ઉમાશંકર જેઠાલાલ જોશી, ‘વાસુકિ’, ‘શ્રવણ’ (૨૧-૭-૧૯૧૧, ૧૯-૧૨-૧૯૮૮): કવિ, વાર્તાકાર, નવલકથાકાર, નાટ્યકાર, નિબંધકાર, વિવેચક, સંશોધક, સંપાદક, અનુવાદક. જન્મ ઈડરના બામણા ગામમાં. બામણામાં ચાર ધોરણ પૂરાં કરી ત્યાં વધુ સગવડ ન હોવાથી ઈડર છાત્રાલયમાં રહીને પન્નાલાલ પટેલ સાથે અંગ્રેજી સાત ધોરણ સુધી ઈડરની શાળામાં અભ્યાસ. ૧૯૨૮માં અમદાવાદની પ્રોપરાઈટરી હાઈસ્કૂલમાંથી મેટ્રિક.૧૯૩૯માં રણજિતરામ સુવર્ણચંદ્રક, ૧૯૪૪માં મહીડા પારિતોષક, ૧૯૪૭માં નર્મદ સુવર્ણચંદ્રક, ૧૯૬૫માં ઉમા-સ્નેહરશ્મિ પારિતોષિક, ૧૯૬૮માં કન્નડ કવિ કે.વી.પુટપ્પા સાથે વહેંચાઈને ‘નિશીથ’ કાવ્યસંગ્રહને અનુલક્ષીને ભારતીય જ્ઞાનપીઠનું પારિતોષિક, ૧૯૭૩માં સાહિત્ય અકાદમી પારિતોષિક. ૧૯૭૯માં સોવિયેટ લૅન્ડ પુરસ્કાર. ૧૯૮૨માં કુમારન્ આશાન્ પુરસ્કાર. કેન્સરથી મુંબઈમાં અવસાન.Shri.Umashankar Bhai.
Poets and writers have always enlightened the society through their literary works. Shri.Umashankar Joshi is the one who has contributed immensely to the literary growth of the Gujarati literature.
Shri.Umashankar Bhai was born in Bamana village close to Idar in Sabarkantha district. On the day of his birth centenary celebration, the juniors of the Gujarat province had the privilege of participating in the celebration on 21-07-2010. We participated in the procession which started from his residence and ended in Sahitya Bhavan. All along the procession the participants sang poems such as ‘Malta mali gayi…Gujarat mori mori…’ and raised slogans from the writings of Shri .Umashankar Bhai. At Sahita Bhavan the centenary celebration culminated with eminent personalities such as Shri.Raghuvir chawdhri from the literary world recalled and paid tribute to Shri .Umashankarji for his indelible contribution to the Gujarati literature. The participation in centenary celebration has broadened our knowledge about Shri.Umashankar Bhai and our understanding of the Gujarti Literature. We look forward to many more such events in the future.
Shri.Umashankar Bhai was born in Bamana village close to Idar in Sabarkantha district. On the day of his birth centenary celebration, the juniors of the Gujarat province had the privilege of participating in the celebration on 21-07-2010. We participated in the procession which started from his residence and ended in Sahitya Bhavan. All along the procession the participants sang poems such as ‘Malta mali gayi…Gujarat mori mori…’ and raised slogans from the writings of Shri .Umashankar Bhai. At Sahita Bhavan the centenary celebration culminated with eminent personalities such as Shri.Raghuvir chawdhri from the literary world recalled and paid tribute to Shri .Umashankarji for his indelible contribution to the Gujarati literature. The participation in centenary celebration has broadened our knowledge about Shri.Umashankar Bhai and our understanding of the Gujarti Literature. We look forward to many more such events in the future.
By,
Jayanti Asari s.j
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