DR. RAGHUVEER CHAUDHARI

Dr. Raghuveer Chaudhari is a novelist, poet and critic and a prominent figure on the contemporary Gujarati literature. He was a Professor and Head of the Department of Hindi, Post-graduate School of Languages, Gujarat University. He represents a voice of a true Indian writer, a writer with a social conscience, a writer with faith in mankind and utmost love for nature. Recognised and honoured as one of the most prolific writers on the contemporary Gujarati literary scene, he has been equally appreciated by his readers and critics.

2. Born on 5 December, 1938, Dr. Raghuveer is a writer with deep th sensitivity who believes in the co-existence of spirituality and science, reality and emotions, thinking and sentiments. He has to his credit over 125 books with almost all forms of literature including 44 novels, 12 collections of short stories, 8 collections of poems, apart from the collections of plays, travelogues, biographic sketches, criticism etc.

3. Dr. Raghuveer is a Managing Trustee of 'Grambharati Gramvidyapeeth', 'Lokbharati Gramvidyapeeth', Chairman and Trustee of 'Adya Kavi Narsinh Mehta Sahitya Nidhi 'and a trustee of 'Gujarati Sahitya Parishad'.

4. Dr. Raghuveer has been conferred with the fellowship by Sahitya Akademi, New Delhi in 2013 and received the 51st Bhartiya Jnanpith in 2015. He was honoured with the Sahitya Academy's national award for his novel 'Uparvas Kathatrai 'in 1977. He has won numerous prizes including awards given by the Gujarat state (1965-1970), Darshak Foundation Award (1995), K. M. Munshi Gold Medal, Gaurav Puraskar by Gujarat Sahitya Academy (2002), Sahitya Gaurav Puraskar by Hindi Sahitya Academy of Gujarat State (2007), Kavi Narmad Paritoshik by Maharashtra Rajya Gujarati Sahitya Academy (2010), Mahapandit Rahul Sankrityayan Award by Kendriya Hindi Sansthan (2014), and Govardhanram Sanman (2017).

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