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{{Infobox writer
| name = Jayant Gadit
| image = JayantGaditPic.jpg
| caption =
| native_name = જયંત ગોકળદાસ ગાડીત
| native_name_lang = gu
| pseudonym =
| birth_name = Jayant Gokaldas Gadit
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1938|11|26}}
| birth_place = [[Kandivali]], [[Mumbai]]
| death_date= {{death date and age|df=y|2009|5|29|1938|11|26}}
| death_place = [[Vadodara]], Gujarat
| occupation = Novelist, critic, professor
| language = [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]]
| nationality = Indian
| education = * Master of Arts
* Ph.D
| alma_mater = [[Gujarat University]]
| subject =
| movement =
| notableworks = * ''Avrut'' (1969)
* ''Shikhandi'' (1991)
| awards =
* [[Dhanji Kanji Gandhi Suvarna Chandrak]] (2008)
| spouse = {{marriage|Manjula|1963}}
| signature = Jayant Gadit signature.png
| module = {{Infobox academic
| child = yes
| doctoral_advisor = [[Harivallabh Bhayani]]
| thesis_title = Nhanalalni Apadyagadya Rachanaoni Bhashanu Sahityik Adhyayan
| thesis_url = http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/handle/10603/47166
| thesis_year = 1974
}}
}}

'''Jayant Gokaldas Gadit''' ({{lang-gu|જયંત ગોકળદાસ ગાડીત}}) was a Gujarati novelist, critic and professor from Gujarat, [[India]]. He received the [[Dhanji Kanji Gandhi Suvarna Chandrak]] in 2008 and was awarded the [[Gujarat Sahitya Akademi]] prize twice.<ref name="Dutt1999"/><ref name=AGSI/>

== Life ==
Gadit was born on 26 November 1938 in [[Kandivali]], [[Mumbai]] to Gokaldas Gadit and Santok.<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. 5 |location=Ahmedabad |publisher=Rannade Prakashan |pages=416|oclc=43853110}}</ref> He studied Gujarati and [[Sanskrit]] at [[Gujarat University]] and received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1961 and a Master of Arts degree in 1964. In 1974 he received his PhD under [[Harivallabh Bhayani]]. Gadit taught at the art colleges of [[Petlad]] and [[Mahudha]] from 1965 to 1977. He worked as a professor in the postgraduate department of [[Sardar Patel University]] from 1977 to 1986 and headed the Gujarati department there before retiring at the age of 60. He also worked as the Reader in K. L. Study Center, a research center of [[Gujarati Sahitya Parishad]].<ref name="Dutt1999">{{cite book|author=Kartik Chandra Dutt|title=Who's who of Indian Writers, 1999: A-M|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QA1V7sICaIwC&pg=PA365|year=1999|publisher=Sahitya Akademi|isbn=978-81-260-0873-5|pages=365–}}</ref><ref name="Times of India">{{cite web | title=Literary critic Gadit passes away | website=The Times of India | date=2009-05-29 | url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/vadodara/Literary-critic-Gadit-passes-away/articleshow/4595204.cms | access-date=2017-03-10}}</ref><ref name="Gujarati Sahitya Parishad">{{cite web | title=સવિશેષ પરિચય: જયંત ગાડીત, ગુજરાતી સાહિત્ય પરિષદ | website=Jayant Gadit, Gujarati Sahitya Parishad | url=http://www.gujaratisahityaparishad.com/prakashan/sarjako/savishesh/Savishesh-Jayant-Gadit.html | language=gu | access-date=2017-03-10}}</ref><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=201–203|language=gu|trans-title=History of Modern Gujarati Literature – Modern and Postmodern Era}}</ref>

He married Manjula in 1963, and had two sons.<ref name= sharma/>

He died of cancer on 29 May 2009 in [[Vadodara]], India.<ref name="Times of India"/><ref name=AGSI/>

== Works ==
He started his literary career with ''Avrut'' (1969), a novel which deals with the theme of corruption in the field of education, and presents the inner life of its central character. The dreams and symbols are used to depict the futility of life.<ref name="Rajan1989">{{cite book|author=P. K. Rajan|title=The Growth of the Novel in India, 1950-1980|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EK3PpQWV51MC&pg=PA76|year=1989|publisher=Abhinav Publications|isbn=978-81-7017-259-8|pages=76–}}</ref> He published two [[novella]]s in one volume entitled ''Chaspakshi ane Karna'' in 1979. In ''Chaspakshi'', Gadit depicted the personal relationship of Mr. Panchal and Mrs. Soni, their sexual sensations and its psychological backgrounds.<ref name=" Gujarati Sahitya Parishad"/> ''Badlati Kshitij'' (English: Changing Horizon) was published in 1986 and is based on the riots that ignited after anti-reservation protests. He started to write a novel of the life of [[Mahatma Gandhi]], publishing three parts, but it was not completed due to his death.<ref name="Times of India"/> ''Kya Chhe Ghar?'' (1982) is a social novel, while ''Shikhandi'' (1991) is centered around the life of [[Shikhandi]], a famous character from the ''[[Mahabharata]]''. ''Prashanmu'' (2002) was inspired by the mass migration of [[Dalit]]s of Sambarada village near [[Palanpur]]. ''Ek Aswapna Sukhi Jeevan'' (2003) is a social novel on family life. ''Satya'' (2010) was his last novel centered around [[Mahatma Gandhi]]. He also adapted the novel ''Shikhandi'' into a play of the same name.<ref name="Gujarati Sahitya Parishad"/><ref name="Muse India">{{cite journal|last=Champaklal|first=Mahesh|title=Gujarati Plays of the New Century |journal=Muse India|year=June 2014|issue=56|issn=0975-1815|via=Literary Reference Center Plus, [[EBSCO Information Services|EBSCO]]}}{{Subscription required}}</ref><ref name=AGSI/>

''Nhanalal Nu Apadyagadya'' (1976, originally his PhD thesis), ''Nhanalal'' (1977) and ''Navalkathama Vastavvad'' (1985; Realism in Novel), ''Aa Apni Katha'' (2000) are his volumes of criticism. He also helped in editing ''Gujarati Sahityakosh'' (Encyclopedia of Gujarati Literature'' Volume I (1990) and ''Anuadhunik Sahitya Sangnyakosh'' (1999). Mohit (1982) ''and'' Amulni Gauravgatha (1997) ''are his works of translation.'' Ek ne Ek Agyar (1994)'' is a collection of stories written with his wife, Manjula.''<ref name="Gujarati Sahitya Parishad" /><ref name="Muse India"/><ref name="AGSI" />''

== Recognition ==
[[Gujarat Vidhya Sabha]] (a literary institution for the promotion of vernacular Gujarati literature and education) awarded him the [[Dhanji Kanji Gandhi Suvarna Chandrak]] (a literary honour in Gujarat) in 2008.<ref name="Times of India"/> He received the [[Gujarat Sahitya Akademi]] prize twice.<ref name="Dutt1999"/><ref name=AGSI/>

== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{Gbooks-author|Jayanta Gāḍīta}}

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