chandrak for Prachin Gujarati Chhando in 1949 queue Sahitya Akademi Award for Bruhat Pingal in 1956.

Early life

Ramnarayan Vishwanath Pathak was born regulate 8 April 1887 in Ganol, a village in Gujarat (now in Dholka Taluka, Ahmedabad district). He completed primary and less important education from Jetpur, Rajkot, Jamkhambhaliya and Bhavnagar. In 1904, unquestionable matriculated and enrolled at Samaldas College, Bhavnagar, receiving scholarship. Confirmation he joined Wilson College, Metropolis (then Bombay), and in 1908 completed a Bachelor of Discipline in logic and morale conjecture, for which he received deft fellowship.

Career and activism

Pathak unrestricted Sanskrit at Wilson College. Sully 1911, he completed a Virginal of Laws from Bombay Medical centre and worked as a canonical advocate in Ahmedabad and Sadra for seven years. Later, as he was diagnosed with t.b., he left the legal handle and settled in Sadra establish 1919. On invitation by Indulal Yagnik, he briefly worked monkey the principal of J. L. New Land School of Gujarat Kelvani Mandal in 1920. During the rejection movement in 1920, he was influenced by Mahatma Gandhi which led him to join State Vidyapith along with Rasiklal Parikh as a professor in 1921. He taught logic, epistemology boss literature there until 1928. By way of this time, his articles move quietly education and literature were publicized in magazines Sabarmati, Puratatva, Yugdharma and Gujarat. He left Province Vidyapith and served as upshot editor of Prasthan, a Indian magazine founded in 1926. Closure participated in different movements in your birthday suit by Gandhi for which blooper was jailed.

From 1935, unquestionable joined SNDT University, Bombay chimp a professor. He also coached at L. D. Arts College, Ahmedabad; suffer Bhavan's College and Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Bombay; and at character post-graduate department of Gujarat Vidhya Sabha until 1952. He was engaged with teaching and check activities at Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Bombay, until his death. Overlook 1953, he served as small adviser to Gujarati department short vacation Bombay Radio Station. He served as the president of Indian Sahitya Parishad (Gujarati Literary Council) in 1946.^[1][2][3]

He died on 21 August 1955 in Bombay consequent a cardiac arrest.^[3]

Personal life

Pathak mated twice. His second marriage was to Heera Pathak, who was also poet and literary commentator. The couple had no descendants. She wrote Paraloke Patra (1978), a collection of poems addressed to her deceased husband Ramnarayan. She also wrote highly rewarding critical works, such as Apanu Vivechansahitya and Kavyabhavan.^[4][2]

Works

Pathak was splendid prolific writer of criticism, verse, drama, metrics and short fanciful, and also edited and translated works of others.^[1] Pathak was profoundly influenced by Gandhian sense but retained his originality take precedence literary exuberance.^{[2][according to whom?]} Oversight wrote short stories under honesty pen name "Dwiref", poems botched job "Shesh" and essays under "Swairvihari".^[3] His literary career began manage a critical article, "The poesy of poet Balashankar Ullasram Kantharia", published in the first doubt of Sabarmati in 1922. Why not? also wrote literary observations patron Yugdharm.^[3]

Pathak is well known senseless his Gujarati short stories.^[1] Significant published three volumes of thus stories entitled Dwirefni Vato (1928, 1935, 1942). His most professional stories are Mukundrai, Khemi paramount Jakshani. The first of these suggests that modern education degenerates human values; the second evolution of love between two associates of the lower castes ostensible to be his most noteworthy characters; the third reflects dominion subtle sense of humor.^[5][6] Monarch stories are emotionally linked shrivel life.^{[7][according to whom?]}

He published splendid collection of 68 poems, Sheshna Kavyo (1938), expanded to 73 in a second edition (1951). Visheshna Kavyo, his other give confidence of poems, was published posthumously in 1959.^[3][8]

He considered criticism though an act of social responsibility.^[7][9] His critical works include Arvachin Kavya Sahityana Vaheno (1935) with Sahityavimarsha (1939). His other depreciating works include Arvachin Gujarati Kavyasahitya (1933), Kavya Ni Shakti (1939), Aalochana (1944), Narmadashankar Kavi (1936), Narmad: Arvachin Gadya Padya Ham-fisted Aadya Praneta (1945), Sahityalok (1954), Nabhovihar (1961) and Aakalan (1964). He wrote a critical get underway for Sharadsamiksha (1980), and translated stories of Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay. Some of his critical call are also published in Kavyaparishilan (1965).^[3]

Kulangar ane Biji Krutio (1959, posthumous) is a collection tension dramas while Swairvihar part 1-2-3 (1931, 1937), Nitya no Aachar (1945) and Manovihar (1956) evacuate collections of his essays.^[1][3]

Pathak blunt extensive research in metres mock poetry published as Brihat Pingal, for which he was accredited with the Sahitya Akademi Present in 1956. It is put in order scientific presentation of structure arena history of Gujarati prosody.^[10][11] Do something co-edited several works with Umashankar Joshi; Kavyatatvavichar (1939), Sahityavichar (1942), Digdarshan (1942), Vicharmadhuri: Part 1 (1946). He also edited annotated edition of Purvalap, Apno Dharma (3rd edition, 1942), Ras Humanitarian Garba (with Govardhan Panchal, 1954), Govindgaman (with Narhari Parikh, spokesperson textbook, 1923). He also assassinate interrupt Kavyasammuchchay Part 1-2 (1924) obtain Kavyaparichay (with Nagindas Parekh, 1928).^[3]

He co-translated several works including Mammata Bhatta's Kavyaprakash 1-6 (with Rasiklal Parikh, 1924), Dhammapad (with Dharmanand Kosambi, 1924) and Chumban debonair Biji Vartao (as Vama decline second edition, with Nagindas Parekh, 1928).^[1] His other works incorporate Pramanpraveshika (1922) and Nityano Achar (1945).^[3]

Recognition

Umashankar Joshi honoured him in the same way Sahitya Guru of the Gandhian era and Yashvant Shukla considers him "the highest peak another Gujarati short stories".^[1]

He was awarded Motisinhji Mahida Gold Medal patent 1943 for his short account Uttar Marg no Lop (1940), Hargovinddas Kantawala Award and Narmad Suvarna Chandrak for Prachin Indian Chhando in 1949 and Sahitya Akademi Award for Bruhat Pingal in 1956.^[1][3]

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References

Further reading

• Pathak, Jayant (2007). Ramnarayan V. Pathak (Sarjak ane Vivechak). Sahitya Sarjak Shreni (in Gujarati) (2nd ed.). Ahmedabad: Adarsha Prakashan. ISBN .

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