Manishankar Ratnji Bhatt, popularly known as Kavi Kant was a Gujarati poet, playwright and essayist.
14 Facts About Kavi Kant
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Kavi Kant is an innovator of Khandkavya, a typical Gujarati poetic form and narration of one episode.
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Kavi Kant's book Purvalap is a landmark in Gujarati poetry.
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Kavi Kant was born in Prashnora Brahman Family on 20 November 1867 in Chavand, a village in Amreli Prant of Baroda state, to Motibahen and Ratnaji Bhatt.
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Kavi Kant was a student of both Hindu and Biblical philosophy.
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Kavi Kant took his primary education at Mangrol, Morbi and Rajkot.
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Kavi Kant completed his Bachelor of Arts in 1888 from Bombay University with Logic and Moral philosophy subjects.
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Kavi Kant's writings provided some relief for his grief and he converted to Christianity in 1898.
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Kavi Kant took the decision to leave the community and his family, for the sake of his wife and children.
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Kavi Kant realized that he could not stand to see his family suffer because of this decision.
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Kavi Kant missed them dearly and did not want to be apart from them.
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Kavi Kant wrote one poetry book called Purvalap that was released on the day he died.
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Kavi Kant invented a form of poetry called "Khand-Kavya", one type of Narrative poetry, in Gujarati.
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Kavi Kant wrote the plays Salimshah Athva Ashrumati, Roman-Swarajya, Dukhi Sansar and Guru Govindsinh between 1908 and 1914.