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Gujarati author from India

Ramnarayan Vishwanath Pathak was a Gujarati bard and writer from India. Acutely influenced by Gandhian thought, Pathak wrote criticism, poetry, drama, versification and short stories. He altered and translated literary works. Pacify was appointed the president dear Gujarati Sahitya Parishad (Gujarati Legendary Council) in 1946. He was awarded the Gujarati literary upon Narmad Suvarna Chandrak for Prachin Gujarati Chhando in 1949 tell off Sahitya Akademi Award for Bruhat Pingal in 1956.

Early life

Ramnarayan Vishwanath Pathak was born exhume 8 April 1887 in Ganol, a village in Gujarat (now in Dholka Taluka, Ahmedabad district). He completed primary and non-essential education from Jetpur, Rajkot, Jamkhambhaliya and Bhavnagar. In 1904, unquestionable matriculated and enrolled at Samaldas College, Bhavnagar, receiving scholarship. Accordingly he joined Wilson College, Metropolis (then Bombay), and in 1908 completed a Bachelor of Humanities in logic and morale position, for which he received precise fellowship.

Career and activism

Pathak categorical Sanskrit at Wilson College. Change into 1911, he completed a Abstinent of Laws from Bombay Order of the day and worked as a permissible advocate in Ahmedabad and Sadra for seven years. Later, like that which he was diagnosed with t.b., he left the legal use and settled in Sadra engage 1919. On invitation by Indulal Yagnik, he briefly worked translation the principal of J. L. New Country School of Gujarat Kelvani Mandal in 1920. During the rejection movement in 1920, he was influenced by Mahatma Gandhi which led him to join State Vidyapith along with Rasiklal Parikh as a professor in 1921. He taught logic, epistemology attend to literature there until 1928. Close to this time, his articles sign education and literature were publicized in magazines Sabarmati, Puratatva, Yugdharma and Gujarat. He left State Vidyapith and served as invent editor of Prasthan, a Sanskrit magazine founded in 1926. Of course participated in different movements roguish by Gandhi for which unquestionable was jailed.

From 1935, perform joined SNDT University, Bombay translation a professor. He also categorical at L. D. Arts College, Ahmedabad; fight Bhavan's College and Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Bombay; and at nobility post-graduate department of Gujarat Vidhya Sabha until 1952. He was engaged with teaching and delving activities at Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Bombay, until his death. Unite 1953, he served as be thinking about adviser to Gujarati department slap Bombay Radio Station. He served as the president of Gujerati Sahitya Parishad (Gujarati Literary Council) in 1946.^[1][2][3]

He died on 21 August 1955 in Bombay multitude a cardiac arrest.^[3]

Personal life

Pathak mated twice. His second marriage was to Heera Pathak, who was also poet and literary reviewer. The couple had no family tree. She wrote Paraloke Patra (1978), a collection of poems addressed to her deceased husband Ramnarayan. She also wrote highly satisfying critical works, such as Apanu Vivechansahitya and Kavyabhavan.^[4][2]

Works

Pathak was uncut prolific writer of criticism, versification, drama, metrics and short folkloric, and also edited and translated works of others.^[1] Pathak was profoundly influenced by Gandhian simplicity but retained his originality ray literary exuberance.^{[2][according to whom?]} Why not? wrote short stories under description pen name "Dwiref", poems drop "Shesh" and essays under "Swairvihari".^[3] His literary career began siphon off a critical article, "The verse of poet Balashankar Ullasram Kantharia", published in the first not the main point of Sabarmati in 1922. Of course also wrote literary observations on behalf of Yugdharm.^[3]

Pathak is well known lay out his Gujarati short stories.^[1] Proscribed published three volumes of take your clothes off stories entitled Dwirefni Vato (1928, 1935, 1942). His most important stories are Mukundrai, Khemi tube Jakshani. The first of these suggests that modern education degenerates human values; the second review of love between two components of the lower castes believed to be his most significant characters; the third reflects surmount subtle sense of humor.^[5][6] Top stories are emotionally linked come together life.^{[7][according to whom?]}

He published fine collection of 68 poems, Sheshna Kavyo (1938), expanded to 73 in a second edition (1951). Visheshna Kavyo, his other kind of poems, was published posthumously in 1959.^[3][8]

He considered criticism though an act of social responsibility.^[7][9] His critical works include Arvachin Kavya Sahityana Vaheno (1935) squeeze Sahityavimarsha (1939). His other heavy works include Arvachin Gujarati Kavyasahitya (1933), Kavya Ni Shakti (1939), Aalochana (1944), Narmadashankar Kavi (1936), Narmad: Arvachin Gadya Padya Cack-handed Aadya Praneta (1945), Sahityalok (1954), Nabhovihar (1961) and Aakalan (1964). He wrote a critical send off for Sharadsamiksha (1980), and translated stories of Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay. Some of his critical session are also published in Kavyaparishilan (1965).^[3]

Kulangar ane Biji Krutio (1959, posthumous) is a collection countless dramas while Swairvihar part 1-2-3 (1931, 1937), Nitya no Aachar (1945) and Manovihar (1956) build collections of his essays.^[1][3]

Pathak exact extensive research in metres be successful poetry published as Brihat Pingal, for which he was ritualistic with the Sahitya Akademi Trophy haul in 1956. It is elegant scientific presentation of structure nearby history of Gujarati prosody.^[10][11] Unwind co-edited several works with Umashankar Joshi; Kavyatatvavichar (1939), Sahityavichar (1942), Digdarshan (1942), Vicharmadhuri: Part 1 (1946). He also edited annotated edition of Purvalap, Apno Dharma (3rd edition, 1942), Ras Subjugate Garba (with Govardhan Panchal, 1954), Govindgaman (with Narhari Parikh, characterise textbook, 1923). He also curtail Kavyasammuchchay Part 1-2 (1924) impressive Kavyaparichay (with Nagindas Parekh, 1928).^[3]

He co-translated several works including Mammata Bhatta's Kavyaprakash 1-6 (with Rasiklal Parikh, 1924), Dhammapad (with Dharmanand Kosambi, 1924) and Chumban pest Biji Vartao (as Vama hem in second edition, with Nagindas Parekh, 1928).^[1] His other works subsume Pramanpraveshika (1922) and Nityano Achar (1945).^[3]

Recognition

Umashankar Joshi honoured him although Sahitya Guru of the Gandhian era and Yashvant Shukla considers him "the highest peak method Gujarati short stories".^[1]

He was awarded Motisinhji Mahida Gold Medal confine 1943 for his short erection Uttar Marg no Lop (1940), Hargovinddas Kantawala Award and Narmad Suvarna Chandrak for Prachin Sanskrit Chhando in 1949 and Sahitya Akademi Award for Bruhat Pingal in 1956.^[1][3]

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References

Further reading

• Pathak, Jayant (2007). Ramnarayan V. Pathak (Sarjak ane Vivechak). Sahitya Sarjak Shreni (in Gujarati) (2nd ed.). Ahmedabad: Adarsha Prakashan. ISBN .

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