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{{Short description|Gujarati poet and critic}}
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{{Infobox writer
| name=Dhiru Parikh
| image=Dhiru Parikh.JPG
| img_capt=
| caption = Parikh in 2013
| birth_name =Dhiru Ishwarlal Parikh
| birth_date={{birth date|1933|8|31|df=y}}
| birth_place=[[Viramgam]], [[Bombay Presidency]], [[British India]]
| death_date= {{death date and age|2021|5|9|1933|8|31|df=y}}
| death_place= [[Ahmedabad]], [[Gujarat]], India
| occupation= poet, critic, story writer
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| language = [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]]
| nationality= Indian
| spouse= {{marriage|Kamla Parikh|1964}}
| signature= Dhiru Parikh signature.png
| awards={{plainlist|
* [[Kumar Chandrak]] (1971)
* [[Ranjitram Suvarna Chandrak]] (2008)}}
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'''Dhiru Ishwarlal Parikh''' (31 August 1933 – 9 May 2021) was an Indian [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]] poet, short story writer and critic. He was an editor of ''[[Kavilok]]'' and ''[[Kumar magazine|Kumar]]'', Gujarati literary magazines.

==Biography==
[[File:School of Languages in Gujarat University Ahmedabad.jpg|thumb|The School of Languages where Parikh served as professor and head of Gujarati department]]
Dhiru Parikh was born on 31 August 1933 at [[Viramgam]] near [[Ahmedabad]], [[Gujarat]], India. He completed his [[matriculation]] in 1951 from the town. He completed B.A. in 1955 from L. D. Arts College, M.A. in 1958 from [[Gujarat University]] and was awarded Ph.D. in 1967 for his thesis, ''Rasyugma Prakruti Nirupan''. Since 1955, he taught at C. U. Shah College. He served as the principal of Mahila Arts College of [[Wadhwan]] affiliated with [[SNDT Women's University]] from 1967 to 1969. Later he joined as a professor of Department of Gujarati, School of Languages, Gujarat University in 1977, served as a head from 1986 to his retirement in 1993. He edited bimonthly, ''[[Kavilok]]'' of Gujarati poetry, since 1976 which he joined in 1969 as co-editor. He served as president of [[Gujarati Sahitya Parishad]] from December 2013 to December 2014. He also edited ''[[Kumar magazine|Kumar]]'' since 1991.<ref name=AGSI>{{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=320–322|language=gu|isbn=978-93-5108-247-7}}</ref><ref name=dgy>{{cite news|url=http://deshgujarat.com/2013/12/24/dhirubhai-parikh-becomes-new-president-of-gujarati-sahitya-parishad/|title=Dhirubhai Parikh becomes new President of Gujarati Sahitya Parishad|date=24 December 2013|work=DeshGujarat|accessdate=10 May 2014|archive-date=13 May 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140513010615/http://deshgujarat.com/2013/12/24/dhirubhai-parikh-becomes-new-president-of-gujarati-sahitya-parishad/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=gsp>{{cite web|url=http://www.gujaratisahityaparishad.com/prakashan/sarjako/savishesh/Savishesh-Dhiru-Parikh.html|title=Dhirubhai Parikh|language=Gujarati|publisher=[[Gujarati Sahitya Parishad]]|accessdate=28 March 2015|archive-date=8 June 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150608014026/http://www.gujaratisahityaparishad.com/prakashan/sarjako/savishesh/Savishesh-Dhiru-Parikh.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://m.timesofindia.com/city/ahmedabad/Master-of-metre/articleshow/21889395.cms|title=Master of metre|first=Saeed|last=Khan|work=[[The Times of India]]|date=18 August 2013|accessdate=28 March 2015|archive-date=6 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190506194644/https://m.timesofindia.com/city/ahmedabad/Master-of-metre/articleshow/21889395.cms|url-status=live}}</ref>

He married Kamla Parikh ([[née]] Patel) in 1964.<ref>{{cite magazine|editor-last=Rye|editor-first=Madhu|editor-link=Madhu Rye|title=Kantak Ni Khushboo (Short story by Dhiru Parikh)|magazine=Mamta|date=December 2017|location=New Jersey|publisher=Chandramani Prakashan|page=15}}</ref> He died on 9 May 2021 in Ahmedabad.<ref name="Gujarati 2021">{{cite web|title=ગુજરાતી સાહિત્ય જગતમાંથી શોકના સમાચાર : કવિ,વિવેચક,નિબંધકાર અને વાર્તાકાર એવા ધીરુભાઈ પરીખનું નિધન|website=TV9 Gujarati|date=9 May 2021|url=https://tv9gujarati.com/gujarat/news-of-mourning-from-the-world-of-gujarati-literature-poet-critic-essayist-and-storyteller-dhirubhai-parikh-passes-away-266873.html|language=gu|access-date=10 May 2021|archive-date=10 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210510032615/https://tv9gujarati.com/gujarat/news-of-mourning-from-the-world-of-gujarati-literature-poet-critic-essayist-and-storyteller-dhirubhai-parikh-passes-away-266873.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Works==
His first work published in 1951 was a short story titled ''Pehlu Rudan''. His short story collection ''Kantakni Khushbo'' (1964) has twenty two stories. His other story collection is ''Parajit Vijay''. ''Ughad'' (1979) is a collection of poetry. ''Ang Pachisi'' (1982) is a collection of twenty five traditional ''[[Chhappa]]'' styled sarcastic poems. ''Aagiya'' (1982) is a collection of [[haiku]]. His other poetry collections are ''Hari Chadya Adfete'', ''Shikhare Betha Chhe Sthitipragnya'' (2003), ''Station ane Train'' (2007).<ref name=gsp/><ref name=AGSI/>

He wrote biography of [[Rajendra Shah (author)|Rajendra Shah]] under ''Gujarati Granthkar Shreni'' and published in 1977. '' Rasyug ma Prakritinirupan'' (Nature in medieval literature of Raas, 1978) is his research thesis. ''Atratya Tatratya'' (1978) is a collection of introductory essays on poets which include Gujarati poets along with C. K. Louis, [[W. H. Auden]], [[Pablo Neruda]], [[Eugenio Montale]] and [[Yevgeny Yevtushenko]]. ''Narsinh Mehta'' (1981) is a biography of [[Narsinh Mehta]]. ''Kharakshar'' (1982) has short introduction of several Gujarati authors including [[Dayaram]], [[Dalpatram]], [[Narmad]], [[Priyakant Maniyar]], [[Jagdish Joshi (poet)|Jagdish Joshi]], [[Manilal Desai]]. ''Kaalma Korya Naam'' (1977) is a collection of short biographies including [[Yasunari Kawabata]], [[Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar]], [[Charles Dickens]], [[Dalpatram]], [[Pujya Mota]].<ref name=gsp/><ref name=AGSI/>

''Samkalin Kavio'' (1983) is criticism of poetry of contemporary poets including [[Labhshankar Thakar]], [[Sitanshu Yashaschandra]], [[Rajendra Shukla (poet)|Rajendra Shukla]], [[Ravji Patel]], [[Adil Mansuri]]. ''Paravartan'' (1985), ''Prayogshil Sarjak Nhanalal'' (1987), ''Amar Brahmana Alokma'', ''Ubhayanvaya'' (1986) are works of criticism. He edited several books, ''Nishkulanand Padavali'' (1981), ''Saar Mahakavyo'' (1983), ''Panch Mahakavyo'' (1984) and ''[[T. S. Eliot]]'' (1989). ''Tulnatmak Sahitya'' (1984) is a work on [[comparative literature]]. He translated ''[[Divine Comedy]]'' in 1985.<ref name=gsp/><ref name=AGSI/>

==Awards==
He was awarded [[Kumar Chandrak]] in 1971, Swami Sachchidanand Sanman in 2004, [[Premanand Suvarna Chandrak]] in 2006 and [[Ranjitram Suvarna Chandrak]] in 2008.<ref name=AGSI/><ref name=dgy/><ref name=gsp/>

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

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{GujLit author}}

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