Dhirendra Mehta

Dhirendra Mehta
Born (1944-08-29) August 29, 1944
Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
Occupation Novelist
Poet
Commentator
Negotiator
Language Gujarati
Nationality Indian
Ethnicity Indian
Citizenship Indian
Education B.A., Ph.D.
Notable works Chhavni
Notable awards Sahitya Academy Award

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Dhirendra Mehta, (Hindi: धीरेंद्र मेहता Gujarati: ધિરેન્દ્ર મેહતા born August 29, 1944 in Ahmedabad),[1] full name Dhirendra Pritamlal Mehta,[1] is a Gujarati novelist, poet, commentator and negotiator who won the 2010 Sahitya Akademi Award for Gujarati language for his novel Chhavni.[1][2][3] Based in Bhuj,[2] he did his BA degree in Gujarati in 1966.[1] He did his Ph.D. in 1976. His dissertation was named "Gujarātī Navalakathānō Upēyalakṣī Abhyāsa".[1] From 1970 to 1976, he taught Gujarati Literature in Gujarat College, Ahmedabad, and later in RR Lalan College.[1]

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Preceded by
Shirish Panchal
Recipient of the Sahitya Akademi Award winners for Gujarati
2010
Succeeded by
incumbent


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