Saroop Dhruv | |
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 Dhruv in Ahmedabad; August 2023 | |
| Born | (1948-06-19)19 June 1948 (age 76) Ahmedabad,Bombay State (nowGujarat),India |
| Occupation | Educator, poet, activist |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Alma mater | St. Xavier's College,Gujarat University |
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| Thesis | A Study of Motif and its Investigation in Selected Gujarati Folk-tales (1976) |
| Doctoral advisor | Mohanbhai Patel |
Saroop Dhruv (born 19 June 1948) is an educator, poet and activist fromGujarat, India.[1]
She was born inAhmedabad on 19 June 1948. She completed B. A. in Gujarati and Sanskrit fromSt. Xavier's College, Ahmedabad in 1969 and M. A. from School of Languages,Gujarat University in 1971. She received Ph. D. fromGujarat Vidyapith in 1976 for her dissertation,Motif no Abhyas Ane Ketlik Pasand Kareli Gujarati Lokkathama Teni Tapas (Study of Motifs and its Research in Selected Gujarati Folktales). She was aGujarati language teacher at St. Xavier's Education Center from 1974.[1][2]
Dhruv was a founding member of the cultural group Samvedan Sanskritic Manch and of the media group Darshan; both groups have social change as an objective. She is also a founder of Kalam, which provides an outlet for women writers.[3] She also writes and directs plays.[4][2]
In 1982, she published her first collection of poemsMara Hathni Vaat (It is all in my hand).[5] In 1995, she published a second collection of poemsSalagti Havao (Burning flames).[3][6] Her other poetry collections areHastakshep (Intervention, 2003) andSahiyara Surajni Khojma (2003).[4][3][2]
English translations of her poems have appeared in the collectionsIn their Own Voice (1990),Women Writing in India (1995)[4] andModern Gujarati Poetry: A Selection (1998).[1]
She had edited and published some research works includingSabarmati Puchhe Chhe (1986),Kalmukho Andhar Bhedva Vol. I-VI (2003),Heerno Hinchko: Bhalbarani Dalit Mahilao Dwara Gavata Geeto (2001) andUmmeed (2007).[2]
She received an award from theGujarati Sahitya Parishad for her first poetry collection,Mara Hathni Vat (1982). In 1996, she received the Mahendra Bhagat Award.[3][4] She was awarded the Hellman/Hammett Award for Courageous Writing for 2008 by theHuman Rights Watch for resistingstate censorship in Gujarat and her social work.[7][8] She receivedTakhtasinh Parmar Prize (1982-83) forMara Hathni Vaat.[9]
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