Jayant Khatri

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| birth_name = Jayant Heerji Khatri

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| awards = Uma-Snehrashmi Prize

| spouse = Bachuben

| children = Kirti Khatri (Son)

| father = Heerji Hansraj Khatri

| mother = Jayaben

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Jayant Heerji Khatri (1909-1968) was a Gujarati short story writer.

Life

Jayant Khatri was born to Heerji Hansraj Khatri and Jayaben on 24 September 1909 at Mundra, Kutch, Gujarat, India.{{cite book|author=Mansukhlal Maganlal Jhaveri|author-link=Mansukhlal Maganlal Jhaveri|title=History of Gujarati Literature|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DA0RAAAAMAAJ|year=1978|publisher=Sahitya Akademi|location=New Delhi|page=200}} His father was a government doctor of Cutch State. He completed his primary education from Bhuj and secondary school education from New Bharda Highschool, Mumbai. He matriculated in 1928. He received L.C.P.S. from National Medical College, Mumbai in 1935 and started his medical practice. He later moved to Mandvi. He had close association with labors in Bhuj and Mumbai. He also served as a president of Navik Mandal, Mandvi (Seafarers Association) and later Mandvi Municipality.{{cite web | title=સવિશેષ પરિચય: જયંત ખત્રી, ગુજરાતી સાહિત્ય પરિષદ | website=Jayant Khatri, Gujarati Sahitya Parishad | url=https://www.gujaratisahityaparishad.com/prakashan/sarjako/savishesh/Savishesh-Jayant-Khatri.html | language=gu | accessdate=17 January 2016}}

He died on 6 June 1968 at Mandvi due to cancer.

Personal life

He married Bachuben from Morjar village in 1929. After death of her first wife, he married his sister-in-law in 1935.{{cite web | author=jugalkishor | title=જયંત ખત્રી, Jayant Khatri | website=ગુજરાતી પ્રતિભા પરિચય | date=2 January 2007 | url=https://sureshbjani.wordpress.com/2007/01/03/jayant_khatri/ | language=gu | accessdate=17 January 2016}}

His son Kirti Khatri is an editor of Gujarati daily, Kutchmitra.{{cite book|title=New Dawn with Peoples' Participation|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oXPaAAAAMAAJ|year=2001|publisher=Vishva Samvad Kendra|page=70}}

Works

He was a progressive writer of his era.{{cite book|title=Selected Stories from Gujarat|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5ghkJaKIVTsC&pg=PT11|date=1 January 2002|publisher=Jaico Publishing House|isbn=978-81-7224-955-7|page=11}}

Fora (1944), Vehta Zarna (1952) and Khara Bapor (1968, posthumous) are his collections of short stories totaling forty one stories. Another eight stories are published in various magazines. Varsadni Vadali was his first short story{{cite web | title='બાદ્રાયણના એ પડકાર બાદ ગુજરાતી સાહિત્યને વાર્તાકાર જયંત ખત્રી મળ્યા' | website=NavGujarat Samay | date=24 September 2015 | url=http://navgujaratsamay.indiatimes.com/celebrating-gujarat/art-culture/Lecture-in-memory-of-jayant-khatri/articleshow/49096352.cms | language=gu | accessdate=17 January 2016}} while Dead End was his last. His only novel Chamarchaal was serialised in Pragnyatantra magazine. Mangal Pandey was his one-act play.{{cite web | title='મરુ ભોમનું મોતી' : જયંત ખત્રી વિષય પર વ્યાખ્યાન | website=Goodluck Samachar | date=14 September 2015 | url=http://www.goodlucksamachar.com/jayant-khatri-maru-bhom-nu-moti/ | language=gu | accessdate=17 January 2016}} Several of his stories revolved around Kutch region where he belonged. He was also painter and painted symbols and images for his short stories.{{cite book|author=K. M. George|title=Modern Indian Literature, an Anthology: Surveys and poems|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=m1R2Pa3f7r0C&pg=PA137|year=1992|publisher=Sahitya Akademi|isbn=978-81-7201-324-0|page=137}}{{cite book|author=Mohan Lal|title=Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature: Sasay to Zorgot|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KnPoYxrRfc0C&pg=PA4042|year=1992|publisher=Sahitya Akademi|isbn=978-81-260-1221-3|page=4042}}{{cite book|author=Gujarat (India)|title=Gujarat State Gazetteers: Junagadh|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qbRhAAAAIAAJ|year=1971|publisher=Directorate of Government Print., Stationery and Publications, Gujarat State|page=527}}{{cite book|author=Sisir Kumar Das|title=History of Indian Literature: 1911-1956, struggle for freedom : triumph and tragedy|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sqBjpV9OzcsC&pg=PA21|year=1991|publisher=Sahitya Akademi|isbn=978-81-7201-798-9|pages=21, 756}}