Esha Dadawala

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| birth_name = Esha Mayank Dadawala

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1985|1|2}}

| birth_place = Surat, Gujarat

| occupation = Poet, journalist

| language = Gujarati

| nationality = Indian

| education = Bachelor of Arts

| alma_mater = Veer Narmad South Gujarat University

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| genres = Free verse, geet

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| notableworks = * Vartaro (2008)

Janmaro (2013)

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Yuva Gaurav Award (2013)
Yuva Puraskar (2018)

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| years_active =2002 - present

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Esha Dadawala is a Gujarati language poet and journalist from Gujarat, India.{{cite web | title=દીકરીનાં તેરમા વર્ષે...! - એષા દાદાવાલા | website=લયસ્તરો | date=2008-07-05 | url=http://layastaro.com/?p=1235 | language=gu | access-date=2016-04-13}} Her significant works include Vartaro (2008), Kya Gai Ae Chhokri (2011) and Janmaro (2013). She has won Yuva Gaurav Award of 2013 for her contribution in Gujarati literature.{{cite web | title=એષા દાદાવાળા | website=મોરપીંછ | date=2016-04-11 | url=http://heenaparekh.com/2016/04/11/esha-dadawala/ | language=gu | access-date=2016-04-13}}

Early life

Esha was born on 2 January 1985 in Surat, Gujarat to Mayank Dadawala and Hetal Dadawala. She completed her schooling in 2002 from Jivan Bharati High School, Surat. She got her Bachelor of Arts in 2005 from Veer Narmad South Gujarat University.

Career

Esha wrote her first poem, Death Certificate which was published in Kavita, a Gujarati poetry journal when she was in school.{{cite book |last=Dalal |first=Suresh |date=October 2012 |title=Mari Karkirdino Surya (Articles by people from different walks of life about their career) |location=Mumbai |publisher=Image Publication |page=60 |isbn=978-81-7997-391-2}} Currently she is owner and Editor of Ananya City (a pioneer of Video E-paper) and Columnist of Divya Bhaskar. She has worked as a news reader, journalist and sub-editor in different media including Gujarat Mitra, MY TV (A local news channel of Surat), Dhabakar (A local newspaper of Surat), Sandesh, MY FM and Gujarat Guardian. Her short stories are published in several Gujarati magazines including Chitralekha.

Works

Vartaro, her first anthology of poems, was published in 2008, followed by Janmaro (2013). She has narrated subtle emotions of women and different phases of the life of a woman. Kya Gai Ae Chhokri (2011) is novel written by her in a diary-form.{{cite book |last=Dadawala |first=Esha |title=Kyab Gai E Chhokri (novel) |year=2011 |location=Ahmedabad |publisher=Navbharat Sahitya Mandir |page=5 |isbn=978-81-8440-582-8}}

Recognition

Gujarat Sahitya Akademi conferred the Yuva Gaurav Award in 2013 for her contribution in Gujarati literature. Her book Janmaro (2013) received Best Book Prize for poetry instituted by Gujarat Sahitya Akademi. She is also recipient of Ravji Patel Award instituted by Gujarat Samachar and Samanvay; Kavi Gani Dahiwala Prize (2000); Best Poet Award by Coffee-mates, Mumbai; Best poet award (2005) by Kala Gurjari Sanstha, Mumbai; Best Poet of Surat Award (2009) by Rashtriya Kala Kendra, Surat. In 2018, she received Yuva Puraskar for her book Janmaro.{{cite news | title=Sahitya Akademi announces winners for Bal Sahitya, Yuva Puraskar for 2018 | newspaper=Business Standard India | date=2018-06-22 | url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/sahitya-akademi-announces-winners-for-bal-sahitya-yuva-puraskar-for-2018-118062200794_1.html | access-date=2018-06-22| agency=Press Trust of India }}