Sanskritirani Desai | |
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Born | |
Nationality | Indian |
Occupation | Poet |
Notable work | Suryo Ja Suryo (1993) |
Parent(s) | Sudhir Desai, Tarini Desai |
Relatives | Dhvani Desai, Sanskar Desai |
Sanskritirani Desai is Gujarati poet from India.
Sanskritirani was born in Baroda (now Vadodara) on 1 October 1958 to Sudhir Desai and Tarini Desai who were Gujarati writers. Her sister Dhvani Desai is also poet and filmmaker. She studied for an M. A.[1] in Statistics, M. B. A. in Finance and Diploma in Management Studies. She works as the General Manager in the Information Technology Department of a Public Limited Company. She knows Gujarati, Hindi, English, Marathi, Bengali, Sanskrit and Russian languages. She is a painter, swimmer, dancer as well as karateka.[2][3][1]
Her first poetry collection Suryo Ja Suryo (1993) included unique modern poems on the sun and its different forms. It received critical acclaim.[2][3] Sapna Vatemarguo is her other poetry collection. She has translated several poems from Russian into Gujarati and English.[1]
Her Suryo Ja Suryo received several awards such as Takhtasinh Parmar Prize (1992–93)[4] and Phanishwarnath Renu Sahitya Award. She has also received two prizes from Gujarati Sahitya Parishad, Gira Gurjari Award, Dinkar Shah Kavi 'Jay' Prize.[2][3][1]