Jayant Parmar (born 11 October 1954) is an Indian Urdu language poet known for raising Dalit issues in his poetry.[1] Parmar was born in a poor family. At a young age, he began to paint miniature paintings for a frame maker. Parmar realized that the frame maker had a separate pot for him because he was Dalit. This saddened Parmar and he quit.[2][3]
Parmar taught himself Urdu from a language learning guide at age 30 after he developed an appreciation for Urdu poetry while living in a Muslim-dominated area in the walled city area of Ahmedabad.[3] He has published a number of poetry collections: Aur in 1998, Pencil Aur Doosri Nazmein in 2006, Manind in 2008, Antaral in 2010 and Giacometti ke sapne in 2016.[4] Parmar won the 2008 Sahitya Akademi Award in Urdu for Pencil Aur Doosri Nazmein. His work has been translated into Kashmiri, Punjabi, Hindi, Marathi, Bangla, Kannada, Gujarati, Oriya and Slovenian.[5][6] [7]
References
- ↑ New Terrains. The Hindu(2008-08-03).
- ↑ Jayant Parmar ke liye Urdu ka Sahitya Akademi Enam(2009-04-14).
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Making sense out of nonsense. The Hindu(2009-02-13).
- ↑ Jayant Parmer Chosen For Sahitya Academy Urdu Award(2008-12-24).
- ↑ Sahitya Akademi awards for 7 novelists. The Hindu(2008-12-24).
- ↑ The hell-pit that is caste. Firstpost.
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