Niranjan Bhagat

Niranjan Bhagat
Born	April 18, 1926 (1926-04-18) (age 85) Ahmedabad, Bombay Presidency, British India
Occupation	Poet Essayist Litterateur Editor
Language	Gujarati, English
Nationality	Indian
Ethnicity	Indian
Citizenship	Indian
Notable work(s)	Gujarati Sahiyta-Purvardha Uttarardha
Notable award(s)	Sahitya Academy Award
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Niranjan Bhagat, (Gujarati: નિરંજન ભગત Hindi: निरंजन भगत); born May 18, 1926 in Ahmedabad),^[1] full name Niranjan Narhari Bhagat,^[1] is a Gujarati poet and commentator who won the 1999 Sahitya Akademi Award for Gujarati language for his critic Gujarati Sahiyta-Purvardha Uttarardha.^[1][2] He is also an English poet, and has written over hundred 100 poems in English, most being written in the style of Gitanjali.^[3]

Early life

Niranjan Bhagat was born on May 18, 1926 in Ahmedabad.^[1][3] Born to mother Mena and father Narhari Bhagat, his birth took place in a 'pol' next to a famous vaishnav temple.^[3] His original last name was Gandhi.^[3] His father was a businessman, and his grandfather was a member of Bhajana Mandali, due to which he came to be known as Bhagat, which his descendants adopted as their surname.^[3] His primary education was in a municipal school, the time which he refers as le vert paradis des amours enfantines (the green paradise of childish loves).^[3]

His life's most tragic event happened when he was 10; his father renounced his home.^[3] As a result the poet had to spent seventeen years of his life with his maternal family.^[3]

Later education and literary work

Niranjan Bhagat did his Intermediate Arts in L.D. Arts College from 1944 to 1946,^[3] after which he enrolled for B.A. in English literature at Elphinstone College, Mumbai.^[3] Later he completed his M.A. in 1950 and joined L.D. Arts College as a lecturer.^[3]

Inspiration from Tagore

Bhagat has been deeply inspire from Rabindranath Tagore, the author of Gitanjali.^[3] He also went forward to learn Bengali language in order to read Tagore's works in their original text.^[3] He also tried to write in Bengali himself.^[3]

Awards

• (1957) Narmad Suvarna Chandrak.^[3]
• (1969) Ranjitram Suvarna Chandrak.^[3]
• (1998) Premanand Suvarna Chandrak.^[3]
• (1999) Sahitya Academy Award.^[2]
• (2000) Sachchidanand Sanman.^[3]
• (2001) Narsinh Mehta Award.^[3]

Reference

1. ^ ^{a b c d} Toliwala, Chandrakant. "સાહિત્યસર્જક: નિરંજન ભગત [Writer: Niranjan Bhagat]" (in Gujarati). Gujarati Sahitya Parishad. http://gujaratisahityaparishad.com/prakashan/sarjako/savishesh/Savishesh-Niranjan-Bhagat.html. 
2. ^ ^{a b} "Sanskrit Sahitya Akademi Awards 1955-2007". Sahitya Akademi Official website. Archived from the original on 2008. http://tesla.websitewelcome.com/~sahit/old_version/awa10318.htm#gujarati. 
3. ^ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s} "Prof. Niranjan Bhagat". Ahmedabad: Gujarat Online. http://gujaratonline.com/arts/nbhagat.htm. Retrieved October 29, 2011. 

See also

	Biography portal
	India portal
	Literature portal
	Poetry portal
	Gujarat portal

• List of Sahitya Akademi Award winners for Gujarati – List of Gujarati language writers who have won the Sahitya Akademi Award.

Awards
Preceded by Jayant Kothari	Recipient of the Sahitya Akademi Award winners for Gujarati 1999	Succeeded by Vinesh Antani

Persondata
Name	Bhagat, Niranjan
Alternative names	Bhagat, Niranjan Narahari‏; Bhagata, Nirañjana; Niranjan Bhagat; Niranjan Narahari Bhagat; Nirañjana Bhagata
Short description	Gujarati Poet and Commentator
Date of birth	May 18, 1926
Place of birth	Ahmedabad, India
Date of death
Place of death