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Ajaysinh Chauhan

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Ajaysinh Chauhan

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1983-09-25
Nationality
India
Languages
Gujarati
Residence History
Gujarat, India

Career

Occupations
writer, literary critic, editor, academic administrator
Active Years
2003-
Affiliations
Gujarat Sahitya Akademi, Gujarati Sahitya Parishad, Sardar Patel University (Senate/Board of Studies)
Memberships
Gujarati Sahitya Parishad, Gujarat Sahitya Akademi
Influenced By
Manilal H. Patel

Education

Sardar Patel University
Gujarati language and literature
Degree: Bachelor of Arts
Period: 2000–2003
Year of Graduation: 2003
Country: India
Sardar Patel University
Gujarati language and literature
Degree: Master of Arts
Period: 2003–2005
Year of Graduation: 2005
Country: India
Sardar Patel University
Gujarati language and literature
Degree: M.Phil
Period: 2005–2006
Year of Graduation: 2006
Country: India
Sardar Patel University
Gujarati language and literature
Degree: PhD
Period: 2006–2013
Year of Graduation: 2013
Country: India
PhD supervised by Manilal H. Patel (thesis: Adhunikottar Gujarati Kavita)

Awards

Ramanlal Joshi Vivechan Paritoshik
2013
Work: Adhunikottar Gujarati Kavita
Category: 批評・研究
Organization: Gujarati Sahitya Parishad
Result: 受賞
Gujarat Sahitya Akademi Award
2013
Work: Adhunikottar Gujarati Kavita
Organization: Gujarat Sahitya Akademi
Result: 受賞
Yuva Gaurav Puraskar
2016
Category: 若手功労
Organization: Gujarat Sahitya Akademi
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Adhunikottar Gujarati Kavita

2013 literary criticism/research

Published from his doctoral thesis, this study systematically analyzes postmodern Gujarati poetry, discussing trends and characteristics in postmodern poetic practice.

postmodernismGujarati poetryliterary theory

Amritlal Vegadnu Pravas Sahitya (editor)

edited volume

Edited volume on the travel literature of Amritlal Vegad.

travel literatureediting

Sarvatraramya Narmada (editor)

edited volume

An edited collection of essays and literary pieces about the Narmada river.

regional literatureriver culture

Gaam Javani Hath Chhodi De (edited poems of Manilal H. Patel)

edited poetry collection

Edited collection of poems by Manilal H. Patel.

poetryediting

Kalavithi (editor)

edited volume

An edited literary anthology or journal volume.

editingcontemporary literature

Bibliography

  • Adhunikottar Gujarati Kavita (2013)
  • Amritlal Vegadnu Pravas Sahitya (editor)
  • Sarvatraramya Narmada (editor)
  • Gaam Javani Hath Chhodi De (edited poems of Manilal H. Patel)
  • Kalavithi (editor)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
academic and critical styleclear, systematic exposition
Recurring Motifs
analysis of postmodernismconsideration of regionality and the Narmada river

Legacy

An important scholar and editor in the study of postmodern Gujarati poetry; through roles in state literary institutions he has contributed to nurturing young scholars and promoting literature.

Academic Societies

  • Gujarati Sahitya Parishad
  • Gujarat Sahitya Akademi

Archives

  • Gujarat Sahitya Akademi library/archive

Trivia

  • Born 25 September 1983.
  • Received PhD in 2013 and won multiple literary awards the same year.
  • Serving as registrar of the Gujarat Sahitya Akademi since 2018.