1. Harshadev Madhav was born on 20 October 1954 and is a Sanskrit and Gujarati language poet and writer who won the Sahitya Akademi Award for Sanskrit in 2006 for his work of poetry, Tava Sparshe Sparshe.
11 Facts About Harshadev Madhav
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Harshadev Madhav had composed over 2200 poems in Sanskrit as of 1992.
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Harshadev Madhav took his primary education from Vartej Primary School.
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Harshadev Madhav completed his high school education in 1971 from Koliyak Madhyamik Shala, Koliyak.
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Harshadev Madhav got his Bachelor of Arts as an external student from Saurashtra University in 1975.
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Harshadev Madhav married Shruti Jani on 29 April 1985 and they have a son, Rushiraj Jani.
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Harshadev Madhav participated in the Kavisammelana at the 13th World Sanskrit Conference, Edinburgh and the 14th World Sanskrit Conference, Kyoto.
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Harshadev Madhav is credited with introducing Japanese Haiku and Tanka, and Korean Sijo, into Sanskrit poetry.
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Harshadev Madhav is a modern poet in true sense of the term.
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Harshadev Madhav thinks that poetry should appeal first to intellect and thereafter to emotion.
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Harshadev Madhav betrays the great influence exerted on him by modern vernacular poetry and some of the images carved out by modern vernacular poets.