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Nagindas Narandas Parekh

ナギンダス・ナランダス・パレーク

Nagindas Narandas Parekh

Pen Names: Granthkeet（Pen name; used as a sobriquet meaning "bookworm."）

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1903-08-08 （Bulsar (now Valsad), Bombay Presidency, British India）
Died
1993-01-19 （Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India） age 89
Nationality
India
Languages
Gujarati
Residence History
Valsad (birth and childhood) → Santiniketan (studies at Visva-Bharati) → Ahmedabad (later residence and work)

Career

Occupations
literary critic, editor, translator, professor
Active Years
1921-1993
Affiliations
Navajivan Trust, Gujarat Vidhya Sabha, H K Arts College (served as professor)
Influenced By
Ramnarayan V. Pathak, Indrabhushan Majmudar, Kshitimohan Sen, Rabindranath Tagore (works and thought)

Education

Gujarat Vidyapith
Period: 1918–1921
Year of Graduation: 1921
Country: India
Completed studies; early university education.
Gujarat College
Gujarati studies / Gujarati
Degree: 学位（グジャラート語）
Period: 1921–1925
Year of Graduation: 1925
Country: India
Studied under Ramnarayan V. Pathak; also studied Bengali.
Visva-Bharati University (Santiniketan)
Bengali language and literature / Bengali literature
Period: 1925–1926
Year of Graduation: 1926
Country: India
Advanced studies including work on Rabindranath Tagore.

Awards

Sahitya Akademi Award
1970
Work: Abhinavno Rasavichar (critical essays)
Organization: Sahitya Akademi
Result: 受賞
Ranjitram Suvarna Chandrak
1990
Organization: unspecified awarding body
Result: 受賞
Sahitya Gaurav Puraskar
1991
Organization: literary organisation (Gujarat)
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Abhinavno Rasavichar ane Bija Lekho

1969 literary criticism

A collection of critical essays on poetry and literature, discussing Eastern and Western poetics and concepts such as the objective correlative.

poeticscritical theorycomparative literature

Viksha ane Niriksha

1981 literary criticism

A critical work comparing Eastern and Western poetry, including reflections on Croce's philosophy and the objective correlative.

comparative poeticsphilosophical criticism

Saat Charitro (Seven Biographies)

1947 biography / essays

A collection of short biographies including figures such as Confucius, Tansen, and Dadabhai Naoroji.

biographyhistory

Sattavan (Fifty Seven)

1938 historical study

A study on the Indian Rebellion of 1857.

colonial historyrebellion

Bibliography

  • Abhinavno Rasavichar ane Bija Lekho (1969)
  • Viksha ane Niriksha (1981)
  • Parichay ane Pariksha (1968)
  • Swadhyay ane Samiksha (1969)
  • Croce's Esthetic and Other Essays (1972)
  • Saat Charitro (1947)
  • Sattavan (1938)
  • Anuvad ni Kala (1958)

Translations by Author

  • Geetanjali and Other Poems - translations of Rabindranath Tagore (1942)
  • Nauka Doobi (translation of Tagore, 1938)
  • Parineeta (translation of Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay, 1931)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
analytical and reasoned criticismcomparative-literature perspectiveclear and scholarly prose
Recurring Motifs
focus on Rabindranath Tagoreinterest in translation theory and methodcomparisons of Eastern and Western poetics

Legacy

Nagindas Parekh was an important critic and translator in Gujarati literature; through translations of Tagore and contributions to critical theory he significantly influenced modern Gujarati letters. He also trained younger generations as an educator.

Academic Societies

  • Gujarati Sahitya Parishad

Archives

  • Holdings at Gujarati Sahitya Parishad archives (reference)

Trivia

  • His pen name 'Granthkeet' means 'bookworm.'
  • He translated many works of Rabindranath Tagore into Gujarati.
  • Won the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1970 for Abhinavno Rasavichar.