Nalin Raval
{{Short description|Indian poet and writer (1933–2021)}}
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| birth_place = Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
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| occupation = Poet, short story writer
| language = Gujarati
| nationality = Indian
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- Kavishwar Dalpatram Award (2010)
- Narsinh Mehta Award (2013)
- Ranjitram Suvarna Chandrak (2013)
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Nalin Chandrakant Raval (17 March 1933 – 5 April 2021) was a Gujarati poet and short story writer from India.{{cite book|author=K. M. George|title=Modern Indian Literature, an Anthology: Surveys and poems|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=m1R2Pa3f7r0C&pg=PA138|year=1992|publisher=Sahitya Akademi|isbn=978-81-7201-324-0|page=138}} Born in Ahmedabad and educated in languages, he taught in colleges. He published five poetry collections along with short stories. He received several awards including Ranjitram Suvarna Chandrak.
Life
Nalin Raval was born on 17 March 1933 at Ahmedabad. He was native of Wadhwan. He completed his primary education from Kalupur School No. 7 and secondary education from New Education High school. He completed his matriculation in 1954. He completed B.A. in Gujarati and English in 1956 and M.A. in 1959. In 1953, his first poem was published in Kumar magazine. He briefly taught in Bharuch and Nadiad before joining B. D. Arts College at Ahmedabad as a professor of English. He retired in 1993.{{cite web | title=નલિન રાવળ, ગુજરાતી સાહિત્ય પરિષદ | website=Nalin Raval, Gujarati Sahitya Parishad | url=http://www.gujaratisahityaparishad.com/prakashan/photo-gallery/sahitya-sarjako/Nalin-Raval.html | language=gu | accessdate=2015-05-02}}{{cite web | title=નલિન રાવળને રણજિતરામ સુવર્ણચંદ્રક | website=m.divyabhaskar.co.in | date=2015-04-26 | url=http://m.divyabhaskar.co.in/news/Ahmedabad-City/1041/MGUJ-AHM-MAT-latest-ahmedabad-news-023504-1763215-NOR.html | language=gu | accessdate=2015-05-02}}{{cite web | title=નલિન રાવળને રણજીતરામ સુવર્ણચંદ્રક એનાયત થયો | website=Navgujaratsamay | date=2015-04-24 | url=http://navgujaratsamay.indiatimes.com/ahmedabad/ahmedabad-other-news/Ranjitram-golden-award-to-nalin-raval/articleshow/47043822.cms | language=gu | accessdate=2015-05-02 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202082104/http://navgujaratsamay.indiatimes.com/ahmedabad/ahmedabad-other-news/Ranjitram-golden-award-to-nalin-raval/articleshow/47043822.cms | archive-date=2 February 2017 | url-status=dead }}
He married Kumud in 1963. He had three sons Kartik, Ashutosh, Biren and a daughter Rajul.{{cite book |last=Sharma |first=Radheshyam |author-link=Radheshyam Sharma |date=2016 |title= Saksharno Sakshatkar (Question-based Interviews with biographical literary sketches) |volume=25 |location=Ahmedabad |publisher=Rannade Prakashan |pages=266}} Raval died on 5 April 2021.{{cite magazine |editor-last=Parikh |editor-first=Dhiru |editor-link=Dhiru Parikh |last=Raval |first=Praful |author-link=Praful Raval |script-title=gu:નલિન રાવળની ચિરવિદાય |title=Nalin Raval Ni Chirviday |trans-title=Demise of Nalin Raval |magazine=Kumar |date=May 2021 |volume=97 |issue=5 |pages=42–43}}
Works
He had published five poetry collections. Udagar (Utterance, 1962) is a collection of twenty one poems.{{cite book|author=Mohan Lal|title=Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature: Sasay to Zorgot|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KnPoYxrRfc0C&pg=PA4266|year=1992|publisher=Sahitya Akademi|isbn=978-81-260-1221-3|page=4266}} Avkash (1972), Laylin (1996) and Aahlaad (2008) are his other poetry collections.
Swapnalok (1977) is a collection of sixteen short stories.
Paschatya Kavita (1973) is a work of criticism on Western poetry. Kavitanu Swarup (2001) is critical survey of other poets and their works. Anubhav (1975) is essays on his relation with poetry. He edited Priyakant Maniyar, an introduction of his author friend, Priyakant Maniyar.
He translated Sindhi Sahityana Itihasni Rooprekha (Timeline of History of Sindhi Literature, 1977).
Awards
He was awarded Kavishwar Dalpatram Award in 2010 and Narsinh Mehta Award in 2013. He was also awarded Ranjitram Suvarna Chandrak for 2013.{{cite web | title=જૂનાગઢમાં પુ.મોરારીબાપુના હસ્તે કવિ નલિન રાવળ અને હરિકૃષ્ણ પાઠકને નરસિંહ મહેતા એવોર્ડ | website=Akilanews.com | date=2015-05-02 | url=http://www.akilanews.com/19102013/saurashtra-news/919331382164272-9193 | language=gu | accessdate=2015-05-02 | archive-date=24 April 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160424183422/http://www.akilanews.com/19102013/saurashtra-news/919331382164272-9193 | url-status=dead }}
References
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Further reading
- {{cite book |title=Avakashpankhi (Collected Poems by Nalin Raval) |editor-last=Joshi |editor-first=Yogesh |editor-link=Yogesh Joshi (poet)|year=2015 |publisher=Gujarat Sahitya Academy |location=Gandhinagar |isbn=978-93-83317-48-6}}
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Category:Writers from Ahmedabad
Category:Gujarati-language poets
Category:20th-century Indian poets