11 Facts About Jayant Gadit

Jayant Gokaldas Gadit was a Gujarati novelist, critic and professor from Gujarat, India.

Jayant Gadit received the Dhanji Kanji Gandhi Suvarna Chandrak in 2008 and was awarded the Gujarat Sahitya Akademi prize twice.

Jayant Gadit studied Gujarati and Sanskrit at Gujarat University and received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1961 and a Master of Arts degree in 1964.

Jayant Gadit taught at the art colleges of Petlad and Mahudha from 1965 to 1977.

Jayant Gadit worked as a professor in the postgraduate department of Sardar Patel University from 1977 to 1986 and headed the Gujarati department there before retiring at the age of 60.

Jayant Gadit married Manjula in 1963, and had two sons.

Jayant Gadit died of cancer on 29 May 2009 in Vadodara, India.

Jayant Gadit started his literary career with Avrut, a novel which deals with the theme of corruption in the field of education, and presents the inner life of its central character.

Jayant Gadit published two novellas in one volume entitled Chaspakshi ane Karna in 1979.

Jayant Gadit started to write a novel of the life of Mahatma Gandhi, publishing three parts, but it was not completed due to his death.

Jayant Gadit adapted the novel Shikhandi into a play of the same name.