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Raghuveer Chaudhari

रघुवीर चौधरी

Raghuveer Chaudhari is a novelist, poet and critic from Gujarat, India. He has also worked as a columnist for numerous newspapers, such as Sandesh, Janmabhumi, Nirikshaka and Divya Bhaskar.

BORN

5 December 1938

HONOUR

Jnanpith Award, 2015

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Key facts

Born
5 December 1938, Bapupura
State of birth
Bapupura, Gujarat
Sector
Literature & writing
Profession
Indian author
Gender
Male

Biography

Raghuveer Chaudhari is a novelist, poet and critic from Gujarat, India. He has also worked as a columnist for numerous newspapers, such as Sandesh, Janmabhumi, Nirikshaka and Divya Bhaskar. He was a teacher at the Gujarat University until his retirement in 1998. His most significant contributions have been in Gujarati language but he has also written Hindi articles. He received the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1977, for his novel trilogy Uparvas. He received Jnanpith Award, considered to be India's highest literary award, in 2015. In 2019, he was awarded a D.Lit. by Gujarat University.

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Timeline

  1. 1938Born in Bapupura
  2. 1975Awarded the Ranjitram Suvarna Chandrak
  3. 1977Awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award
  4. 2015Awarded the Jnanpith Award
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