Harish Nagrecha

Harish Nagrecha
Born(1934-12-25)25 December 1934
Karachi, Pakistan
Died22 July 2009(2009-07-22) (aged 74)
Occupationplaywright, short story writer
LanguageGujarati
NationalityIndian
EducationB. A., Diploma in Journalism
Alma materBharatiya Vidya Bhavan
Notable works
 
Notable awardsUma-Snehrashmi Prize (2006–2007)

Harish Nagrecha (25 December 1934 – 22 July 2009) was an Indian Gujarati language writer.

Biography

Harish Hemraj Nagrecha was born on 25 December 1934 at Karachi, Pakistan[1] in Lohana family.[2] His native place was Jodiya, Jamnagar, Gujarat, India.[3] He completed his primary education at Karachi and moved to Mumbai after Partition of India. He completed his B.A. in statistics at Mumbai. In 1964, He completed Diploma in Journalism from the Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan.[2][4]

He died on 22 July 2009.[3]

Works

Nagrecha was a playwright and short story writer. His first story collection Tu Bol Ne! was published in 1990.[5][3] Ane Chhata Pan... (1998), Hello Surya (2002)[4] and Ek Kshan No Unmad (2007) are his other story collections.[2][3] He wrote his first play Ek Lalni Rani in 1999. Khodiyo Suraj (2000) was One-act play. Meghadhanushno Mahel (2005) and Terve Atakya Bol (2007) are his other plays. Dasto... Pinjar... Khal... Kabutar (2005) was a teleplay.[2][3]

Recognition

He received the Best Story award from Kumar in 1967. In 1999, he received the Dhumketu Navlika Puraksar for his story collection Ane Chhata Pan.... He was presented the Nandashankar Chandrak for his work Hello Surya. He received the Uma-Snehrashmi Prize (2006–2007) for his story collection Ek Kshan No Unmad.[2]

His plays Ek Lalni Rani and Dasto... Pinjar... Khal... Kabutar were awarded by Gujarat Sahitya Akademi, Khodiyo Suraj (One-act play) was awarded by Gujarati Sahitya Parishad and Terve Atakya Bol was awarded by Maharashrta Rajya Gujarati Sahitya Akademi.[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ Shastri, K. K. (June 2013). Gujarāt Na Sārsvato-2 ગુજરાતના સારસ્વતો ભાગ-2 (2nd (Revised) ed.). Ahmedabad: Gujarat Sahitya Sabha. p. 249.
  2. ^ a b c d e Desai, Kandarp R. (September 2015). Gujarātī Sāhityano Itihāsa ગુજરાતી સાહિત્યનો ઇતિહાસ [History of Gujarati Literature]. Ahmedabad: Gujarati Sahitya Parishad. pp. 105–110. ISBN 978-81-930884-5-6.
  3. ^ a b c d e Raval, Praful (October 2009). "Harish Nagrecha ni Chirviday" હરીશ નાગ્રેચાની ચિરવિદાય. Kumar (in Gujarati). No. 982. Ahmedabad: Kumar Trust. p. 748.
  4. ^ a b c Shukla, Dr. Kirit H. (2008). ગુજરાતી સાહિત્યકાર પરિચયકોશ [Who's Who of Gujarati Literature]. Ahmedabad: Gujarat Sahitya Akademi. p. 280.
  5. ^ Amin, Dr. Dilip R. (2014). 1970 Pachhini gujarati Tunki Vartana Tran Dayka Ek : Adhyayan ૧૯૭૦ પછીની ગુજરાતી ટૂંકી વાર્તાના ત્રણ દાયકા એક અધ્યયન [A study of three decades of Gujarati short stories after 1970]. Ahmedabad: Sarth Publication. pp. 268–272. ISBN 978-93-81761-56-4.