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{{Infobox writer<br />
| name = Jahangir Edalji Sanjana<br />
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| native_name_lang = gu<br />
| pseudonym = Anarya, Payakar, Tirohit<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=y|1880|5|14}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Akola]], [[Maharashtra]], [[British Raj|British India]]<br />
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=y|1964|1|17|1880|5|14}}<br />
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| occupation = literary critic<br />
| language = [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]], English<br />
| nationality = Indian<br />
| education = B.A<br />
| alma_mater = [[Elphinstone College]]<br />
| notable_works = ''Studies in Gujarati Literature'' (1950)<br />
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'''Jahangir Edalji Sanjana''' (14 May 1880 – 17 January 1964), also known by his short name '''J. E. Sanjana''', was a [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]] literary critic and professor from [[Gujarat]], India.<br />
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==Life==<br />
Jahangir Edalji Sanjana was born on 14 May 1880 in [[Akola]], [[Maharashtra]]. He took his primary and secondary education in [[Marathi language|Marathi]] language, and graduated in [[Sanskrit]] language from [[Elphinstone College]], and appointed there a fellow. He was appointed an assistant in the [[Government of Bombay|Mumbai government]]'s Oriental Translator department, and then promoted to its head.<ref name="Daru 2007">{{cite encyclopedia |last=Daru |first= Manoj |editor-last=Thaker |editor-first=Dhirubhai |editor-link= Dhirubhai Thaker |encyclopedia= [[Gujarati Vishwakosh]] |title=સંજાણા, જહાંગીર એદલજી|trans-title= Sanajna, Jahangir Edalji|language=gu |year=2007 |publisher=Gujarat Vishwakosh Trust |volume=XXII |location= [[Ahmedabad]]|oclc=213511854 |pages=606–607}}</ref><br />
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He died on 17 January 1964.<ref name="Daru 2007"/><br />
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==Works==<br />
Sanjana has several pen-names which include Anarya, Payakar, and Tirohit.<ref name="Daru 2007"/><br />
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He was dissatisfied with Gujarati prose and considered it poor in quality; and at the same time he had respect towards Gujarati as well as towards Sanskrit languages. He was well-versed in several languages including [[Marathi language|Marathi]], [[Persian language|Persian]], [[Urdu]], English and Sanskrit.<ref name="Datta Lal 2007">{{cite encyclopedia|editor1-last=Datta|editor1-first=Amaresh|editor1-link=Amaresh Datta|editor2-last=Lal|editor2-first=Mohan|last=Jhaveri|first=Manju H.|title=Sanjana, Jahangir Edalji |encyclopedia=[[Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature]]: Navaratri-Sarvasena|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sOsbAAAAIAAJ|year=2007|edition=4th|publisher=[[Sahitya Akademi]]|location=New Delhi|pages=3801|isbn=((978-81-260-1003-1))}}</ref><br />
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He wrote a detailed review of the book {{ill|Klant Kavi|gu|ક્લાન્ત કવિ (પુસ્તક)}}, a collection of [[Balashankar Kantharia]]'s poems edited by [[Umashankar Joshi]], in which Sanjana strongly criticised the editor.<ref name="Datta Lal 2007"/><ref name="GG">{{cite book|title=Gujarātī Sāhityano Itihāsa |script-title=gu:ગુજરાતી સાહિત્યનો ઈતિહાસ |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.537535/page/n243/mode/2up |volume=4 |year=1981 |edition=1st |editor1-last=Joshi|editor1-first=Umashankar|editor1-link=Umashankar Joshi|editor2-last=Raval |editor2-first=Anantrai |editor2-link=Anantrai Raval|editor3-last=Shukla|editor3-first=Yashavant|location=Ahmedabad|publisher=[[Gujarati Sahitya Parishad]]|pages=224–225|language=gu|trans-title=History of Gujarati Literature |oclc=10098243}}</ref><br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[List of Gujarati-language writers]]<br />
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