C. N. Patel
{{Short description|Indian writer from Gujarat (1918–2004)}}
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| birth_name = Chimanlal Narandas Patel
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| birth_place = Asarwa, Ahmedabad, Gujarat
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| occupation = Writer, literary critic and translator
| language = Gujarati, English
| nationality = Indian
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| awards = Ranjitram Suvarna Chandrak (2000)
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Chimanlal Narandas Patel (23 December 1918 – 30 January 2004) was an Indian writer, literary critic and translator from Gujarat, India. He received the Ranjitram Suvarna Chandrak in 2000 for his contribution to Gujarati literature.
Biography
C. N. Patel was born on 23 December 1918 at Asarwa, a village in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. He completed his BA in 1940 with English major and Sanskrit minor, and MA in 1944 with English.{{cite book|last=Shah|first=Prakash N.|author-link=Prakash N. Shah|editor1-last=Dave|editor1-first=Ramesh R.|editor2-last=Desai|editor2-first=Parul Kandarpa|script-title=gu:ગુજરાતી સાહિત્યનો ઇતિહાસ (સ્વાતંત્ર્યોત્તર યુગ - 1)|trans-title=History of Gujarati Literature (Post-Independence Era - 1)|language=gu|date=September 2015|volume=VII|publisher=K. L. Study Center, Gujarati Sahitya Parishad|location=Ahmedabad|pages=369–373|isbn=978-81-930884-5-6}}{{cite web|last=Gadit|first=Jayant|author-link=Jayant Gadit|title=સવિશેષ પરિચય: ચીમનલાલ પટેલ, ગુજરાતી સાહિત્ય પરિષદ|website=Chimanlal Patel, Gujarati Sahitya Parishad|url=https://gujaratisahityaparishad.com/prakashan/sarjako/savishesh/Savishesh-Chimanlal-Patel.html|language=gu|access-date=20 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191231205120/http://www.gujaratisahityaparishad.com/prakashan/sarjako/savishesh/Savishesh-Chimanlal-Patel.html|archive-date=31 December 2019|url-status=live}}{{cite web | last=John | first=Paul | title=CN Patel, the man who had the privilege to peep into Bapu's inbox, remembered today | website=The Times of India | date=30 January 2019 | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/cn-patel-the-man-who-had-the-privilege-to-peep-into-bapus-inbox-remembered-today/articleshow/67758181.cms | access-date=23 June 2020 | archive-date=17 July 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210717210720/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/cn-patel-the-man-who-had-the-privilege-to-peep-into-bapus-inbox-remembered-today/articleshow/67758181.cms | url-status=live }}
From 1944 to 1961, he served as a lecturer of English at Gujarat College in Ahmedabad. During 1956–1957, he served as a registrar of Sardar Patel University in Vallabh Vidyanagar. During 1959–1961, he was deputed as a principal of Prakash Arts College for Girls in Ahmedabad.
Works
Patel was known as Chi. Na. Patel (C. N. Patel) in Gujarati literature.{{cite encyclopedia|editor-last=Thaker|editor-first=Dhirubhai|editor-link=Dhirubhai Thaker|encyclopedia=Gujarati Vishwakosh|title=Patel, Chimanlal Narandas|url=https://gujarativishwakosh.org/પટેલ-ચીમનલાલ-નારણદાસ/|last=Shukla|first=Jaykumar R.|volume=XII|year=2007|edition=Reprint|publisher=Gujarati Vishwakosh Trust|location=Ahmedabad|page=887|oclc=163447137}}
His first book Abhikram (1975) is a work of literary criticism, which was followed by Tragedy – Sahityama ane Jivanma (1978) and Kathabodh (1980).
He wrote several books on Mahatma Gandhi, which include Gandhiji Ni Satyasadhana ane Bija Lekho (1978), Gandhiji (1979; part of Gujarati Granthakar series), Mahatma Gandhi in His Gujarati Writings (1981), A Gandhi Reader (1983), and Gandhicharit (1995). His other books are Vicharatarnag (1986), Moral and Social Thinking in Modern Gujarat (1988), Buddhiprakash : Swadhyay ane Suchi (1990), and Mari Vismaykatha. He served as translator, deputy chief editor, and advisor for The Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi book series.
He translated Valmiki's Ramayana into Gujarati in abridged version titled Valmikiya Ramakatha (1982).
Awards
Patel received the Ranjitram Suvarna Chandrak in 2000 for his contribution to Gujarati literature. He received an award from Government of Gujarat (1996–97) for his service to education.
See also
References
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External links
- {{Gujarati Vishwakosh}}
- [https://www.gandhiheritageportal.org/ghp_booksection_detail/NTEyLTk1My0z#page/1/mode/2up Works by C. N. Patel] at Gandhi Heritage Portal
- {{Gbooks-author|Cīmanabhāī Nā. Pateḷa}}
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Category:Gujarati-language writers
Category:Indian literary critics
Category:People from Ahmedabad district
Category:Recipients of the Ranjitram Suvarna Chandrak
Category:Translators to Gujarati