Sanskritirani Desai

Sanskritirani Desai is Gujarati poet from India.

Sanskritirani Desai
Born (1958-10-01) 1 October 1958
Baroda, Bombay State (now Vadodara, Gujarat), India
NationalityIndian
OccupationPoet
Notable workSuryo Ja Suryo (1993)
Parent(s)Sudhir Desai, Tarini Desai
RelativesDhvani Desai, Sanskar Desai

Life

Sanskritirani was born in Baroda (now Vadodara) on 1 October 1958 to Sudhir Desai and Tarini Desai who were Gujarati writers. Her sister Dhvani Desai is also poet and filmmaker. She studied for an M. A.[1] in Statistics, M. B. A. in Finance and Diploma in Management Studies. She works as the General Manager in the Information Technology Department of a Public Limited Company. She knows Gujarati, Hindi, English, Marathi, Bengali, Sanskrit and Russian languages. She is a painter, swimmer, dancer as well as karateka.[2][3][1]

Works

Her first poetry collection Suryo Ja Suryo (1993) included unique modern poems on the sun and its different forms. It received critical acclaim.[2][3] Sapna Vatemarguo is her other poetry collection. She has translated several poems from Russian into Gujarati and English.[1]

Awards

Her Suryo Ja Suryo received several awards such as Takhtasinh Parmar Prize (1992-93)[4] and Phanishwarnath Renu Sahitya Award. She has also received two prizes from Gujarati Sahitya Parishad, Gira Gurjari Award, Dinkar Shah Kavi 'Jay' Prize.[2][3][1]

See also

References
  1. Kartik Chandra Dutt (1999). Who's who of Indian Writers, 1999: A-M. Sahitya Akademi. p. 312. ISBN 978-81-260-0873-5.
  2. 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. 144–145. ISBN 978-93-5108-247-7.
  3. Jani, Suresh B. (26 May 2007). "સંસ્કૃતિરાણી દેસાઇ, Sanskrutirani Desai". ગુજરાતી પ્રતિભા પરિચય (in Gujarati). Retrieved 28 February 2018.
  4. Desai, Parul (2013). Gujarati Sahitya Parishad Prize. Ahmedabad: Gujarati Sahitya Parishad. p. 40.
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