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{{Infobox writer<br />
| name= Kundanika Kapadia<br />
| image=Kundanika Kapadia (July 2018).jpg<br />
| caption = Kapadia at Nandigram Ashram, July 2018<br />
| other_names =<br />
| birth_date={{birth date|1927|1|11|df=y}} <br />
| birth_place=[[Limbdi]], [[Wadhwan State]], [[British India]]<br />
| death_date={{death date and age|2020|4|30|1927|1|11|df=y}}<br />
| death_place= [[Valsad district|Valsad]], [[Gujarat]], India<br />
| occupation= novelist, story writer, essayist<br />
| period=<br />
| language = [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]]<br />
| signature=<br />
| awards=[[Sahitya Akademi Award]] (1985)<br />
| spouse= {{married|[[Makarand Dave]]|1968|2005|end=d.}}<br />
}}<br />
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'''Kundanika Kapadia''' (11 January 1927&nbsp;– 30 April 2020) was an Indian novelist, story writer, and essayist from [[Gujarat]].<br />
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==Biography==<br />
Kundanika Kapadia was born on 11 January 1927 at [[Limbdi]] (now in Surendranagar district, Gujarat) to Narottamdas Kapadia. She completed her primary and secondary education from [[Godhra]]. She participated in the nationalist [[Quit India Movement]] in 1942. In 1948, she completed a BA in History and Politics from [[Samaldas College]], [[Bhavnagar]], affiliated with [[University of Bombay]]. She pursued an MA in Entire Politics from Mumbai School of Economics but could not appear in examinations. She married Gujarati poet [[Makarand Dave]] in Mumbai in 1968; They didn't have any children together.<ref name=":0" /> She co-founded Nandigram, an [[ashram]] near Vankal village near [[Valsad]], with him in 1985. She was known as Ishamaa by her Nandigram fellows. She edited ''Yatrik'' (1955–1957) and ''Navneet'' (1962–1980) magazines.<ref name="AGSI GSP Dutt"><br />
*{{cite book|title=અર્વાચીન ગુજરાતી સાહિત્યનો ઈતિહાસ - આધુનિક અને અનુઆધુનિક યુગ (History of Modern Gujarati Literature – Modern and Postmodern Era)|first=Prasad|last=Brahmabhatt |publisher=Parshwa Publication|location=Ahmedabad|year=2010|pages=252–255|language=gu|isbn=978-93-5108-247-7}}<br />
*{{cite web | title=કુન્દનિકા કાપડિયા (Kundanika Kapadia)| website=[[Gujarati Sahitya Parishad]] | url=http://gujaratisahityaparishad.com/prakashan/sarjako/savishesh/Savishesh-Kundanika-Kapadia.html | language=gu | accessdate=28 December 2016}}<br />
*{{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=PA567|year=1999|publisher=Sahitya Akademi|isbn=978-81-260-0873-5|page=567}}</ref><ref name="TharuLalita1993">{{cite book|author1=Susie J. Tharu|author2=Ke Lalita|title=Women Writing in India: The twentieth century|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OjZYf9Xf9bcC&pg=PA255|year=1993|publisher=Feminist Press at CUNY|isbn=978-1-55861-029-3|pages=254–256}}</ref><ref name="Nandigram">{{cite web | title=Nandigram : A center for Service and Sadhana | website=Nandigram | url=http://nandigram.org/ishama.htm | accessdate=28 December 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180924115321/http://nandigram.org/ishama.htm | archive-date=24 September 2018 | url-status=dead }}</ref><ref><br />
*{{cite book|author=Neelam Kumar|title=Our Favourite Indian Stories|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=atIPnEIiJ0IC&pg=PT16|date=1 January 2002|publisher=Jaico Publishing House|isbn=978-81-7224-978-6|page=16}}<br />
*{{cite book|author=Jane Eldridge Miller|title=Who's who in Contemporary Women's Writing|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NOyZs4PRKxEC&pg=PA165|year=2002|publisher=Psychology Press|isbn=978-0-415-15981-4|pages=165–166}}</ref> <br />
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She died on 30 April 2020 at Nandigram near Vankal village in [[Valsad district]], Gujarat, India at the age of 93.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Gujarati author Kundanika Kapadia dies at 93|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/books-and-literature/gujarati-author-kundanika-kapadia-dies-at-93-6386244/|date=30 April 2020|website=The Indian Express|language=en-US|access-date=30 April 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=‘સાત પગલાં આકાશમાં’ નામની પ્રસિદ્ધ ગુજરાતી કૃતિનાં લેખિકા કુંદનિકા કાપડિયાનું નંદીગ્રામ ખાતે નિધન|url=https://www.divyabhaskar.co.in/local/gujarat/vapi/valsad/news/kundanika-kapadia-famous-gujarati-novelist-died-at-nandigram-127260361.html|last=Shukla|first=Rakeshkumar|date=30 April 2020|website=[[Divya Bhaskar]]|language=gu|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=30 April 2020}}</ref><br />
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== Works ==<br />
'''Snehdhan''' was her pen name. ''Parodh Thata Pahela'' (1968) was her first novel followed by ''Agnipipasa'' (1972). She wrote ''Sat Pagala Akashma'' (''Seven Steps in the Sky'', 1984), which won her critical acclaim and is considered as her best novel which explored [[feminism]].<ref name="AGSI GSP Dutt"/><ref name="TharuLalita1993"/><ref><br />
*{{cite book|author=Amar Nath Prasad|title=New Lights on Indian Women Novelists in English|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GMvIZq8JnasC&pg=PA257|year=2004|publisher=Sarup & Sons|isbn=978-81-7625-477-9|page=257}}<br />
*{{cite book|author=Mohan Lal|title=Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature: Sasay to Zorgot|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KnPoYxrRfc0C&pg=PA3830|year=1992|publisher=Sahitya Akademi|isbn=978-81-260-1221-3|page=3830}}<br />
*{{cite book|author1=K. V. Surendran|author2=A.R. Shukla|title=Indian Women Writers: Critical Perspectives|chapter=Kundanika Kapadia's ''Seven Steps in the Sky'':A Voice in Argument|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6t22x7xoG6AC&pg=PA175|date=1 January 1999|publisher=Sarup & Sons|isbn=978-81-7625-072-6|pages=171–175}}</ref><br />
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Her first story was "Premna Ansu", which won her the second prize in international story competition organised by ''Janmabhoomi'' newspaper. She started writing more stories thereafter. ''Premna Ansu'' (1954) was published as her story collection. Her other story collections are ''Vadhu ne Vadhu Sundar'' (1968), ''Kagalni Hodi'' (1978), ''Java Daishu Tamane'' (1983) and ''Manushya Thavu'' (1990). Her stories explore philosophy, music, and nature. Her selected stories were published as ''Kundanika Kapadia ni Shreshth Vartao'' (1987). She was influenced by [[Dhumketu (writer)|Dhumketu]], [[Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay]], [[Rabindranath Tagore]], [[Shakespeare]], and [[Henrik Ibsen|Ibsen]].<ref name="AGSI GSP Dutt"/><ref name="TharuLalita1993"/><br />
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''Dwar ane Deewal'' (1987) and ''Chandra Tara Vriksh Vadal'' (1988) are her essay collections. ''Akrand ane Akrosh'' (1993) is her biographical work. She edited ''Param Samipe'' (1982), ''Zarukhe Diva'' (2001) and ''Gulal ane Gunjar''. ''Param Samipe'' is her popular prayer collection.<ref name="AGSI GSP Dutt"/><ref name="TharuLalita1993"/><br />
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She translated [[Laura Ingalls Wilder]]'s work as ''Vasant Avshe'' (1962). She translated [[Mary Ellen Chase]]'s ''A Goodly Fellowship'' as ''Dilbhar Maitri'' (1963) and Bengali writer Rani Chand's travelogue as ''Purnakumbh'' (1977). Her other works of translation are ''Purusharthne Pagale'' (1961), [[Florence Scovel Shinn]]'s ''[[The Game of Life (book)|The Game of Life and How to Play It]]'' as ''Jeevan Ek Khel'' (1981), [[Eileen Caddy]]'s ''Opening the Door Within'' as ''Ughadata Dwar Anantna'' and [[Swami Rama]]'s ''Living with the Himalayan Masters'' as ''Himalayana Siddha Yogi'' (1984).<ref name="AGSI GSP Dutt"/><ref name="Nandigram"/><br />
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== Awards ==<br />
Kapadia received several prizes from the [[Gujarati Sahitya Parishad]] and the [[Gujarat Sahitya Akademi]]. ''Chandra Tara Vriksh Vadal'' won her the Gujarat Sahitya Akademi prize. She was awarded the [[Sahitya Akademi Award for Gujarati]] in 1985 for ''Sat Pagala Akashma''.<ref name="AGSI GSP Dutt"/><ref>{{cite web | title=Sahitya Akademi Awards | website=Sahitya Akademi | url=http://sahitya-akademi.gov.in/sahitya-akademi/awards/akademi%20samman_suchi.jsp#GUJARATI | language=en | accessdate=28 December 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304084937/http://sahitya-akademi.gov.in/sahitya-akademi/awards/akademi%20samman_suchi.jsp#GUJARATI | archive-date=4 March 2016 | url-status=dead }}</ref> She received the [[Dhanji Kanji Gandhi Suvarna Chandrak]] in 1984.<ref name="Nandigram"/><br />
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== References ==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [http://nandigram.org/ Official website of Nandigram]<br />
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