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Rajendra Keshavlal Shah

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Indian poet and writer from Gujarati (1913-2010), Sahitya Akademi Award

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Rajendra Keshavlal Shah was an Indian Gujarati-language poet from Gujarat, India. Born in Kapadvanj, he authored more than 20 collections of poems and songs, mainly on the themes of the beauty of nature, and about the everyday lives of indigenous peoples and fisherfolk communities.

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2001Jnanpith Award
1963Sahitya Akademi Award
1956Ranjitram Suvarna Chandrak

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Rajendra Keshavlal Shah was an Indian Gujarati-language poet from Gujarat, India. Born in Kapadvanj, he authored more than 20 collections of poems and songs, mainly on the themes of the beauty of nature, and about the everyday lives of indigenous peoples and fisherfolk communities. In his poems using Sanskrit metrics, he was influenced by Rabindranath Tagore. He is considered one of the giants of the post-Gandhi era in Gujarati literature.

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India
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Writers
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deceased
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Lived 1913 to 2010 · aged 96
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