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{{Infobox writer
| name = Dhiruben Patel
| image = Shri Dhirubahen patel (2).jpg
| caption = Dhiruben in February 2013 at [[Gujarati Vishwakosh|Gujarat Vishwakosh Trust]]
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1926|05|29}}
| birth_place = [[Baroda]], [[British Raj]] (now [[Vadodara]])
| occupation = {{ubl|Novelist|Play writer|Film writer|Translator}}
| language = [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]]
| citizenship = Indian
| notableworks = ''Agantuk'', ''Nirbandh Nibandho''
| awards = {{ubl|[[Ranjitram Suvarna Chandrak]]|[[Sahitya Akademi Award for Gujarati]]}}
}}
'''Dhiruben Gordhanbhai Patel''' ({{lang-gu|ધીરુબેન પટેલ}}) is an Indian novelist, playwright and translator.

== Life ==
Dhiruben Gordhanbhai Patel is born on 29 May 1926 in [[Baroda]] (now [[Vadodara]], Gujarat) to Gordhanbhai Patel, a journalist with the Bombay Chronicle, and Gangaben Patel, a political activist and member of the [[Indian National Congress|All India Congress Committee]]. Her family belongs to Dharmaj village near [[Anand, Gujarat|Anand]]. She grew up and still resides in [[Santacruz, Mumbai|Santacruz]], a suburb of [[Mumbai]]. She was educated at the Poddar school in Mumbai. She completed higher education from [[Elphinstone College]]. She completed B.A. in English in 1945 and M.A. in 1949 from Bhavan's College. She taught English in college at [[Dahisar]] in 1963-64 and later taught English literature at the Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan.<ref name="gsp">{{cite web|url=http://gujaratisahityaparishad.com/prakashan/sarjako/savishesh/Savishesh-Dhiruben-Patel.html|title=સાહિત્યસર્જક: ધીરુબેન પટેલ|last=Vyas|first=Daksha|author-link=Daksha Vyas|publisher=Gujarati Sahitya Parishad|language=gu|trans-title=Writer: Dhiruben Patel}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url = http://www.mid-day.com/articles/older-people-deserve-their-space-which-is-often-denied-to-them-noted-writer-dhiruben-patel/15435162|title = 'Older people deserve their space, which is often denied to them,' noted writer Dhiruben Patel|last = Raikar-Mhatre|first = Sumedha|date = 9 July 2014|work = Mid-Day|access-date = 12 December 2014}}</ref><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=248–251|language=gu|isbn=978-93-5108-247-7}}</ref>

She briefly worked with Anand Publishers. Subsequently, she founded Kalki Prakashan, a publishing house in 1963-64. From 1966 to 1975, she edited ''Sudha'', a Gujarati journal. She later served as the President of the Gujarat Sahitya Sabha. She served as the President of the [[Gujarati Sahitya Parishad]] in 2003―2004 and one of her plays, ''[[Bhavni Bhavai]]'', has been adapted into a film.<ref name=AGSI/><ref name=":0">{{Cite book|title = "Dhiruben Patel" in Women Writing in India vol 1|last =Tharu, Susie |first = Ke Lalita and|publisher = Feminist Press at CUNY|year = 1993|isbn = 9781558610293|pages = 224–226}}</ref><ref name="museindia">{{cite web|url= http://www.museindia.com/authorprofile.asp?myr=2007&issid=12&id=408|title= Dhiruben Patel|publisher= Muse India|access-date= 12 November 2011|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120615165357/http://www.museindia.com/authorprofile.asp?myr=2007&issid=12&id=408|archive-date= 15 June 2012|url-status= dead}}</ref>

== Works ==
Dhiruben Patel has written several collections of short stories and poetry as well as novels. She has written radio plays and stage plays. Her work is influenced by [[Mahatma Gandhi|Gandhian ideals]]. Critics Susie Tharu and Ke Lalita have written, "Although Dhiruben does not consider herself a feminist, like the novelist [[Kundanika Kapadia]], she believes that the root cause of women's inferior status lies in their own mental conditioning."<ref name=":0" /> Her early work, in particular, deals with the lives of women and their relationships, and what Tharu and Lalita have also described as the "quest for selfhood".<ref name=":0" /> Her later work has been primarily for children and young adults, and she advocated literature for children despite the easy availability of information on the internet.<ref>{{Cite news|url = http://www.thehindu.com/books/foray-into-english/article2023774.ece|title = Foray into English|last = Iyer|first = Aruna V|date = 16 May 2011|work = The Hindu|access-date = 12 December 2014}}</ref>

Dhiruben Patel initially wrote in Gujarati. Her novel, ''Agantuk'' is translated by Raj Supe into English, as ''Rainbow at Noon'' in 2011. In an interview, Patel said she agreed to let Supe translate it because ".. he would understand my hero and his struggles as he has travelled the same path."<ref>{{Cite news|url = http://www.thehindu.com/books/wonder-women-all-write/article2150156.ece|title = Wonder Women all write|last = Kulkarni|first = Reshma S|date = 4 July 2011|work = The Hindu|access-date = 12 December 2014}}</ref> A recent collection of poetry, ''Kitchen Poems'' is in English, and was first recited by her at the Neemrana Literary Festival in 2002. These were later published and translated into German, by Peter D O'Neil, and into Marathi, by Usha Mehta.<ref>{{Cite news|url = http://www.punemirror.in/others/leisure/Kitchen-confidential/articleshow/31576904.cms|title = Kitchen Confidential|last = Raikar-Mhatre|first = Sumedha|date = 14 October 2012|work = Pune Mirror|access-date = 12 December 2014}}</ref> She has now translated same poems into Gujarati "Kitchen Poems" (Gujarati 2016)

Her novels and novellas include:

*''Vadavanal'' (1963)
*''Vasno Ankur'' (1967)
*''Vavantol'' (1970)
*''Shimla Na Phool'' (1976)
*''Ek Bhalo Manas'' (1979)
*''Vamal'' (1980)
*''Andhali Gali'' (1983)
*''Gaganna Lagan'' (1984)
*''Kadambarini Maa'' (1988)
*''Ek Phool Gulabi Vat'' (1990)
*''Ek Dal Mithi'' (1992)
*''Hutashan'' (1993)
*''Agantuk '' (1996).<ref name="AGSI" />
*''Sanshaybij'' (1998)
*''Paying Guest'' (1998)
*''Atitrag '' (2000)
*''Andhali Gali'' (1983) is a psychological novel, which gives insight into life of a woman, named Kundan, who decides to marry at the age of forty five.<ref name="Basiya2012">{{cite journal |last=Basiya |first=Rajesh V. |title=Dhiruben Patel's Aandhali Gali: a Psychoanalytical Insight into the Emotions of a Woman |journal=Language in India |date=June 2012 |page=321 |url=http://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/A299536406/AONE?sid=wikipedia |access-date=28 April 2019|volume=12|issue=6|via=[[Academic Onefile]]}} {{Subscription required}}</ref>

Her short story collections are
*''Adhuro Call'' (1955)
*''Ek Lahar'' (1957)
*''Vishrambhakatha'' (1966)
*''Tadh'' (1976)
*''Javal '' (2001).<ref name="AGSI" />
*''Dhiruben ni Tunki Vartao'' (2019)

''Kitchen Poems'' (2011) is collection of poems in English and translated by herself in Gujarati in 2016

Her plays include ''Pahelun Inam '' (1955), ''Pankhino Malo'' (1956), ''Vinashna Panthe'' (1961), ''Manno Manelo'' (1959) and ''Akash Manch'' (2005). ''Namani Nagarvel'' (1961) and ''Mayapurush'' (1995) are collections of [[one-act play]]s and radio plays respectively.<ref name=AGSI/>

She has also written humour literature. ''Pardukhbhanjak Pestonjee'' (1978) is humorous adventure stories of character Pestonjee. Her ''Gaganna Lagan'' (1984) is humorous novel. ''Kartik Rang Katha'' (1990) is her humorous story while ''Kartik Ane Bija Badha'' (1988) is collection of her humorous essays.<ref name=AGSI/>

She contributed in [[Children's literature in Gujarati language|children's literature]]. She wrote collection of children's stories, ''Kishor Varta Sangrah'' (2002) and poetry for very young, ''Mitra Na Jodakna'' (1973). ''Anderi Ganderi Tipari Ten'' is her famous and celebrated children's plays. She translated [[Mark Twain]]'s adventure novels for young adults; ''[[The Adventures of Tom Sawyer]]'' in two parts (1960, 1966) as well as ''[[Adventures of Huckleberry Finn]]'' in 1967.<ref name=AGSI/>

In her more recent works, Dhiruben na ''Nirbandh Nibandho'' are collection of essays. ''Choras Tipu'' is a collection of crazy stories and illustrated stories for children are :
*''Gaada ne paida jevda rotla ni vaat''
*''Kaku Maku ane puchhadi ni Panchat''
*''Kinu Kaankhajuro''
*''Minu ni Mojadi''
*''Doctor ni fee''
*''Budbudsalak ane Trimtramdhadak''

==Awards==
She received [[Ranjitram Suvarna Chandrak]] in 1980. She received K. M. Munshi Suvarna Chandrak in 1981 and Sahitya Gaurav Puraskar in 2002, both by Gujarat Sahitya Akademi. She received Nandshankar Suvarna Chandrak and Darshak Award in 1996. She won the 2001 [[List of Sahitya Akademi Award winners for Gujarati|Sahitya Akademi Award for Gujarati language]] for her novel ''Agantuk''.<ref name="gsp"/><ref name=AGSI/><ref name=sahitya>{{cite web | url=http://www.sahitya-akademi.gov.in/old_version/awa10318.htm#gujarati | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090331234109/http://www.sahitya-akademi.gov.in/old_version/awa10318.htm#gujarati | archive-date=2009-03-31 | title=Sanskrit Sahitya Akademi Awards 1955-2007 | publisher=[[Sahitya Akademi]] Official website | url-status=dead }}</ref>

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

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