Ramanlal Joshi

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Ramanlal Joshi
Born(1926-05-22)22 May 1926
Heerpura village, Vijapur, Gujarat
Died10 September 2006(2006-09-10) (aged 80)
Ahmedabad
Occupationliterary critic, editor
LanguageGujarati
NationalityIndian
Education
  • Master of Arts
  • Ph.D
Notable worksVivechanni Prakriya (1981)
Notable awards
Academic background
ThesisGovardhanram - A Study
Doctoral advisorUmashankar Joshi
Academic work
Doctoral studentsMafat Oza

Ramanlal Jethalal Joshi (22 May 1926 – 10 September 2006) was Gujarati language literary critic and editor from India. He studied and later taught at Gujarat University in Ahmedabad. He served at several literary and educational institutions. He edited, authored and published criticism in more than forty-two books. He was awarded the Sahitya Akademi award in 1984.

Biography

Ramanlal was born on 22 May 1926 in Heerpura near

University of Bombay. He was a research fellow at School of Languages, Gujarat University from 1954 to 1959. He taught at GLS Arts College from 1959 to 1962. He completed PhD under Umashankar Joshi in 1962 from Gujarat University. He joined the School of Languages in Gujarat University and served as a professor from 1962 to 1968, as a reader from 1969 to 1979, a lecturer of Gujarati from 1979. In 1986, he retired from the post of Director of the School of Languages and Literature, Gujarat University. He later served as the director of College Development Council of Gujarat University.[1][2][3][4]

He served as the chairman of the

Encyclopedia of Indian Literature. He was a founder editor of literary magazine, Uddesh from August 1990. He died on 10 September 2006 at Ahmedabad.[1][2][3][4]

Works

His five decades works of criticism, research and editing are published in 42 books. His works of criticism are Govardhanram: Ek Adhyayan (1963, updated 1978), Abhipsa (1968–78), Pariman (1969), Shabdasetu (1970), Pratyaya (1970), Bharatiya Naval Katha Vol I (1974), Samantar (1976), Viniyog (1977), Gujarati Sahitya Sabhani Katyavahi : 1963 (1977), Vivechanni Prakriya (1981), Pragnyamurti Govardhanram (1986), Nishpatti (1988), Parivesh (1988), Vivechan ni Abohava (1989), Aadivachan (1995), Nirupan (1999) and Granthno Panth (1999).[1]

His books in English are Govardhanram (1979), Variation on a Theme: Essays on Gujarati Literature (1993). Govardhanram is a

Navalram Laxmiram nu Jivanvrutant ane Kavijivan (1966), Shabdalok na Yatrio 1–2 (1983) and Akshatna Aradhako 1–2 (1998) are his biographical works.[1]

He coedited Akhegeeta (1967, 1978, with Umashankar Joshi) and Akha na Kavyo (1995), the collection of poetry by medieval poet,

Akho. He also coedited Kavyasanchay-3 (1981, with Jayant Pathak), Uttamlal ni Gadyasiddhi (1972, with Ramprasad Bakshi), Govardhan Pratibha (1983), Phool Zare Gulmahor (1982, 1984, selected stories of Gulabdas Broker), Gurushishya Samvad (with Dhiru Parikh), Sundaramna Kavyoi, Jyotirekha, Sundaramni Pratinidhi Vartao (1989). He edited Gujarati Granthkar Shreni, a short biographical series on Gujarati litterateurs published by Gujarati Sahitya Parishad, from 1976 to his death in 2006.[1][2][3][4][5]

Awards

Ramanlal Jethalal Joshi Road in Navrangpura, Ahmedabad, was named after him

He was awarded

Sahitya Akademi award in 1984 for his work on process of criticism, Vivechanni Prakriya. He also received Anantrai Raval Criticism Award in 1993 for his contribution in field of criticism. He was also awarded Gujarat Sahitya Akademi's Sahitya Gaurav Puraskar (in a collaboration with Raghuveer Chaudhari) in 2001.[1][2][3][4]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f Brahmabhatt, Prasad (2007). અર્વાચીન ગુજરાતી સાહિત્યનો ઈતિહાસ (ગાંધીયુગ અને અનુગાંધી યુગ) Arvachin Gujarati Sahityano Itihas (Gandhiyug Ane Anugandhi Yug) [History of Modern Gujarati Literature (Gandhi Era & Post-Gandhi Era)] (in Gujarati). Ahmedabad: Parshwa Publication. pp. 372–373.
  2. ^
    ISBN 978-81-260-0873-5. Archived
    from the original on 3 February 2021. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
  3. ^ a b c d "રમણલાલ જેઠાલાલ જોશી". Gujarati Sahitya Parishad (in Gujarati). Retrieved 12 October 2014.
  4. ^ a b c d "Author Ramanlal Joshi dead". The Times of India. 12 September 2006. Archived from the original on 3 February 2021. Retrieved 11 October 2014.
  5. ISBN 978-0-313-28778-7. Archived
    from the original on 3 February 2021. Retrieved 5 October 2016.

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