Ashokpuri Goswami
Ashokpuri Goswami (Gujarati: અશોકપુરી ગોસ્વામી) is a Gujarati poet and writer from Gujarat, India. He won Sahitya Akademi Award for Gujarati language in 1997 for his novel Koovo (1994).
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 Goswami at Himatnagar, March 2018 | |
| Born | Ashokpuri Kailasbharati Goswami 17 August 1947 Borsad, Gujarat, India |
| Occupation | poet, novelist |
| Language | Gujarati |
| Nationality | Indian |
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| Spouse | Ansooya (m. 1965) |
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Life
He was born on 17 August 1947 in Borsad, Anand district, Gujarat to Kailasbharati and Kamlabahen. His family belonged to Ashi village near Petlad. He completed his primary and secondary education in Navli, Anand. He completed old S.S.C. from B. M. Patel High School, Navli. He completed B.Sc. from V. P. College, Sardar Patel University but dropped out due to poor financial condition. He started working as a farmer at his village. He married Ansooyaji on 21 April 1965. Their son Ayushyaman was born on 16 July 1998.[1][2][3]
Works
He wrote his first poem while studying S.S.C. His ghazals were first published in Kavilok, and later he published in other Gujarati literary magazines including Kumar, Shabdasrishti, Vi and Navneet Samarpan.[1][2][3]
Arthat (1990) and Kaling (2005) are his collections of ghazals. Mool, his first novel was published in 1990, followed by Koovo (1994), Nibhado (1995), Vedh (1999) Ame (2015) and Gajra. Ravarvaat (1994) is an autobiographical his work. He has edited story collection, Vinela Moti (1995). He has edited Setu (2003), a literary magazine published for non-resident Indians, and Rooplabdhi (2005) published by Charotar Vidya Mandal on occasion of session held by Gujarati Sahitya Parishad. He has also translated Dilip Ramesh's Hindi play, Khand Khand Agni.[2][1][3]
Awards
He won the Sahitya Akademi Award for Gujarati language in 1997 for his novel Koovo (1994). He also won Govardhanram Tripathi Award in 1995 and Best Book Prize of Gujarat Sahitya Akademi in 1996 for his novel Nibhado (1995).[3]
References
- Bhuptani, Maulik. "ASHOKPURI GOSWAMI, Gujarat Sahitya Academy, સર્જક અને સર્જન, અશોકપુરી ગોસ્વામી". Gujarat Sahitya Akademi. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
- Sandip, Patel (2013). નવલકથાકાર અશોકપુરી ગોસ્વામી (Novelist Ashokpuri Goswami) (in Gujarati). Ahmedabad: Daminee Publications. pp. 1–7. ISBN 978-93-82239-21-5.
- 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. 211–214. ISBN 978-93-5108-247-7.
