Dileep Jhaveri
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3 April 1943
Dileep Jhaveri | |
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| Born | Dileep Manubhai Jhaveri 3 April 1943 Mumbai, India |
| Occupation | Poet, playwright, translator, editor, physician |
| Language | Gujarati |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Alma mater | Savitribai Phule Pune University |
| Notable awards | Sahitya Akademi Award (2024) |
Dileep Manubhai Jhaveri (born 3 April 1943) is an Indian Gujarati-language poet, playwright, translator, editor and physician from Mumbai, India. He is a recipient of the Sahitya Akademi Award (2024).
Dileep Jhaveri was born on 3 April 1943 in Mumbai, India[1] to Manubhai Jhaveri. 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
Jhaveri 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 translated into English as A Breath of Vyas by Kamal Sanyal. Many of his poems have been anthologised and translated into English, Hindi, Marathi, Malayalam, Bengali, Korean, Chinese, Japanese and Irish. He has edited an anthology of contemporary Gujarati poetry in English translation titled Breath Becoming a Word.[2] The poet Gabriel Rosenstock has translated his works into Irish.[3][1]
