Suresh Purushottamdas Dalal | |
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 Suresh Dalal at Image Publications, Mumbai, 2006 | |
| Born | (1932-10-11)11 October 1932 |
| Died | 10 August 2012(2012-08-10) (aged 79) Mumbai, India |
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| Language | Gujarati |
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| Notable works | Akhand Zalar Vage |
| Notable awards | Sahitya Academy Award (2005) |
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Suresh Parshottamdas Dalal, (11 October 1932 – 10 August 2012) was aGujarati poet, essayist, litterateur and editor.
Dalal was born on 11 October 1932 inThane to Purushottamdas and Bhanumati. He completed B.A. in Gujarati in 1953 from Saint Xavier's College; M.A. in 1955 and PhD in 1969 fromUniversity of Mumbai. He taught at K. C. Arts College, Mumbai from 1956 to 1964. He also served as professor of Gujarati at Kirti College from 1958 to 1960 and atH.R. College of Commerce and Economics from 1960 to 1964. He joined K. J. Somaiya College in 1964 and headed the Gujarati Department. He later served as the Head of the Gujarati Department atSNDT Women's University; Vice-chancellor atMaharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda; and a "National Lecturer" for theUGC. He has also been a member of the advisory board ofGujarat Sahitya Academy from 1983 to 1987. He was also the editor of the Gujarati poetry journalKavita and literary quarterlyVivechana.[1][2][3][4][5]
He died on 10 August 2012 at Mumbai following a heart attack.[2]
His poetry collections includesonnets, long and prose-poems too. His poetry collections areEkant (1966),Tarikh nu Ghar (1971),Astitva (1973),Naam Lakhi Dau (1975),Hastakshar (1977),Symphony (1977),Skyscraper (1980),Ek Anami Nadi (1982),Ghatana (1984),[4]Bhura Akashni Asha.
He receivedSahitya Akademi Award for Gujarati writers in 2005 for his poetryAkhand Zalar Vage.[2][3] He has been awarded with several other awards including the Gujarat Government Award 5 times.[5] His Prose Poem[6] has been translated into English by thePoetry Translation Centre.
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