Harish Meenashru Explained

Harish Meenashru
Native Name:દવે હરીશ કૃષ્ણારામ
Native Name Lang:guj
Pseudonym:Harish Meenashru
Birth Name:Dave Harish Krishnaram
Birth Date:3 January 1953
Birth Place:Anand, Gujarat, India
Occupation:Poet, translator, bank manager
Language:Gujarati
Education:Master of Science
Alma Mater:Sardar Patel University
Period:Modern Gujarati literature
Genres:Ghazal, geet, free verse
Notableworks:
  • Dhribaangsundar Eni Pere Dolya (1988)
  • Suno Bhai Sadho (1999)
  • Tandul (1999)
  • Banaras Diary (2016)
Spouse:Geeta
Children:Tirath,Amita,Saakhi,Ananya
Awards:
Signature:Harish Meenashru autograph.svg

Harish Krishnaram Dave (Gujarati: હરીશ કૃષ્ણારામ દવે), better known by his pen name Harish Meenashru (Gujarati: હરીશ મીનાશ્રુ), is a Gujarati language poet and translator from Gujarat, India.[1] He is best known as a postmodern poet in Gujarati literature. Some of his significant works include Dhribaangsundar Eni Pere Dolya (1988), Suno Bhai Sadho (1999), Tandul (1999), Parjanyasukta (1999), and Banaras Diary (2016). His poems have been translated in Hindi, Marathi, Malayalam, Kannada, German, and English. He received a Kalapi Award (2010), Vali Gujarati Gazal Award (2012), and Narsinh Mehta Award (2014).[2] He received the 2020 Sahitya Akademi Award for his poetry collection Banaras Diary (2016).[3]

Life

Meenashru was born on 3 January 1953 in Anand, Gujarat, India. He studied at Dadabhai Navroji (DN) High School, Anand, from 1962 to 1969. He earned a B. Sc. in Chemistry from V. P. Science College, Vallabh Vidhyanagar from 1969 to 1970, and M. B. at Patel Science College, Anand, from 1970 to 1973. He received a M. Sc. from the Department of Chemistry of the Sardar Patel University in 1975.[4]

Meenashru started his career recruited by the Bank of Baroda in March 1977.[4] He headed a few branches of this bank and retired voluntarily in March 2001 as a senior manager of Amul Dairy Road branch, Anand.[5]

He married Geeta Dave on 30 May 1977. Their son, Tirath, was born in 1979. He lives in Bakrol village, Anand.

Works

Meenashru wrote his first poem in fifth standard. In 1974, his poem, Chadiyanu Dukaalgeet, was first published in Nootan Shikshan, a magazine edited by Gunvant Shah.[6]

Dhribaangsundar Eni Pere Dolya, his first anthology of poems, was published in 1988, followed by Tambul (1999), Tandul (1999), Parjanyasukta (1999), Suno Bhai Sadho (1999), Pad Pranjali (2004), Pankhipadarath (2011), Shabadman Jinkun Khas Khabaran Padi, (2011), and Banaras Diary (2016).

Nakhasikh (1977), a compilation of selected modern Gujarati ghazals, and Shesh-Vishesh (1984) are two of his compilations. Some of his poems have been edited and translated into English by Piyush Joshi as A Tree with a Thousand Wings (2008).[7]

He has also translated world poetry. He has translated into Gujarati the poems of eighth-century Chinese poet Wang Wei and Nicaraguan poet Pablo Antonio Cuadra. Some of the translated poems are published as Deshatan (Translations of World Poetry) and Hampinā Khadako (2014; translation of poetry of Kannada poet, Chandrashekhara Kambara).

Criticism

Dileep Jhaveri praised him in Muse India (Issue 68: Jul–Aug 2016):

Awards and recognitions

!Year!Award!Conferred by
2020Sahitya Akademi AwardSahitya Akademi
2017Sahitya Akademi Translation Prize[8] Sahitya Akademi
2014Narsinh Mehta Award[9]
2012Vali Gujarati Gazal Award[10] Gujarat Sahitya Akademi
2010Kalapi AwardIndian National Theatre
1988–89Takhtasinh Parmar PrizeGujarati Sahitya Parishad

See also

Notes and References

  1. Book: Dutt, Kartik Chandra . Who's who of Indian Writers, 1999: A-M . 2016-07-18 . Sahitya Akademi . 9788126008735 . 2016-07-21.
  2. Web site: Poets translating Poets . Poets - Goethe-Institut . la . 2016-07-21.
  3. . Parmar . Manoj . gu:કવિ શ્રી હરીશ મિનાશ્રુને કાવ્યસંગ્રહ 'બનારસ ડાયરી' માટે કેન્દ્રીય સાહિત્ય અકાદમી એવોર્ડ . Sahitya Akademi Award to Harish Meenashru for His Poetry Collection 'Banaras Diary' . April 2021 . 15 . 6 . 36, 21 . 2319-7862 . gu.
  4. Book: Brahmabhatt, Prasad. અર્વાચીન ગુજરાતી સાહિત્યનો ઈતિહાસ - આધુનિક અને અનુઆધુનિક યુગ (History of Modern Gujarati Literature – Modern and Postmodern Era). Parshwa Publication. Ahmedabad. 2010. 130–131. gu. 978-93-5108-247-7.
  5. Book: Shukla, Kirit . 2008 . Gujarati Sahityakosh . Gandhinagar . Gujarat Sahitya Akadami . 9789383317028 .
  6. Meenashru . Harish . December 2011 . An article about his creative journey by poet . . Trivedi . Harshad . Harshad Trivedi . Gandhinagar . Gujarat Sahitya Akademi . 2319-3220 .
  7. Web site: Welcome to Muse India . Ambika Ananth – ‘A Tree with a Thousand Wings’ . 2016-07-23.
  8. https://www.indiaculture.nic.in/sites/default/files/press_release/Press%20ReleaseTP_21.12.2017.pdf
  9. Web site: Poets translating Poets - Poets - Goethe-Institut. www.goethe.de. en. 2018-11-01.
  10. News: Poet Harish Minashru gets Vali award. 2013-07-24. The Indian Express. 2018-11-01. en-US.