19 Facts About Suresh Joshi

Suresh Hariprasad Joshi was an Indian novelist, short-story writer, literary critic, poet, translator, editor and academic in the Gujarati language.

Suresh Joshi was prolific writer and he transformed the field of literary criticism.

Suresh Joshi was born in Valod, a small town near Bardoli in South Gujarat on 30 May 1921.

Suresh Joshi completed his BA in 1943 and MA from Elphinstone College in 1945.

Suresh Joshi had edited Manisha, Kshitij, Etad and Uhapoh magazines.

Suresh Joshi died on 6 September 1986 due to kidney failure at Nadiad.

Suresh Joshi was influenced by efforts of experimentation in western literature.

Suresh Joshi was one of the chief exponents of experimentalist poetry in Gujarati, primarily through his literary criticism, rather than his poems.

Suresh Joshi was a modernist author who led the modernist movement in Gujarati literature which emerged after 1955, the post-Gandhian era.

Suresh Joshi is recognized as the father of modern Gujarati literature and as the leader of avant-garde writers in Gujarati.

Suresh Joshi withdrew his first publication Upjati on his second publication.

Vidula and Kathachakra were published before with other short stories but Suresh Joshi considered them as novels and published again with other two.

Suresh Joshi transformed the genre in Gujarati literature by his continued experimentation and esthetics.

Suresh Joshi promoted a theory of fiction known as Ghatanavilop which focuses on suggestive potential of language instead of plot element in fiction.

Suresh Joshi was a reformer in field of literary criticism.

Suresh Joshi edited some anthologies; Navonmesh, Narharini Gyangeeta, Gujarati Sarjanatmak Gadya: Ek Sankalan, Vastana Pado.

Suresh Joshi translated essays of Rabindranath Tagore in Panchamrut and Sanchay.

Suresh Joshi refused to accept Sahitya Akademi Award in 1983 which was awarded to him for Chintayami Manasa.

Suresh Joshi was awarded the Narmad Suvarna Chandrak for Janantike in 1965.