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{{short description|Indian poet and journalist}}
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{{Infobox writer
| name = Manisha Joshi
| image = Gujarati poet Manisha Joshi.jpg
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| caption = At the [[Colosseum]], [[Rome]], June 2015
| native_name = મનીષા લક્ષ્મીકાંત જોશી
| native_name_lang = gu
| birth_name = Manisha Laxmikant Joshi
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1971|4|6}}
| birth_place = Godhra, [[Mandvi]], [[Kutch district]], [[Gujarat]]
| occupation = Poet, journalist
| language = [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]], [[Kutchi language|Kutchi]]
| nationality = [[India]]n, [[United States|American]]
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* [[Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda|M S University]]
* [[St. Xavier's College, Mumbai]]
}}
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| signature = Manisha Joshi autograph.jpg
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'''Manisha Joshi''' (born 1971, [[Kutch district|Kutch]], [[Gujarat]]) is a [[Gujarati language]] poet and journalist. She is an author of four poetry collections including ''Kandara'' (1996), ''Kansara Bazar'' (2001), ''Kandmool'' (2013), and ''Thaak'' (2020). She currently lives in [[California]].

== Biography ==
Manisha Joshi was born on 6 April 1971 in Godhra, a small village near [[Mandvi]] in Kutch district, to Tara Joshi and Laxmikant Joshi. After finishing her [[Higher Secondary School Certificate|HSC]] at [[Anjar, Gujarat|Anjar]] in 1989, she moved to [[Vadodara]] to attend college, as there was no further education above 9th standard in her village. She completed her Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts in English literature in 1992 and 1995 respectively at [[Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda|Maharaja Sayajirao University]], Vadodara. She also obtained a diploma in Mass Communication from [[St. Xavier's College, Mumbai|St. Xaviers College]], Mumbai in 1993. While attending university she studied the books written by her college professors, including [[Sitanshu Yashaschandra]], [[Ganesh Devy]] and [[Babu Suthar]], and became acquainted with other Gujarati writers such as [[Gulam Mohammed Sheikh]], Prabodh Parikh, [[Labhshankar Thaker]], Nitin Mehta, Jaydev Shukla and [[Bholabhai Patel]].<ref name=IndianLiterature2016>{{cite journal |last=Jadeja |first=Gopika |title=The Sadness of a Stoic: A Conversation with Manisha Joshi |date=November–December 2016 |journal=[[Indian Literature (journal)|Indian Literature]] |volume=60 |issue=6 |publisher=[[Sahitya Akademi]] |location=New Delhi |pages=126–133, 204 |issn=0019-5804 |jstor=44754717}} {{closed access}}</ref>

She worked as a print and television journalist in Mumbai and in London. After marriage she settled in the United States. Presently she lives in [[Berkeley, California]].<ref name=IndianLiterature2016/><ref name="Tripathi 2018">{{cite web | last=Tripathi | first=Salil | author-link=Salil Tripathi | title=A new generation of poets from Gujarat is keeping a rich poetic legacy alive | website=[[LiveMint]] | date=2018-02-16 | url=http://www.livemint.com/Leisure/WxQCScWHU7AACzKudTj58I/A-new-generation-of-poets-from-Gujarat-is-keeping-a-rich-poe.html | access-date=2018-02-16 | archive-date=17 February 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180217024025/http://www.livemint.com/Leisure/WxQCScWHU7AACzKudTj58I/A-new-generation-of-poets-from-Gujarat-is-keeping-a-rich-poe.html | url-status=live }}</ref>

== Works ==
Manisha began writing poetry aged 18, after her HSC examinations. During her college years she read world literature, in particular modern literature. Subsequently her poems were published in several English and Gujarati language magazines including ''[[The Wolf (magazine)|The Wolf]]'', ''[[Indian Literature (journal)|Indian Literature]]'', ''New Quest'', ''[[Shabdasrishti]]'', ''Parab'', ''Navneet Samarpan'', ''Kavita'', ''Tathapi'', ''Sahacharya Varshiki'', ''Etad'', ''Samipe'', ''Vahi'' and ''Sandhi''.<ref name=IndianLiterature2016/><ref name=Kudchedkar>{{cite book |first=Shirin |last=Kudchedkar |title=Just Between Us: Women Speak About Their Writings |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rdtjAAAAMAAJ |publisher=Women Unlimited and Women’s World |location=Delhi |date=2004 |pages=231–246 |isbn=81-88965-15-4}}</ref>

''Kandara'' (''The Cave''), her first collection of poems, was published in 1996 by [[Gujarati Sahitya Parishad]] with a preface by [[Chandrakant Topiwala]]. It was critically acclaimed by several Gujarati authors including Sitanshu Yashaschandra, Prabodh Parikh and [[Chinu Modi]]. Her second collection of poems ''Kansara Bazar'' (''The Pots-and-Pans Bazaar'') was published in 2001, followed by ''Kandmool'' in 2013. Some of her poems have been translated into English and [[Hindi]].<ref name=Kudchedkar/> Her poetry is characterized by suggestive and surreal imagery.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Jadeja|first=Gopika|title=Noises from the Sabarmati: Poetry from Gujarat|magazine=[[The Wolf (magazine)|The Wolf]]|date=2013|location=London|issn=1755-3458|issue=29|pages=47}}</ref> She published her fourth collection, ''Thaak'' (''Fatigue''), in 2020.<ref name="Ramavat 2020">{{cite news|last=Ramavat|first=Shishir|title=ટેક ઓફ: ગાંડો સૂરજ અગ્નિ ઓક્યા કરે...|newspaper=Divya Bhaskar|date=11 November 2020|url=https://www.divyabhaskar.co.in/magazine/kalash/news/the-mad-sun-burns-127901866.html|language=gu|access-date=11 November 2020|archive-date=11 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201111104819/https://www.divyabhaskar.co.in/magazine/kalash/news/the-mad-sun-burns-127901866.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

== Awards ==
Her poetry collection ''Kandmool'' received [[Gujarat Sahitya Akademi]]'s 2013 first prize. She was nominated for the Sanskriti Award by Sanskriti Pratishthan in 1998 for her contribution to modern Gujarati poetry.<ref name=IndianLiterature2016/>

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

== References ==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{GujLit author}}

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