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{{short description|Gujarati language novelist, storywriter, critic and translator}}
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{{Infobox writer
| name = Bindu Bhatt
| image = Bindu bhatt.jpg
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| caption = Bindu Bhatt in April 2018 at [[Gujarati Vishwakosh|Gujarat Vishwakosh Trust]]
| native_name = બિંદુ ગીરધરલાલ ભટ્ટ
| native_name_lang = guj
| pseudonym =
| birth_name = Bindu Giradharlal Bhatt
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1954|9|18}}
| birth_place = [[Jodhpur]], [[Rajasthan]]
| death_date = 
| death_place =
| resting_place =
| occupation = Storywriter, Novelist, Critic and Translator
| language = [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]], [[Hindi]]
| nationality = Indian
| ethnicity =
| citizenship =
| education = * Master of Arts
* Ph.D.
| alma_mater = [[Gujarat University]]
| period = Postmodern Gujarati literature
| genres = [[Short Story]], [[Novel]]
| subject = 
| movement =
| notableworks = {{plainlist|
* ''Mira Yagnikni Diary'' (1992)
* ''[[Akhepatar]]'' (1999)
}}
| spouse = [[Harshad Trivedi]] (1991 - present)
| partner = 
| children = Jayjit Trivedi
| relatives =
| awards = [[Sahitya Akademi Award]] (2003)
| signature = Bindu Bhatt autograph.svg
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| module = {{Infobox academic
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| child = yes
| doctoral_advisor = [[Bholabhai Patel]]
| thesis_title = Modern Hindi Novel: New Facets of Fiction and Form
| thesis_url= http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/handle/10603/47770
}}
}}

'''Bindu Bhat''' is a Gujarati language [[novelist]], storywriter, critic and translator from [[Gujarat]], India. Her novel ''[[Akhepatar]]'' (1999) received the [[Sahitya Akademi Award]] for the year 2003. Her other significant works include ''Mira Yagnikni Dayari'' (1992) and ''Bandhani'' (2009).<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|title = Moothi Uncheran Gujaratio (A collection of biographies)|last = Vyas|first = Rajnee|publisher = Gurjar Granth Ratna Karyalay|year = 2009|isbn = 978-81-8480-286-3|location = Ahmedabad|pages = 84}}</ref>

== Early life ==
Bindu Bhatt was born on 18 September 1954 in [[Jodhpur]], [[Rajasthan]] to Giradharlal and Kamalabahen. Her family later migrated to [[Limbadi]] and then [[Ahmedabad]]. After completing her schooling from B.A. Kanya Vidyalay, [[Limbadi]], she got her [[Bachelor of Arts]] in 1976 from H.K. Arts College, Ahmedabad and [[Master of Arts]] in 1978 from School of Language, [[Gujarat University]] with [[Hindi literature]] as one of her subjects. She obtained her Ph.D. degree under [[Bholabhai Patel]] from the same university in 1983 for her research work ''Aadhunik Hindi Upanyas: Kathya Aur Shilp Ke Naye Aayam'' (Modern Hindi Novel: New Facets of Fiction and Form). In 1991, she married [[Harshad Trivedi]], a Gujarati author and poet.<ref name="Kavilok 2007">{{cite web | title=Kavi Harshad Trivedi- Gujarati Kavi Poet | website=Kavilok | date=2007-01-10 | url=http://www.kavilok.com/kavi_Harshad_trivedi.html | language=gu | accessdate=2016-03-05}}</ref>

== Career ==
She started her career as a lecturer and subsequently started to write in Gujarati and [[Hindi|Hindi language]]. She taught [[Hindi Literature]] at M.P. Shah Arts and Science College, [[Surendranagar]] for six years. She joined Uma Arts And Nathiba Commerce Mahila College, [[Gandhinagar]] in 1991 and is still working there as an [[Associate professor]] and head of its Department of [[Hindi]].<ref name=":0" />

== Works ==
Her first novel, ''Mira Yagnikni Dayari'', was published in 1992 which is related to the lesbian relationship between two women. It is also translated in [[Sindhi language|Sindhi]] and the translation is awarded by [[Sahitya Akademi]], [[New Delhi]]. Her second novel, ''[[Akhepatar]]'', was published in (1999) which has been translated in several languages including [[Hindi]], [[Sindhi language|Sindhi]], [[Marathi language|Marathi]], [[Kutchi language|Kachcchhi]], [[Rajasthani language|Rajasthani]] and [[English language|English]]. It was translated in English by Vinod Meghani (unpublished). Bindu Bhatt debuted in short story genre with her book ''Bandhani'' (2009). She also translated several works into Hindi from Gujarati including [[Harivallabh Bhayani]]'s ''Aapabransh Vyakaran'', [[Dhiruben Patel]]'s ''Andhali Gali'' and [[Jayant Gadit]]'s ''Satya'' (in 4 parts; with Virendra Narayan Sinh). She has also given translation from Hindi to Gujarati including ''Fanishwarnath Renu'' (Monograph by Surendra Chaudhari), ''Dadu Dayal'' (Monograph by Raam Baqsh) and ''Bija Na Pag'' (short stories by Shreekant Varma).<ref name=":0" /><ref name="Portal of Journals">{{cite web | title=KCG | website=Portal of Journals | url=http://www.kcgjournal.org/humanity/issue5/dashrath.php | language=gu | accessdate=2016-03-11}}</ref>

=== Criticism ===
* ''Adyatan Hindi Upnyaas'' (1993)
* ''Aaj ke Rangnatak'' (1998)

=== Editing ===
* ''Gurjar Pravas Nibandh Sanchay'' (co-edited with [[Raghuveer Chaudhari]])
* ''Asmita Parv Vakdhara'' (Volume 1 to 10) (co-edited with [[Harshad Trivedi]])

== Recognition ==
Her novel ''Mira Yagnik Ni Dayari'' was awarded Goverdhanram Tripathi Award (1992-1993). Her second novel, ''[[Akhepatar]]'', won The [[Sahitya Akademi Award]] for the year 2003 and was also awarded Priyakant Parikh Prize instituted by [[Gujarati Sahitya Parishad]] in 1999. She is also the recipient of ''Justice Sharda Charan Mishra Bhasha Setu Samman'' (award for translation; 2009) instituted by Bhasha Setu, [[Kolkata]].<ref name=":0"/>

== Further reading ==
* {{cite book |last1=Pathan |first1=Dr. Niyaz |last2=Sinh |first2=Dr. Sudha |last3=Goswami |first3=Dr. Jyotsana |title= Bindu Se Sindhu Ki Aur (Dr. Bindu Bhatt Vyaktitva Evam Krutitva) |date=September 2016 |language=hi |publisher=Rangadwar Prakashan |location=Ahmedabad |isbn=978-93-80125-89-3}}

==See also==
* [[List of Gujarati-language writers]]

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{Gbooks-author|Bindu Bhatt}}
* {{GujLit author}}

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[[Category:20th-century Indian women writers]]
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[[Category:Recipients of the Sahitya Akademi Award in Gujarati]]
[[Category:Gujarat University alumni]]
[[Category:21st-century Indian women writers]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian novelists]]
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