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'''Harindra J Dave''' (19 September 1930 – 29 March 1995) was a [[Gujarati people|Gujarati]] poet, journalist, playwright and novelist of the post-independence Gujarati literature.<br />
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==Life==<br />
He was born on 19 September 1930 in [[Khambhra|Khambhra village]] in [[Kachchh District]], [[Gujarat]], India (then [[Cutch State]]). He was educated at the [[Samaldas College]], [[Bhavnagar]] and later [[University of Bombay]].<ref name=gsp>{{cite web|url=http://gujaratisahityaparishad.com/prakashan/sarjako/savishesh/Savishesh-Harindra-Dave.html |title=સવિશેષ પરિચય: હરીન્દ્ર દવે, ગુજરાતી સાહિત્ય પરિષદ - Harindra Dave, Gujarati Sahitya Parishad |publisher=Gujaratisahityaparishad.com |date= |accessdate=2012-08-11}}</ref><ref name="Datta1987">{{cite book|author=Amaresh Datta|title=Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature: A-Devo|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ObFCT5_taSgC&pg=PA907|volume=1|year=1987|publisher=Sahitya Akademi|isbn=978-81-260-1803-1|pages=907–908}}</ref><br />
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==Career==<br />
He authored more than fifty works, including poems, essays, drama and fiction.<ref name=gsp/><ref name="Datta1987"/><br />
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''Aganpankhi'' (1962), ''Madhav Kyayn Nathi'' (1970), ''Krishna ane Manav Sambandho'' (1982), ''Mukhvato'', ''Anagat'', ''Hayati'' (1978), ''Sang-Asang'', ''Lohi no Rang Lal'' (1981), ''Gandhi Ni Kavad'' (1984) are his some works.<ref name=gsp/><ref name="Datta1987"/> His work ''Krishna ane Manav Sambandho'' (1982) is a monumental research work on [[Krishna]] theme.<ref name="Kapoor2002">{{cite book|author=Subodh Kapoor|title=The Indian Encyclopaedia: Gautami Ganga -Himmat Bahadur|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Nt4nbp1VIhsC&pg=PA2718|accessdate=9 April 2017|year=2002|publisher=Cosmo Publications|location=New Delhi|isbn=978-81-7755-266-9|page=2718}}</ref> His novel ''Madhav Kyany Nathi'' was translated into [[Hindi]] by Bhanushankar Mehta as ''Madhav Kahin Nahin Hain'' in 1995.<br />
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He was a journalist by profession<ref name=gsp/><ref name="Datta1987"/><br />
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He worked as a journalist with ''Janashakti'', a Gujarati daily from 1951 to 1962. He joined Bhavan's as an editor of ''Samarpan'', Gujarati monthly digest. In 1968, he joined USIS{{clarify|date=August 2017}} and continued till 1973.<ref name=gsp/><ref name="Datta1987"/><br />
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In 1973, he joined ''Janashakti'' as an editor. His writing during [[The Emergency (India)|the Emergency]] was notable. After ''Janashakti'', he joined Janmabhoomi Group of Newspapers as an Editor in Chief for '<nowiki/>''Janmabhoomi'<nowiki/>'', an evening daily and '<nowiki/>''Pravasi'<nowiki/>'', a morning daily and '<nowiki/>''Janambhoomi-Pravasi'', a weekly.<ref name=gsp/><ref name="Datta1987"/><br />
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Before embarking on daily journalism in 1951, Harindrabhai worked with ''Chitrapat'', a film magazine. And during those years with ''Chitrapat'', he came into association with personalities like Shyam, [[Suraiya]], [[Guru Dutt]], [[Mehbub Khan]], Motilal, [[Mohammad Rafi]], [[Ramanand Sagar]] etc.<ref name=gsp/><ref name="Datta1987"/><br />
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==Recognition==<br />
He received the [[Sahitya Akademi Award]] in 1978 for his poetry collection ''Hayati''. He also received the [[Ranjitram Suvarna Chandrak]] in 1982, the Kabir Award (from the Madhya Pradesh Government), the [[Gujarati Sahitya Parishad]] award and the Goenka award for Journalism.<ref name=gsp/><ref name="Datta1987"/><ref name="Kapoor2002"/><br />
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== Personal life ==<br />
He married Jayalakshmi (25 May 1932 – 14 July 1987) in 1947. He had three sons from his first marriage: Rohit (born 1952), Prakash (born 1955) and Deepak (born 1960).<br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[List of Gujarati-language writers]]<br />
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