Dileep Jhaveri
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| Native name | દિલીપ મનુભાઈ ઝવેરી |
| Born | Dileep Manubhai Jhaveri April 3, 1943 Mumbai, India |
| Occupation | Poet, playwright, translator, editor, physician |
| Language | Gujarati |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Education | MBBS |
| Alma mater | Savitribai Phule Pune University |
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Dileep Manubhai Jhaveri (Gujarati: દિલીપ મનુભાઈ ઝવેરી) is a Mumbai based Gujarati language poet, translator, playwright, editor and physician.
Life
He was born on 3 April 1943 at Mumbai, India[1] to Manubhai Jhaveri. He is a general physician by profession. He serves on the editorial board of Kobita Review, a Kolkata-based bilingual (Bengali and English) journal, and is Muse India's contributing editor for Gujarati language.[2]
Works
He published a collection of Gujarati poetry entitled Pandukavyo ane Itar in 1989, followed by Khandit Kand ane Pachhi (2014) and Kavita Vishe Kavita (2017). Vyasochchvas (2003) is a play written by him, which was subsequently been translated into English as A Breath of Vyas by Kamal Sanyal. Many of his poems have been anthologised, and been translated into English, Hindi, Marathi, Malayalam, Bengali, Korean, Chinese, Japanese and Irish. He has edited an anthology of contemporary Gujarati poetry in English translation as Breath Becoming a Word.[2] The eminent poet Gabriel Rosenstock has translated his works into Irish.[3][4]
Recognition
His received the Critics Award in 1989, the Jayant Pathak Poetry Award in 1989 and the Gujarati Sahitya Parishad award in 1990. He was invited to the Asian Poets Conference in Korea in 1986 and Taiwan in 1995, he has also recited his poems in Japan, Korea, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia and the USA.[5][4]
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