https://indianpedia.org/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Bhagwatikumar_Sharma Bhagwatikumar Sharma - Revision history 2026-07-31T00:28:17Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.45.4 https://indianpedia.org/index.php?title=Bhagwatikumar_Sharma&diff=153757&oldid=prev imported>Editrite! at 05:44, 11 August 2021 2021-08-11T05:44:27Z <p></p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Infobox writer<br /> | name = Bhagwatikumar Sharma<br /> | image = Bhagwatikumar Sharma.jpg<br /> | caption = Sharma at [[Mumbai]], 1999<br /> | native_name = ભગવતીકુમાર હરગોવિંદ શર્મા<br /> | native_name_lang = gu<br /> | birth_name = Bhagwatikumar Hargovind Sharma<br /> | birth_date = {{birth date|1934|5|31|df=y}}<br /> | birth_place = [[Surat]], [[Bombay Presidency]], [[British Raj|British India]]<br /> | death_date = {{death date and age|2018|9|5|1934|5|31|df=y}}<br /> | death_place = [[Surat]], [[Gujarat]], India<br /> | occupation = author, journalist<br /> | period = Modern [[Gujarati literature]]<br /> | language = [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]]<br /> | nationality = Indian<br /> | education = [[Bachelor of Arts|B. A.]]<br /> | alma_mater =<br /> <br /> | genres = <br /> | subjects = <br /> | movement = <br /> | notableworks ={{plainlist|<br /> * &#039;&#039;Urdhvamool&#039;&#039; (1981)<br /> * &#039;&#039;[[Asuryalok]]&#039;&#039; (1987)}}<br /> | spouse = {{marriage|Jyotibahen|1953|2009|end=her death}}<br /> | children = <br /> | signature = Bhagwatikumar Sharma autograph.svg<br /> | awards = {{plainlist|<br /> * [[Kumar Chandrak]] (1977)<br /> * [[Ranjitram Suvarna Chandrak]] (1984)<br /> * [[Sahitya Akademi Award]] (1988)<br /> * [[Vali Gujarati Gazal Award]] (2011)<br /> * [[Sahityaratna Award]] (2017)<br /> }}<br /> | years_active =<br /> }}<br /> <br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;Bhagwatikumar Sharma&#039;&#039;&#039; (31 May 1934 – 5 September 2018) was an Indian author and journalist who wrote in [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]]. Born in [[Surat]] and educated in languages, he edited a daily for several years. He wrote novels, short stories, poetry, essays and criticism. He received [[Ranjitram Suvarna Chandrak]] in 1984 and [[Sahitya Akademi Award]] in 1988.<br /> <br /> ==Biography==<br /> Sharma was born in [[Surat]] on 31 May 1934 in Shrimali [[Brahmin]] family of Hargovind and Heeraben. His family was a native of [[Ahmedabad]]. His father was a [[pandit]] of &#039;&#039;[[Samveda]]&#039;&#039;. He completed the secondary school education in 1950 and left studies. He later completed his [[Bachelor of Arts|B. A.]] in Gujarati and English languages in 1968.&lt;ref name=gsp&gt;{{cite news|url=http://www.gujaratisahityaparishad.com/prakashan/photo-gallery/sahitya-sarjako/Bhagwatikumar-Sharma.html|title=Bhagwatikumar Sharma|language=Gujarati|publisher=[[Gujarati Sahitya Parishad]]|accessdate=19 July 2014|archive-date=7 June 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150607171354/http://www.gujaratisahityaparishad.com/prakashan/photo-gallery/sahitya-sarjako/Bhagwatikumar-Sharma.html|url-status=live}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref name=&quot;Lal1992&quot;&gt;{{cite book|author=Mohan Lal|title=Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature: sasay to zorgot|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KnPoYxrRfc0C&amp;pg=PA3977|year=1992|publisher=Sahitya Akademi|isbn=978-81-260-1221-3|pages=3977–3978}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref name=AGSI&gt;{{cite book|title=અર્વાચીન ગુજરાતી સાહિત્યનો ઈતિહાસ - આધુનિક અને અનુઆધુનિક યુગ (History of Modern Gujarati Literature – Modern and Postmodern Era)|first=Prasad|last=Brahmabhatt |publisher=Parshwa Publication|location=Ahmedabad|year=2010|pages=177–182|language=gu|isbn=978-93-5108-247-7}}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> He wrote his first poem, on the event of [[Assassination of Mahatma Gandhi|Mahatma Gandhi&#039;s death]], on 31 January 1948. In 1951, his two [[sonnet]]s were published for the first time in &#039;&#039;Gujaratmitra&#039;&#039;, a daily published from [[Surat]]. In 1953, he recited his poem for the first time in the [[Kavi sammelan|poet meet]]. He joined the editing department of &#039;&#039;Gujarat Mitra&#039;&#039; in 1955. He served as the trustee of Kavi Narmad Yugavart Trust and vice-president of Narmad Sahityasabha, Surat. He also served as president of the [[Gujarati Sahitya Parishad]] from 2009 to 2011.&lt;ref name=gsp/&gt;&lt;ref name=AGSI/&gt;<br /> <br /> He married Jyotiben in 1953. She died in 2009.&lt;ref&gt;{{cite book |last=Trivedi |first=Harshad |date=2014 |title= Kavita ane Hun (A Creative process of Poem writing by various Gujarati writers) |location=Gandhinagar |publisher=Gujarat Sahitya Akadami |page=117 |isbn=978-93-83317-34-9}}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> Sharma died on 5 September 2018 in Surat.&lt;ref name=&quot;Sharma death&quot;&gt;{{cite web|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/gujarati-author-bhagwatikumar-sharma-dies-118090500648_1.html|title=Gujarati author Bhagwatikumar Sharma dies|agency=Press Trust of India|date=5 September 2018|publisher=|accessdate=28 October 2018|via=Business Standard|archive-date=5 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180905164447/https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/gujarati-author-bhagwatikumar-sharma-dies-118090500648_1.html|url-status=live}}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> ==Works==<br /> His novels include &#039;&#039;Aarti ane Angara&#039;&#039; (1957), &#039;&#039;Man Nahi Mane&#039;&#039; (1962), &#039;&#039;Rikta&#039;&#039; (1968), &#039;&#039;Vyaktamadhya&#039;&#039; (1970), &#039;&#039;Samaydvip&#039;&#039; (1974), &#039;&#039;Urdhvamool&#039;&#039; (1981), &#039;&#039;[[Asuryalok]]&#039;&#039; (1987), &#039;&#039;Dwar Nahi Khule&#039;&#039;, &#039;&#039;Premyatra&#039;&#039;, &#039;&#039;Viti Jashe Aa Rat?&#039;&#039;, &#039;&#039;Padchhaya Sang Preet&#039;&#039; (1963), &#039;&#039;Na Kinaro, Na Mazdhar&#039;&#039; (1965), &#039;&#039;Hridaysharan&#039;&#039;, &#039;&#039;Nirvikalp&#039;&#039; (2006). &#039;&#039;Samaydvip&#039;&#039; deals with old Brahmin culture and modern sensibility. His short story collections include &#039;&#039;Deep Se Deep Jale&#039;&#039; (1959), &#039;&#039;Hridaydaan&#039;&#039; (1960), &#039;&#039;Ratrani&#039;&#039;, &#039;&#039;Chhinnabhinna&#039;&#039; (1967), &#039;&#039;Mahek Mali Gai&#039;&#039;, &#039;&#039;Tamane Ful Didhanu Yaad Nathi&#039;&#039; (1970), &#039;&#039;Kai Yaad Nathi&#039;&#039; (1974), &#039;&#039;Vyarth Kakko, Chhal Barakhadi&#039;&#039; (1979), &#039;&#039;Akathya&#039;&#039; (1994), &#039;&#039;Mangalya Kathao&#039;&#039; (2001) and &#039;&#039;Adabeed&#039;&#039; (1985). His selected stories are published as &#039;&#039;Bhagavatikumarni Shresth Vartao&#039;&#039; (1987). His collections of essays are &#039;&#039;Shabdateet&#039;&#039; (1980), &#039;&#039;Bistantu&#039;&#039; (1988), &#039;&#039;Hriday Sarasa&#039;&#039; (1995), &#039;&#039;Dandiya Dool&#039;&#039; (2005), &#039;&#039;Jadabatod&#039;&#039; (2006), &#039;&#039;Spandan&#039;&#039;. &#039;&#039;Supda Saf&#039;&#039; is collection of humorous essays while &#039;&#039;America Avje&#039;&#039; (1996) is his travelogue.&lt;ref name=gsp/&gt;&lt;ref name=&quot;Lal1992&quot;/&gt;&lt;ref name=tw&gt;{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1lTnv6o-d_oC&amp;q=Bhagwatikumar+Sharma&amp;pg=PA120|title=Handbook of Twentieth-century Literatures of India|first=Nalini Natarajan|last=Emmanuel Sampath Nelson|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|year=1996|isbn=9780313287787|pages=120–121|access-date=2020-11-24|archive-date=2021-08-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210801193313/https://books.google.com/books?id=1lTnv6o-d_oC&amp;q=Bhagwatikumar+Sharma&amp;pg=PA120|url-status=live}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref name=AGSI/&gt;<br /> <br /> He worked in different genres of poetry such as [[Ghazal]], [[Geet (song)|Geet]], [[Sonnet]] etc. &#039;&#039;Sambhav&#039;&#039; (Ghazal collection), his first anthology, was published in 1974, followed by &#039;&#039;Chhando Chhe Pandada Jenan&#039;&#039; (1987), &#039;&#039;Nakhdarpan&#039;&#039; (1995), &#039;&#039;Jhalhal&#039;&#039; (1995), &#039;&#039;Adhi Aksharnu Chomasu&#039;&#039; (2002), &#039;&#039;Ujaagaro&#039;&#039; (2004), &#039;&#039;Ek Kagal Harivarne&#039;&#039; (2003), &#039;&#039;Gazalayan&#039;&#039; (2009) and &#039;&#039;Atmasaat&#039;&#039; (2010). &#039;&#039;Atmasaat&#039;&#039; is a collection of 72 sonnets dedicated to his wife, Jyoti, after her death. He has written biography, &#039;&#039;Saral Shatriji&#039;&#039;. He translated &#039;&#039;Sat Yugoslav Varta&#039;&#039; (1978), &#039;&#039;Ashadno Ek Divas&#039;&#039; (1979) and &#039;&#039;Alok Parva&#039;&#039; (1995). He edited &#039;&#039;Swasoshwas&#039;&#039; on the occasion of seventieth anniversary of [[Gani Dahiwala]].&lt;ref name=AGSI/&gt; His poems are also compiled as &#039;&#039;Tamara Vina Saanj Duske Chadhi Chhe&#039;&#039; (2003) by [[Suresh Dalal]], &#039;&#039;Shabdanu Saat Bhavnu Lenu Chhe&#039;&#039; (2009) and &#039;&#039;Gazalni Paalakhi&#039;&#039; (2009) by [[Ravindra Parekh]] and &#039;&#039;Kavyakalash&#039;&#039; by Bharati Dalal.<br /> <br /> He has written his autobiography &#039;&#039;Surat Muj Ghayal Bhoomi&#039;&#039;.<br /> <br /> ==Recognition==<br /> He received [[Kumar Chandrak]] in 1977 and [[Ranjitram Suvarna Chandrak]] in 1984. He also received [[Sahitya Akademi Award]] in 1988 for his novel &#039;&#039;Asuryalok&#039;&#039;.&lt;ref name=gsp/&gt;&lt;ref name=tw/&gt;&lt;ref&gt;{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xZoYAAAAIAAJ&amp;q=Bhagwatikumar+Sharma|title=Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature: Supplementary entries and index|volume=6|first=Amaresh|last=Datta|publisher=[[Sahitya Akademi]]|year=1994|access-date=2016-09-21|archive-date=2021-08-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210801193314/https://books.google.com/books?id=xZoYAAAAIAAJ&amp;q=Bhagwatikumar+Sharma|url-status=live}}&lt;/ref&gt; He was conferred the Doctor of Literature (D.Litt.) by [[Veer Narmad South Gujarat University]] in 1999.&lt;ref&gt;{{cite news|title=SGU to award D.Litt to luminaries|url=http://expressindia.indianexpress.com/ie/daily/19991019/ige19091p.html|date=18 October 1999|publisher=The Indian Express|accessdate=18 July 2014|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140726143057/http://expressindia.indianexpress.com/ie/daily/19991019/ige19091p.html|archivedate=26 July 2014}}&lt;/ref&gt; He received [[Kalapi Award]] in 2003. In 2011, he received the Harindra Dave Memorial Award for journalism and [[Vali Gujarati Gazal Award]] for his contribution to literature.&lt;ref&gt;{{cite news|title=Bhagwati Kumar Sharma, Ankit Trivedi receive Harindra Dave award|url=http://deshgujarat.com/2012/10/02/bhagwati-kumar-sharma-ankit-trivedi-receive-harindra-dave-award/|work=DeshGujarat|date=2 October 2012|accessdate=18 July 2014|place=Mumbai|archive-date=8 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210208165834/https://www.deshgujarat.com/2012/10/02/bhagwati-kumar-sharma-ankit-trivedi-receive-harindra-dave-award/|url-status=live}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;{{cite news|title=Bhagwati Kumar Sharma awarded Vali Gujarati Ghazal Award|url=http://m.timesofindia.com/city/surat/Bhagwati-Kumar-Sharma-awarded-Vali-Gujarati-Ghazal-Award/articleshow/11735309.cms|date=Feb 3, 2012|accessdate=18 July 2014|place=Surat|work=[[The Times of India]]|archive-date=23 July 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140723171316/http://m.timesofindia.com/city/surat/Bhagwati-Kumar-Sharma-awarded-Vali-Gujarati-Ghazal-Award/articleshow/11735309.cms|url-status=live}}&lt;/ref&gt; He also received Nachiketa award in 1999, Nandshankar Mehta Chandrak in 1998 for &#039;&#039;Akathya&#039;&#039;, Swami Sachchidanand Sanman in 2003, Darshak Award. He received [[Narsinh Mehta Award]] in 2009.&lt;ref name=AGSI/&gt; In 2017, [[Gujarat Sahitya Akademi]] awarded him [[Sahityaratna Award]].&lt;ref name=&quot;Times of India&quot;&gt;{{cite web | title=Bhagwatikumar Sharma gets Sahitya Ratna Award | website=The Times of India | date=2017-03-16 | url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/surat/bhagwatikumar-sharma-gets-sahitya-ratna-award/articleshow/57657981.cms | accessdate=2017-03-16 | archive-date=2017-08-25 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170825213421/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/surat/bhagwatikumar-sharma-gets-sahitya-ratna-award/articleshow/57657981.cms | url-status=live }}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> ==See also==<br /> * [[List of Gujarati-language writers]]<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> {{reflist|2}}<br /> <br /> == External links ==<br /> * {{GujLit author}}<br /> * {{Gbooks-author|Bhagvatikumar Sharma}}<br /> <br /> {{Authority control}}<br /> <br /> Bhagwatikumar Sharma : [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67rNjjYA3c8 Padchhaaya Sang Preet] : Documentary film<br /> <br /> {{DEFAULTSORT:Sharma, Bhagwatikumar}}<br /> [[Category:1934 births]]<br /> [[Category:2018 deaths]]<br /> [[Category:Indian male journalists]]<br /> [[Category:Gujarati-language writers]]<br /> [[Category:People from Surat district]]<br /> [[Category:Writers from Gujarat]]<br /> [[Category:Modernist writers]]<br /> [[Category:Indian male poets]]<br /> [[Category:Recipients of the Ranjitram Suvarna Chandrak]]<br /> [[Category:Recipients of the Sahitya Akademi Award in Gujarati]]</div> imported>Editrite!