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{{Infobox writer
| name = Digish Mehta
| image = DigishMehtaPic.jpg
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| birth_name = Digish Nanubhai Mehta
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=y|1934|7|12}}
| birth_place = [[Patan, Gujarat|Patan]], [[Gujarat]], India
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=y|2001|6|13|1934|7|12}}
| death_place = [[Ahmedabad]], Gujarat
| occupation = Essayist, novelist, critic and translator
| language = [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]]
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| nationality = Indian
| education = MA, PhD
| alma_mater = {{plainlist|
*[[Gujarat College]]
* [[University of Leeds]]
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| notableworks = ''Apno Ghadik Sang'' (1962)
| spouse = {{marriage|Smita|1963}}
| children = 2 daughter
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| doctoral_advisor = R. A. Malagi
| thesis_title = The Experience of Religious Conversion and Its Impact on The Creation of the Major Personae in The Poetry of T. S. Eliot from Prufrock to Ash Wednesday
| thesis_url = http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/handle/10603/48426
| thesis_year = 1981
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'''Digish Nanubhai Mehta''' (12 July 1934 - 13 June 2001) was a [[Gujarati language]] essayist, novelist and critic from [[Gujarat]], India.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Bg0rOOqvBMkC&pg=PA222&dq=digish+mehta&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiL_rym393SAhVBOI8KHYqRBGcQ6AEIIzAC#v=onepage&q=digish%20mehta&f=false|title=Dalit Literature: A Critical Exploration|last=Prasad|first=Amar Nath|last2=Gaijan|first2=M. B.|date=2007-01-01|publisher=Sarup & Sons|isbn=9788176258173|pages=222|language=en}}</ref>

==Biography==
He was born on 12 July 1934 at [[Patan, Gujarat|Patan]] (now in Gujarat, India). He completed his primary and secondary education from [[Sidhpur]]. He [[matriculated]] in 1949. He completed BA in English and Psychology from Dharmendrasinhji College, [[Rajkot]] in 1953. He completed MA from [[Gujarat College]] and joined Ramanand Mahavidyalaya (now H. K. Arts College) in June 1955 as a professor of English. He went to [[University of Leeds]], England in 1967 and completed MA in 1968. In 1970, he joined School of Languages, [[Gujarat University]] as the Reader in English. In 1982, he completed PhD on [[T. S. Eliot]]. He retired on 31 October 1994. He died on 13 June 2001 at [[Ahmedabad]].<ref name="AGSI">{{cite book|title=અર્વાચીન ગુજરાતી સાહિત્યનો ઈતિહાસ - આધુનિક અને અનુઆધુનિક યુગ|last=Brahmabhatt|first=Prasad|publisher=Parshwa Publication|year=2010|isbn=978-93-5108-247-7|location=Ahmedabad|pages=292–295|language=gu|trans-title=History of Modern Gujarati Literature – Modern and Postmodern Era}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://www.gujaratisahityaparishad.com/prakashan/sarjako/savishesh/Savishesh-Digish-Mehta.html|title=દિગીશ મહેતા|website=[[Gujarati Sahitya Parishad]]|language=gu|trans-title=Digish Mehta|access-date=2017-03-17}}</ref>

He married Smita in 1963, and he had two daughters.<ref name= sharma>{{cite book |last=Sharma |first=Radheshyam |author-link=Radheshyam Sharma |date=1999 |title= Saksharno Sakshatkar (Question-based Interviews with biographical literary sketches) |volume=Vol. 4 |location=Ahmedabad |publisher=Rannade Prakashan |pages=40|oclc=43853110}}</ref>

==Works==
Mehta's essays were first appeared in ''Sanskriti'' in 1960–62. In 1970, his first collection of fourteen essays ''Doorna E Soor'' was published. Two more essays were added in its second edition. His second essay collection ''Sheri'' (1995) includes 53 essays. ''Apno Ghadik Sang'' (1962) is his experimental novella with light humour. ''Shatrudhnani Paheli Safar'' (1999) is his experimental novel. His studies in Gujarati and English literature appears in his works of criticism like ''Pashchatya Navalkatha'' (Western Novels, 1975, with Harshad Desai), ''Paridhi'' (1976) and ''Ketlik Sahityik Sangnyao'' (2006). ''Shrimad Rajchandra'' (1980) is a short biography of [[Shrimad Rajchandra]]. ''English! English!'' (1999) is his educational book on English language for Gujarati readers. He translated ''[[The Chairs]]'' by [[Eugène Ionesco]] in Gujarati as ''Khurshio'' (2000) and ''[[A Defence of Poetry]]'' by [[Percy Bysshe Shelley]] as ''Kavitanu Bachavnamu'' (2000). His [[one-act play]]s are ''Jay Dhoranlalki!'' and ''Dado''. He co-edited ''Jayanti Dalalni Pratinidhi Vartao'' (Selected Stories of [[Jayanti Dalal]], 1991) with [[Radheshyam Sharma]] and [[Aniruddh Brahmabhatt]].<ref name="AGSI"/><ref name=":0" />

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