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'''Jayanti Ghelabhai Dalal''' (18 November 1909 – 24 August 1970) was an Indian author, publisher, stage actor, director and politician. Born in family of theatre organiser and involved in politics during and after independence of India, he was influenced by [[socialism]] and [[Gandhian philosophy]]. He wrote one-act plays, short stories and edited publications.

==Life==
Jayanti Dalal was born on 18 November 1909 at [[Ahmedabad]]. His father Ghelabhai was organiser of Deshi Natak Samaj, a theatre group.<ref name=":055">{{Cite book|url=http://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780195644463.001.0001/acref-9780195644463-e-0127#|title=Oxford Companion to Indian Theatre|last=Baradi|first=Hasmukh|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=2004|isbn=9780195644463|editor-last=Lal|editor-first=Ananda|language=en|chapter=Dalal, Jayanti (1909–70): Gujarati playwright, publisher, activist.|doi=10.1093/acref/9780195644463.001.0001|via=Oxford Reference}} {{subscription required}}</ref><ref name="Datta1987" /><ref name="gsp" /> So he had his primary and secondary education at various places. He completed his matriculation in 1925 and joined [[Gujarat College]] for further studies. He left studies in 1930 when he was in final year of Bachelor of Arts as he participated in [[Indian independence movement]].<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=PA838|year=1987|publisher=Sahitya Akademi|isbn=978-81-260-1803-1|page=838}}</ref><ref name=gsp>{{cite web|language =gu |url=http://www.gujaratisahityaparishad.com/prakashan/photo-gallery/sahitya-sarjako/Jayanti-Dalal.html|title=જયંતિ ઘેલાભાઈ દલાલ|work=[[Gujarati Sahitya Parishad]]|date=4 September 2014}}</ref><ref name=":055" />

He started publishing house in 1939 and published until his death. He was involved in [[Mahagujarat Movement]] in 1956 helping [[Indulal Yagnik]] and he published ''Navgujarat'' daily during that period. He was elected to [[Bombay state]] assembly in 1957. In 1962, he again contested but lost the election. He died in Ahmedabad on 24 August 1970.<ref name="Datta1987"/><ref name=gsp/><ref name="dd">{{citation|title=The Indian P.E.N.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-b1jAAAAMAAJ|year=1970|publisher=P.E.N. All-India Centre.|page=299}}</ref><ref name=":055" />

Alongside his political career, he directed and acted in the amateur theatre group Rangmandal.<ref name=":055" />

==Works ==

===Plays===
He is known for his [[one-act play]]s.<ref name=":055" /> They were innovative, related to life and filled with thoughtful and satirical dialogues. His childhood experiences with his father's stage play company impacted his brilliance in plays. Some of his popular plays are ''Soi nu Naku'', ''Draupadi no Sahkar'' (1950), ''Jeevandeep'' (1940) and ''Joiye Chhe, Joiye Chhiye''. His one-act play collections are ''Javanika'' (1941), ''Pravesh Bijo'' (1950), ''Pravesh Trijo'' (1953) and ''Chotho Pravesh'' (1957). ''Rangtoran'' is collection of children's plays while ''Avataran'' (1949) is a three-act play.<ref name="Datta1987"/><ref name=gsp/><ref name="dd"/><ref name="George1992">{{cite book|author=K. M. George|title=Modern Indian Literature, an Anthology: Plays and prose|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eTXougCB-NMC&pg=PA187|year=1992|publisher=Sahitya Akademi|isbn=978-81-7201-783-5|page=187}}</ref> ''Kaya Lakdani, Maya Lugdani'' (Bodies of Wood, Fascination for Clothes, 1963) is a treatise on stagecraft and plays showing his attitude towards the theatre production.<ref name="Nagendra1988">{{cite book|author=Nagendra|title=Indian Literature|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dqGojPpe8DIC&pg=PA332|year=1988|publisher=Prabhat Prakashan|page=332}}</ref><ref name="NatarajanNelson1996">{{cite book|author1=Nalini Natarajan|author2=Emmanuel Sampath Nelson|title=Handbook of Twentieth-century Literatures of India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1lTnv6o-d_oC&pg=PA116|date=1 January 1996|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|isbn=978-0-313-28778-7|page=116}}</ref><ref name=":055" /> His plays are collected in ''''Javnika'''' (Curtain, 1941) and ''''Pravesh'''' (Entry, four volumes, 1950–7).<ref name=":055" />

===Editing===
He edited magazines on theater and literature, ''Rekha'' (1939-1940) and ''Ekanki'' (1951). He also edited ''Gati'' weekly and later ''Navgujarat'' (New Gujarat, 1956) daily during Mahagujarat movement.<ref name="Datta1987"/><ref name=gsp/><ref name="Kendra2007">{{cite book|author=Smt. Hiralaxmi Navanitbhai Shah Dhanya Gurjari Kendra|title=Gujarat|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=g4oMAQAAMAAJ|year=2007|publisher=Gujarat Vishvakosh Trust|pages=378, 417}}</ref><ref name=":055" /> He edited the complete works of Dahyabhai Jhaveri.<ref name=":055" />

He edited cinema magazine based in Delhi and also produced [[Gujarati cinema|Gujarati film]] ''Bikhare Moti'' in 1935.<ref name="Datta1987"/><ref name=gsp/>

===Others===
He wrote short stories and novels also. ''Dhimu ane Vibha'' is an example of his innovative stories which focus more on psychological aspect of lead character than external world.<ref name="Datta1987"/><ref name=gsp/><ref name="Kendra2007"/> His stories like ''Junu Chhapu'' (1939) and ''Agiyar ne Panch'' (1944) are influenced by [[existentialism]].<ref name="George1992"/> ''Padar na Teerath'' (1946) is about political climate of India in 1942 including [[Quit India movement]].<ref name="MalikLieberman1975">{{cite book|author1=Yogendra Kumar Malik|author2=Carl Lieberman|title=Politics and the Novel in India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IzAVAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA116|year=1975|publisher=Brill Archive|isbn=90-04-04243-1|page=116}}</ref><ref name="StantonRamsamy2012">{{cite book|author1=Andrea L. Stanton|author2=Edward Ramsamy|author3=Peter J. Seybolt|author4=Carolyn M. Elliott|title=Cultural Sociology of the Middle East, Asia, and Africa: An Encyclopedia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nVN2AwAAQBAJ&pg=RA3-PA243|date=5 January 2012|publisher=SAGE Publications|isbn=978-1-4522-6662-6|page=243}}</ref><ref name="Das1995">{{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=PA774|date=1 January 1995|publisher=Sahitya Akademi|isbn=978-81-7201-798-9|page=774}}</ref> ''Adkhe Padkhe'' is his short story collection.<ref>{{cite book|title=Indian Literature|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AS0ZAAAAIAAJ|year=1966|publisher=Sähitya Akademi.|page=35}}</ref> He translated ''[[War and Peace]]'' by [[Leo Tolstoy]] in Gujarati.<ref>{{cite book|last=Jagmohan|first=Sarla|title=Selected Stories from Gujarat|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5ghkJaKIVTsC&pg=PT9|access-date=25 April 2017|date=1 January 2002|publisher=Jaico Publishing House|isbn=978-81-7224-955-7|page=9}}</ref>

==Awards==
He was awarded [[Ranjitram Suvarna Chandrak]] in 1959 and [[Narmad Suvarna Chandrak]] for his contributions in field of literature.<ref name=gsp/>

==Further reading ==
* {{cite book|title=Jayanti Dalāla śatābdī-vandanā|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=V1b0ZwEACAAJ|year=2010|publisher=Sāhitya Akādemī|isbn=978-81-260-2820-7|language =gu}}
* {{cite book|author=Raghuveer Chaudhari|author-link=Raghuveer Chaudhari|title=Jayanti Dalal|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2vrkHAAACAAJ|year=1981|publisher=Kumakuma Prakāśana}}

==References ==
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== External links ==
* {{Internet Archive author|sname=Jayanti Dalal|sopt=t}}

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