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| birth_name = Mansukhlal Maganlal Jhaveri
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| notableworks = ''History of Gujarati Literature'' (1978)
| spouse = Hasmukhgauri Jhaveri
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'''Mansukhlal Maganlal Jhaveri''' (1907–1981) was a [[Gujarati language]] poet, critic, and literary historian of the Gandhian era. He was deeply interested in classical Sanskrit poetry<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=PA115|accessdate=9 December 2017|year=1996|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|isbn=978-0-313-28778-7|page=115}}</ref> and authored ''History of Gujarati Literature'' (1978). Jhaveri had several pen-names including Devaki Ayodhya, Punarvasu, Madilant, Samintiyajak, and Siddhartha.<ref name=Topiwala/>

==Biography==
Mansukhlal Jhaveri was born on 3 October 1907 in [[Jamnagar]], Gujarat. He completed his primary and secondary education in Jamnagar and matriculated in 1931. He acquired a Bachelor of Arts in 1935 and a Master of Arts in 1937 from [[Samaldas College]], [[Bhavnagar]]. He subsequently taught at Raiya College in [[Mumbai]], Dharmendrasinhji College in Rajkot from 1940 to 1945, and [[St. Xavier's College, Mumbai|St. Xavier's College]] in Mumbai from 1945 to 1958. From 1958 to 1963, he served as principal of Madhwani Arts and Commerce College, [[Porbandar]]. In 1966, he returned to Mumbai to teach but soon after became a principal at BEC College, Kolkata. He died on 27 August 1981 in Mumbai.<ref name="GSP">{{cite web | title=મનસુખલાલ ઝવેરી, ગુજરાતી સાહિત્ય પરિષદ | website=Gujarati Sahitya Parishad | url=http://www.gujaratisahityaparishad.com/prakashan/photo-gallery/sahitya-sarjako/Mansukhlal-Zaveri.html | language=gu | access-date=2017-12-09}}</ref>

Jhaveri married Hasmukhgauri{{when|date=January 2018}} and had four daughters and a son.{{citation needed|date=January 2018}} The Maryland-based psychotherapist and author Anita Gadhia-Smith is his granddaughter.<ref name="Gadhia-Smith2011">{{cite book|author=Dr. Anita Gadhia-Smith|title=From Addiction to Recovery: A Therapist's Personal Journey|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sQvmEbJYcS8C&pg=PA4|accessdate=18 January 2018|date=6 April 2011|publisher=iUniverse|location=Bloomington|isbn=978-1-4620-0529-1|page=4}}</ref>

==Works==
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His first poetry collection, ''Chandradut'' (1929), is an adaptation of ''[[Meghadūta]]'' by [[Kālidāsa]], written in ''[[Mandakranta]]'' meter. His other poetry collections are ''Phooldol'' (1933), ''Aaradhana'' (1939), ''Abhisar'' (1947), ''Anubhuti'' (1956) and ''Doomo Ogalyo'' (1975), which contain rhythmic poems about love, nature and God.<ref name="NatarajanNelson1996"/> Deeply influenced by classical Sanskrit poetry, Jhaveri also wrote poems on mythological themes such as ''Abhimanyu'' and ''Ashwatthama''.<ref name="Das1991">{{cite book|author=Sisir Kumar Das|authorlink=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=PA105|accessdate=9 December 2017|year=1991|publisher=Sahitya Akademi|location=New Delhi|isbn=978-81-7201-798-9|pages=139 & 623}}</ref><ref name=Topiwala>{{cite encyclopedia|last=Topiwala |first=Chandrakant |author-link=Chandrakant Topiwala |title=Jhaveri Mansukhlal Maganlal |encyclopedia=Gujarati Sahitya Kosh (Encyclopedia of Gujarati Literature) |year=1990 |publisher=[[Gujarati Sahitya Parishad]] |volume=2 |location=Ahmedabad |pages=158–159}}</ref>

According to the ''Encyclopedia of Indian Literature'', Jhaveri was a critic of the first order in the poet-critic tradition of [[Gujarati literature]].<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=PA188|accessdate=9 December 2017|year=1987|publisher=Sahitya Akademi|location=New Delhi|isbn=978-81-260-1803-1|page=188 & 786}}</ref> He deeply studied Eastern and Western concepts of [[literary criticism]]<ref name="NatarajanNelson1996"/> and published several books of critical articles and reviews including ''Thoda Vivechan Lekho'' (1944), ''Paryeshana'' (1952), ''Kavyavimarsha'' (1962), ''Abhigam'' (1966), ''Govardhanram'' (1967), ''Nhanalal'' (1967), ''Kanaiylal Munshi'' (1970), ''Umashankar Joshi'' (1971), ''Gujarati Sahityabhasha'' (1972), ''Balwantrai Thakor'' (1976), ''Aapno Kavita Vaibhav'' Vol. 1 and 2 (1974, 1975), ''Drishtikon'' (1978), ''Gandhiyug Nu Sahitya'' (1978) and ''Umashankar Joshi – Natyakar'' (1979). In ''Aapno Kavita Vaibhav'', he presented an anthology of Gujarati poetry from 1850 to 1973.<ref name=Topiwala/>

Jhaveri wrote ''History of Gujarati Literature'' (1978), in English. In collaboration with other writers, he wrote a history of Gujarati literature in [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]]: ''Gujarati Sahityanu Rekhadarshan'' (1953).<ref name=Topiwala/>

Some of his works, including ''Gujarati Bhasha: Vyakaran ane Lekhan'' (1946), ''Bhasha Parichay'' Part 1 to 4 (1951 to 1957) and ''Vakapriththakaran ane Suddhalekhan'' (1965), are based on Gujarati grammar and language. ''Dashamskandha'' (1942), ''Mari Shrestha Vartao'' (1952), ''Navi Kavita'' (1952; with others), ''Gujarati Tunki Varta'' (1960), ''Dayaram'' (1960) and ''Aapna Urmikavyo'' (1976) are the compilations he edited.<ref name=Topiwala/>

Jhaveri translated Kalidasa's ''[[Shakuntala (play)|Abhijnanshakuntalam]]'' into Gujarati as ''Smritibramsha athva Shapit Shakuntala'' (1928). He also translated [[William Shakespeare|Shakespeare]]'s ''[[Hamlet]]'' and ''[[Othello]]'' into Gujarati.<ref name="Das1991"/><ref name=Topiwala/>

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

==References==
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==Further reading==
* {{cite book |last=Pandya |first=Dushyant |title=Mansukhlal Jhaveri |series=Gujarati Granthakar Shreni |year=1997 |edition=1st |publisher=Gurjar Grantharatna Karyalaya |location=Ahmedabad |oclc=39516267}}

==External links==
* {{Internet Archive author|sname=Mansukhlal Zaveri}}
* {{Gbooks-author|Mansukhlal Maganlal Jhaveri}}

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