Harindra Dave
Harindra Jayantilal Dave was an Indian Gujarati-language poet, novelist, playwright and journalist from Gujarat, India. He received the Sahitya Akademi Award for his poetry collection Hayati.
Life
Harindra Dave was born on 19 September 1930 in Khambhra village in Kachchh District, Gujarat, India. He was educated at the Samaldas College, Bhavnagar and later University of Bombay.Career
He authored more than fifty works, including poems, essays, drama and fiction.Aganpankhi, Madhav Kyayn Nathi, Krishna ane Manav Sambandho, Mukhvato, Anagat, Hayati, Sang-Asang, Lohi no Rang Lal, Gandhi Ni Kavad are some of his works. His work Krishna ane Manav Sambandho is a monumental research work on Krishna theme. His novel Madhav Kyany Nathi was translated into Hindi by Bhanushankar Mehta as Madhav Kahin Nahin Hain in 1995.
;Journalism
He was a journalist by profession.
He worked as a journalist with Janashakti, a Gujarati daily from 1951 to 1962. He joined Bhavan's as an editor of Samarpan, Gujarati monthly digest. In 1968, he joined USIS and continued till 1973.
In 1973, he joined Janashakti as an editor. His writing during the Emergency was notable. After Janashakti, he joined Janmabhoomi Group of Newspapers as an Editor in Chief for '
Before embarking on daily journalism in 1951, Harindrabhai worked with Chitrapat, a film magazine. And during those years with Chitrapat, he came into association with personalities like Shyam, Suraiya, Guru Dutt, Mehbub Khan, Motilal, Mohammad Rafi, Ramanand Sagar etc.