Ramprasad Bakshi

Ramprasad Premshankar Bakshi (27 June 1894 – 22 March 1989) was a Gujarati writer, scholar, translator and editor from India. He was a student of Anandshankar Dhruv and Narsinhrao Divetia, and was appointed the president of Gujarati Sahitya Parishad during 1976–77.

Ramprasad Bakshi
Born(1894-06-27)27 June 1894
Junagadh State
Died22 March 1989(1989-03-22) (aged 94)
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
OccupationWriter, scholar, translator and editor
LanguageGujarati
Notable works
  • Vangamaya Vimarsha (1963)
Notable awards
Academic background
Academic advisors
Academic work
Doctoral studentsSitanshu Yashaschandra

Life

Ramprasad Bakshi was born on 27 June 1894 in Junagadh. His family was native of Morbi. He completed his schooling from Rajkot, Wadhwan and matriculated in 1910. He graduated in 1914 from Gujarat College, Ahmedabad, with Sanskrit, and moved to Mumbai in 1915. He started his career as a teacher at Anandilal Poddar High School and retired from there from the post of its principal. He also served as the professor of Gujarati at Mithibai College, Mumbai for several years. He was the president of the 28th session (1976–1977) of the Gujarati Sahitya Parishad.[1][2]

He died on 22 March 1989 at Mumbai.[1]

Works

Ramprasad Bakshi was a student of Anandshankar Dhruv and Narsinhrao Divetia.[3] He studied profoundly both Sanskrit and English literature, and is regarded as the representative of the period known in the history of Gujarati literature as 'Panditayuga'.[2][4]

His works Natyarasa (1959) and Karunarasa (1963) are based on Indian dramatic theories. In Natyarasa, he explained the process of Rasa nishpatti and other elements of Indian dramatics. Karunarasa deals with the Greek concept of tragedy and the idea of Karunarasa discussed by Indian theoreticians. His Vangamaya Vimarsha (1963) is a collection of articles of literary criticism, in which, he included articles about Sanskrit and Western poetics, analytical studies about literary terms and concepts and reviews of some literary works, movements and forms. His work Govardhanramnum Manorajya (1976) focus on the life, works and philosophy of Gujarati author Govardhanram Tripathi.[2][5]

Being a student of Narsinhrao Divetia, he translated Narsinhrao's Wilson Philological Lectures entitled Gujarati Language and Literature (Vol. I and II) into Gujarati as Gujarati Bhasha ane Sahitya (Vol. I and II, 1936-1957). He also edited Narsinhrao's diary, known as Rojanishi, in collaboration with Dhansukhlal Mehta. His other significant works include Kathasarita (1977) based on Kathasaritsagara and Gujarati translation of Sukhamani (1935), a Sikh religious book.[5][2]

Awards

He received Narmad Suvarna Chandrak (1960-1964) for his work Vangamaya Vimarsha.[1]

See also

References
  1. "રામપ્રસાદ બક્ષી, ગુજરાતી સાહિત્ય પરિષદ". Gujarati Sahitya Parishad (in Gujarati). Retrieved 2018-04-21.
  2. Amaresh Datta (1987). Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature: A-Devo. New Delhi: Sahitya Akademi. p. 332. ISBN 978-81-260-1803-1. Retrieved 21 April 2018.
  3. Maharashtra State Gazetteers: Language and literature. Directorate of Government Printing, Stationery and Publications. 1953. p. 381. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
  4. Nagendra (1976). Literary Criticism in India. Sarita Prakashan. p. 44. Retrieved 21 April 2018.
  5. Mansukhlal Maganlal Jhaveri (1978). History of Gujarati Literature. New Delhi: Sahitya Akademi. p. 174.
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