Sanskritirani Desai

Sanskritirani was born in Baroda (now Vadodara) on 1 October 1958 to Sudhir Desai and Tarini Desai who were Gujarati writers. Her sister Dhvani Desai is also poet and filmmaker. She studied for an M. A.^[1] in Statistics, M. B. A. in Finance and Diploma in Management Studies. She works as the General Manager in the Information Technology Department of a Public Limited Company. She knows Gujarati, Hindi, English, Marathi, Bengali, Sanskrit and Russian languages. She is a painter, swimmer, dancer as well as karateka.^[2][3][1]

Her first poetry collection Suryo Ja Suryo (1993) included unique modern poems on the sun and its different forms. It received critical acclaim.^[2][3] Sapna Vatemarguo is her other poetry collection. She has translated several poems from Russian into Gujarati and English.^[1]

Her Suryo Ja Suryo received several awards such as Takhtasinh Parmar Prize (1992–93)^[4] and Phanishwarnath Renu Sahitya Award. She has also received two prizes from Gujarati Sahitya Parishad, Gira Gurjari Award, Dinkar Shah Kavi 'Jay' Prize.^[2][3][1]

• List of Gujarati-language writers