He owes his early training to his friend “Padmashree” Bholabhai Patel, a well-known scholar in Gujarati. Raghuveer’s talent has been nurtured by the prose writings of Govardhanram Tripathi, Kaka Kalelkar, Suresh Joshi, Niranjan Bhagat and Priyakant Maniyar.
This is the reason why his concept of modernism is different from that of his contemporaries. During vacations he worked with social workers and later became active in 'Navnirman Andolan' - an anti-corruption movement - against the Sate Government of Gujarat.īorn and brought up in a strong religious family of farmers, his acquaintance with some devoted Gandhian friends nourished a deep sense of social responsibility in him. from the same university in 1979.ĭuring childhood, Raghuveer Chaudhari used to work for adult-education in his village and also constructed a small library and a theatre for his school there. in Hindi language and literature from Gujarat University in 1962 and later obtained his Ph.D. Raghuveer Chaudhari, a novelist, poet and critic and a prominent figure on the contemporary Gujarati literary scene was born in 1938 in Bapupura near Mansa in North Gujarat. Since his retirement from Gujarat University in 1998, Raghuveer spends most of his time in native village Bapupura, actively involved in agriculture, Rangdwar Prakashan and Gujarati Sahitya Parishad (as a trustee). He is a well-liked columnist and was a member of the Press Council of India. Raghuveer has received numerous prizes awarded annually by the State of Gujarat (1965 to 1970), Ranjitram Gold Medal (1975), Sauhard Samman from Uttar Pradesh Hindi Sansthaan for contribution to Hindi language & literature (1990) and Narmad Paritoshik (2010) from Maharashtra State Gujarati Literary Academy. His novels Rudra Mahalaya and Somtirth are milestones in Gujarati historical novel writing. His best seller novel Amruta (1965) brought him immense fame, proving his preparedness as an author and “Uparwaas-Sahwaas-Antarwaas” (1975) - a colorful documentary novel trilogy about the social changes in the aftermath of the Indian independence - established him nationally as a prominent writer, winning him prestigious Sahitya Akademi Award (1977).
(Hindi language & literature) in 1962 and received Ph.D. Brief Profile: Novelist, poet, dramatist, critic and a prominent thinker on contemporary Gujarati literary scene Born 1938 in village Bapupura (North Gujarat).
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