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{{short description|Indian writer and artist}}
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'''Gieve Patel''' (born 18 August 1940)<ref>''International Who's Who in Poetry 2004.'' Taylor & Francis, 2003, p. 255</ref> is an Indian poet, playwright, painter,<ref>{{cite news |title=Art in Review; Gieve Patel and Sudhir Patwardhan|author=Holland Cotter |authorlink=Holland Cotter|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9904E3DE1F3EF937A15751C0A9609C8B63 |work=The New York Times |date= 24 February 2006 |accessdate=1 February 2013}}</ref> as well as a practising physician. He belongs to a group of writers who have subscribed themselves to the 'Green Movement' which is involved in an effort to protect the environment. His poems speak of deep concerns for nature and expose human's cruelty to it. His works include poems, ''How Do You Withstand'' (1966), ''Body'' (1976) and ''Mirrored Mirroring'' (1991). He has also written three plays, ''Titled Princess'', ''Savaska'' and ''Mr. Behram''.

== Early life ==
Patel was born in 1940 in [[Mumbai]]. His parents were from a small village called [[Nargol]] in southern [[Gujarat]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/lifestyle/art-and-culture/down-the-rabbit-hole-2/|title=Down the Rabbit Hole|date=15 January 2017|first=Pooja|last=Pillai|publisher=[[The Indian Express]]}}</ref> His father was a dentist and his mother was the daughter of a doctor.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Thayil|first=Jeet|title=60 Indian Poets|date=8 August 2008|publisher=Penguin Books Limited|isbn=978-93-5118-234-4|url=https://www.google.com/search?q=Thayil,+Jeet+(8+August+2008).+60+Indian+Poets.+Penguin+Books+Limited&rlz=1C1GIGM_enIN752IN754&tbm=bks|language=en}}</ref> He was educated at St. Xavier's High School and [[Grant Medical College]], [[Mumbai]]. He lives in Mumbai where he is a general practitioner.<ref>[http://india.poetryinternationalweb.org/piw_cms/cms/cms_module/index.php?obj_id=2718 About Gieve Patel]</ref>

== Career ==
Patel's poetical works include ''Poems,'' launched by [[Nissim Ezekiel]], followed by ''How Do You Withstand, Body and Mirrored Mirroring''. His plays include ''Princess, Savaksa and Mr Behram''.{{Citation needed|date= February 2018}} A common theme throughout Patel's work is the relationship between his landowning family and the tribal [[Warli]]s that worked in their estate.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Mujumdar|first=Neha|url=https://www.thehindu.com/books/the-long-road/article3910810.ece|title=The long road|date=18 September 2012|work=The Hindu|access-date=20 April 2020|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>

He held his first art show in [[Mumbai]] in 1966, and went on to have several major exhibitions in India and abroad. He participated in the Menton Biemale, France in 1976. ''India, Myth and Reality,'' Oxford in 1982; ''Contemporary Indian Art,'' [[Royal Academy]], [[London]] 1982. Patel belongs to an avant-garde group of artists based in [[Bombay]] and [[Baroda]].<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/mag/2004/01/11/stories/2004011100150200.htm | title=Images of Survival and Transcendence | date=11 January 2004 | authorlink=Ranjit Hoskote | first=Ranjit | last=Hoskote | newspaper=[[The Hindu]] | accessdate=8 July 2018 }}{{dead link|date=April 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>

He also exhibited for Contemporary Indian Art, Grey Art Gallery, [[New York City]], 1985, [[Indian Art]] from the Herwitz collection [[Worcester Art Museum]], [[Massachusetts]], 1985 and ''Coups de Coeur'' [[Geneva]], 1987.

He conducted poetry workshops in [[Rishi Valley School]] for more than a decade, and edited a collection of poetry published in 2006.<ref>[http://india.poetryinternationalweb.org/piw_cms/cms/cms_module/index.php?obj_id=2696&x=1 In conversation] with [[Arundhathi Subramaniam]]</ref> His poetry is included in ''Anthology of Contemporary Indian Poetry''<ref>{{cite web|title=Anthology of Contemporary Indian Poetry Edited by Menka Shivdasani|url=http://bigbridge.org/BB17/poetry/indianpoetryanthology/Gieve_Patel.html|publisher=BigBridge.Org|accessdate=9 June 2016}}</ref> (BigBridge, United States). One of his Poems "Licence" from the collection ''How do you Withstand'' is included in the anthology ''Confronting Love'' edited by Arundhati Subramanyam and [[Jerry Pinto]].{{Citation needed|date= February 2018}}

He has been translating poems from the 17th century [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]] poet [[Akha Bhagat|Akho]] into [[English language|English]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/1100606/jsp/graphiti/story_12532688.jsp|title=Picture of perfection|date=6 June 2010|publisher=[[The Telegraph India]]}}</ref>

== Bibliography – poetry in English ==
*''University.''
*''Poems''. [[Nissim Ezekiel]], 1966.
*''How Do You Withstand, Body''. Clearing House, (1976 ).
*''Mirrored, Mirroring''. [[Oxford University Press]], 1991.
*''On Killing a Tree.''

== Appearances in the following poetry anthologies ==
* ''The Golden Treasure of [[Writers Workshop]] Poetry on a killing tree '' (2008) ed. by Rubana Huq and published by [[Writers Workshop]], [[Calcutta]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Rubana Huq, ed. The Golden Treasury of Writers Workshop Poetry. Review : ASIATIC, VOLUME 3, NUMBER 1, JUNE 2009 |url=http://journals.iium.edu.my/asiatic/index.php/AJELL/article/view/82/67 |website=journals.iium.edu.my |publisher=journals.iium.edu.my |accessdate=4 September 2018}}</ref>

== See also ==
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* [[Indian English Literature]]
* [[Indian Writing in English]]
*[[List of poets from Mumbai]]

== References ==
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== External links ==
*[http://www.saffronart.com/artists/gieve-patel Patel's Artist Profile and Artworks]
*[https://www.poetryinternational.org/pi/poet/2718/Gieve-Patel/en/tile Poetry International]
*[https://www.poemist.com/gieve-patel Biography and poems on Poemist]

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