Urmi Desai
Urmi Ghanshyam Desai | |
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| Language | Gujarati |
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| Notable awards | Sahitya Akademi Award (2017) |
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Urmi Ghanshyam Desai (Gujarati: ઊર્મિ ઘનશ્યામ દેસાઈ; born 1938) is a Gujarati writer and linguist from Gujarat, India. She received the Sahitya Akademi Award in 2017 for her critical work Gujarati Vyakaran Na Baso Varsh (published in 2014).[1][2]
She was born on 5 April 1938 in
From 1965 to 1972, she worked at Mumbai University as a research assistant in the Linguistics department. From 1973 to 1981, she worked at the Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Research Center and Library as a research officer. From 1984 to 1987, she worked in the post-graduate department of SNDT Women's University.[4]
She is considered one of the pioneer linguists in the Gujarati language, and has published several books such as Bhashashastra Shu Chhe? (1976), Gujarati Bhashana Angasadhak Pratyayo (1972), Vyakaran Vimarsh (1992), Let us Learn to write Gujarati (1999), Bhashanushang (2003), and Rupashastra - Ek Parichay (2007). She has also translated Prabodh Pandit's research work Prakrut Bhasha into Gujarati.[1]
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References
- ^ ISSN 2319-3220.
- ^ "Sahitya Akademi announces 24 winners for annual awards". The Times of India. 21 December 2017. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
- ^ a b Sharma, Radheshyam (2005). Saksharno Sakshatkar (Question-based Interviews with biographical literary sketches). Vol. 10. Ahmedabad: Rannade Prakashan. p. 239.
- ^ Topiwala, Chandrakant (1990). "Desai Urmi Ghanshyam". Gujarati Sahitya Kosh (Encyclopedia of Gujarati Literature). Vol. 2. Ahmedabad: Gujarati Sahitya Parishad. p. 247.
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