Priyakant Premachand Maniyar (24 January 1927 – 25 June 1976) was a Gujarati poet from Gujarat, India. He published seven collections of symbolic and imagist poetry, and was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award posthumously in 1982 for Lilero Dhal (1979), a collection of love songs about Radha and Krishna.
Priyakant Maniyar | |
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| Born | 24 January 1927 Viramgam, British India |
| Died | 25 June 1976 (aged 49) Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India |
| Occupation | Poet |
| Language | Gujarati |
| Nationality | Indian |
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| Notable awards |
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| Spouse |
Ranjan (m. 1956) |
Early life
editPriyakant Maniyar was born to Premachand and Premakunwar in Viramgam (now in Gujarat, India) on 24 January 1927. His parents had migrated to Viramgam from Amreli for business. He was the second of five children. He started his primary school education at Mandal, where he studied until second grade, however he dropped out of New High School in Ahmedabad a few years later. Around this time he wrote his first poem, Pankhi ane Dano (Lit. Bird and Bird-seed), and submitted it for publication in Kumar magazine. Bachubhai Ravat, an editor of Kumar, suggested he join the Budh Sabha, a weekly literary workshop.[1] Maniyar was a bangle-maker by profession.[2]
Works
editPriyankant Maniyar is considered as one of the four major poets of the Niranjan school, a literary school named after poet Niranjan Bhagat. Other major poets of this school include Hasmukh Pathak and Nalin Raval.[3][4]
Maniyar wrote symbolic and imagist poetry,[2] and published seven collections of poems: Pratik (Sumbol; 1953), Ashabda Ratri (Silent Night; 1959), Sparsha (Touch; 1966), Sameep (Nearness; 1972), Prabal Gati (Powerful Speed; 1974), Vyom Lipi (Sky's Alphabet; 1979) and Lilero Dhal (Green Slope; 1979). His poems are composed in metrical, prosodic, orthometric and blank verses.[3]
Lilero Dhal is a collection of love songs of Radha and Krishna. The book also contains songs that depict the beauty of nature, mountains, springs, clouds, and rainbows. The songs became very popular among poetry lovers, as they are melodious and composed in folk tunes.[5]
Awards
editHe received the Kumar Suvarna Chandrak award in 1963, and the Uma-Snehrashmi Prize (1972-1973). He received the Sahitya Akademi Award posthumously in 1982 for his poetry collection Lilero Dhal.[6][5]
Personal life
editManiyar married Ranjan in April 1956. They had two daughters, Jui and Gauri, born in 1959 and 1960, and one son, Nigam, born in 1963.[1] Maniyar died on 25 June 1976 in Ahmedabad.[6]
Further reading
edit- Brahmabhatt, Prasad (1983). Priyakant Maniyar (in Gujarati). Ahmedabad: Adarsh Prakashan. OCLC 21937764.
- Raval, Nalin (1998). Priyakant Maniyar. Gujarati Granthakar Shreni (in Gujarati). Ahmedabad: Gurjar Grantharatna Karyalay. OCLC 43639381.
- Brahmabhatt, Prasad (1989). Pratik Ni Kavita (Study of Poetry of Priyakant Maniyar) (in Gujarati). Ahmedabad: Parshva Publication. OCLC 21154465.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b Vyas, Jagdish (1990). "Chapter 1". કવિશ્રી પ્રિયકાંત મણિયાર: એક અધ્યયન [Poet Priyakant Maniar: A study] (PhD) (in Gujarati). Ahmedabad: Department of Gujarati, Gujarat University. pp. 1–8. hdl:10603/47722.
- ^ a b "Contributors". Indian Literature. 23 (1/2). New Delhi: Sahitya Akademi.: 577 January–April 1980. JSTOR 23335045. – via JSTOR (subscription required)
- ^ a b Amaresh Datta, ed. (1989). Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature: K To Navalram. New Delhi: Sahitya Akademi. pp. 2580–2581. ISBN 978-0-8364-2423-2.
- ^ Madras All india Poets Meet (1973). Symposium on poetry India. Krishna Srinivas. p. 92. Retrieved 23 May 2018.
- ^ a b Param Abichandani (1995). Encyclopedia of Indian Literature: Supplementary Entries and Index. South Asia Books. p. 4790. ISBN 9789995194123.
- ^ a b "સવિશેષ પરિચય: પ્રિયકાંત મણિયાર, ગુજરાતી સાહિત્ય પરિષદ". Gujarati Sahitya Parishad (in Gujarati). Retrieved 23 May 2018.