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{{short description|Gujarati author}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Jayant Khatri
| image = JayantKhatriPic.jpg
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| birth_name = Jayant Heerji Khatri
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1909|09|24|df=y}}
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| death_date = {{Death date and age|1968|06|06|1909|09|24|df=y}}
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| awards = [[Uma-Snehrashmi Prize]]
| spouse = Bachuben
| children = Kirti Khatri (Son)
| father = Heerji Hansraj Khatri
| mother = Jayaben
}}
'''Jayant Heerji Khatri''' was a [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]] short story author from India.

== Life ==
Jayant Khatri was born to Heerji Hansraj Khatri and Jayaben on 24 September 1909 at [[Mundra]], [[Kutch]], [[Gujarat]], India.<ref name="JhaveriAkademi1978">{{cite book|author=Mansukhlal Maganlal Jhaveri|author-link=Mansukhlal Maganlal Jhaveri|title=History of Gujarati Literature|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DA0RAAAAMAAJ|year=1978|publisher=Sahitya Akademi|location=New Delhi|page=200}}</ref> His father was a government doctor of [[Cutch State]]. He completed his primary education from [[Bhuj]] and secondary school education from New Bharda Highschool, [[Mumbai]]. He matriculated in 1928. He received L.C.P.S. from National Medical College, Mumbai in 1935 and started his medical practice. He later moved to [[Mandvi]]. He had close association with labors in Bhuj and Mumbai. He also served as a president of Navik Mandal, Mandvi (Seafarers Association) and later Mandvi Municipality.<ref name="gsp">{{cite web | title=સવિશેષ પરિચય: જયંત ખત્રી, ગુજરાતી સાહિત્ય પરિષદ | website=Jayant Khatri, Gujarati Sahitya Parishad | url=http://www.gujaratisahityaparishad.com/prakashan/sarjako/savishesh/Savishesh-Jayant-Khatri.html | language=gu | accessdate=17 January 2016}}</ref>

He died on 6 June 1968 at Mandvi due to cancer.<ref name="gsp"/>

==Personal life==
He married Bachuben from Morjar village in 1929. After death of her first wife, he married his sister-in-law in 1935.<ref name="jugalkishor 2007">{{cite web | author=jugalkishor | title=જયંત ખત્રી, Jayant Khatri | website=ગુજરાતી પ્રતિભા પરિચય | date=2 January 2007 | url=https://sureshbjani.wordpress.com/2007/01/03/jayant_khatri/ | language=gu | accessdate=17 January 2016}}</ref>

His son Kirti Khatri is an editor of Gujarati daily, ''[[Kutchmitra]]''.<ref>{{cite book|title=New Dawn with Peoples' Participation|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oXPaAAAAMAAJ|year=2001|publisher=Vishva Samvad Kendra|page=70}}</ref>

== Works ==
He was a progressive writer of his era.<ref>{{cite book|title=Selected Stories from Gujarat|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5ghkJaKIVTsC&pg=PT11|date=1 January 2002|publisher=Jaico Publishing House|isbn=978-81-7224-955-7|page=11}}</ref>

''Fora'' (1944), ''Vehta Zarna'' (1952) and ''Khara Bapor'' (1968, posthumous) are his collections of short stories totaling forty one stories.<ref name="JhaveriAkademi1978"/> More eight stories are published in various magazines. ''Varsadni Vadali'' was his first short story<ref name="http://navgujaratsamay.indiatimes.com/ 2015">{{cite web | title=‘બાદ્રાયણના એ પડકાર બાદ ગુજરાતી સાહિત્યને વાર્તાકાર જયંત ખત્રી મળ્યા’ | website=NavGujarat Samay | date=24 September 2015 | url=http://navgujaratsamay.indiatimes.com/celebrating-gujarat/art-culture/Lecture-in-memory-of-jayant-khatri/articleshow/49096352.cms | language=gu | accessdate=17 January 2016}}</ref> while ''dead end'' was his last. His only novel ''Chamarchaal'' was serialised in ''Pragnyatantra'' magazine. ''Mangal Pandey'' was his [[one-act play]].<ref name="gsp"/><ref name="Goodluck Samachar 2015">{{cite web | title=‘મરુ ભોમનું મોતી’ : જયંત ખત્રી વિષય પર વ્યાખ્યાન | website=Goodluck Samachar | date=14 September 2015 | url=http://www.goodlucksamachar.com/jayant-khatri-maru-bhom-nu-moti/ | language=gu | accessdate=17 January 2016}}</ref> Several of his stories revolved around [[Kutch]] region from where he belonged. He was also painter and painted symbols and images for his short stories.<ref name="George1992">{{cite book|author=K. M. George|title=Modern Indian Literature, an Anthology: Surveys and poems|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=m1R2Pa3f7r0C&pg=PA137|year=1992|publisher=Sahitya Akademi|isbn=978-81-7201-324-0|page=137}}</ref><ref name="Lal1992">{{cite book|author=Mohan Lal|title=Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature: Sasay to Zorgot|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KnPoYxrRfc0C&pg=PA4042|year=1992|publisher=Sahitya Akademi|isbn=978-81-260-1221-3|page=4042}}</ref><ref name="gss1971">{{cite book|author=Gujarat (India)|title=Gujarat State Gazetteers: Junagadh|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qbRhAAAAIAAJ|year=1971|publisher=Directorate of Government Print., Stationery and Publications, Gujarat State|page=527}}</ref><ref name="Das1991">{{cite book|author=Sisir Kumar Das|title=History of Indian Literature: 1911-1956, struggle for freedom : triumph and tragedy|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sqBjpV9OzcsC&pg=PA21|year=1991|publisher=Sahitya Akademi|isbn=978-81-7201-798-9|pages=21, 756}}</ref>

== Racognition ==
He received [[Uma-Snehrashmi Prize]] for the year 1968-69 for his work ''Khara Bapor''.<ref name="gsp"/>

==See also==
* [[List of Gujarati-language writers]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{Internet Archive author|sname=Jayant Khatri|sopt=t}}
* {{GujLit author}}

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[[Category:Gujarati-language writers]]
[[Category:1909 births]]
[[Category:People from Kutch district]]
[[Category:1968 deaths]]
[[Category:Indian male short story writers]]
[[Category:Writers from Gujarat]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian short story writers]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian male writers]]

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