Jaya Vallabhdas Mehta was born on 16 August 1932 and is a Gujarati poet, critic and translator from Gujarat, India.
11 Facts About Jaya Mehta
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Jaya Mehta was educated and later worked at SNDT Women's University.
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Jaya Mehta was born on 16 August 1932 at Koliyak village near Bhavnagar to Lalitaben and Vallabhdas.
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Jaya Mehta served as a professor of Gujarati at SNDT Women's University and retired from there.
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Jaya Mehta was a co-editor of Sudha and Vivechan.
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Jaya Mehta wrote columns in Pravasi, Mumbai Samachar and Samkalin dailies.
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Jaya Mehta's poetry is logical and socially aware instead of enclosed in emotional world.
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Jaya Mehta has edited Kavi Priy Kavita, Varta Vishwa, Suresh Dalalna Shreshth Kavyo, Apna Shresth Nibandho, Raghupati Raghav Rajaram.
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Jaya Mehta translated Ernest Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea into Gujarati.
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Jaya Mehta translated S L Bhyrappa's novel Daatu into Gujarati in 1992.
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Jaya Mehta received the Sahitya Akademi Translation Prize for her translations.