Chandravadan Mehta

Chandravadan Chimanlal Mehta
Born (1901-04-06)April 6, 1901
Surat, British India
Died 1992
Occupation Playwright, Critic, Self-writer, Poet,Travel writer
Language Gujarati
Nationality Indian
Ethnicity Gujarati
Citizenship Indian
Notable works Natya Gathariyan
Notable awards Sahitya Academy Award (1971)
Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship (1984)

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Chandravadan Chimanlal Mehta, (Hindi: चंद्रवदन मेहता Gujarati: ચંદ્રવદન મહેતા; April 6, 1901 – 1992),[1] also referred as C. C. Mehta or Chan. Chi. Mehta,[1] was a Gujarati playwright, critic, self-writer, poet and travel writer, based in Vadodara.[2]

Life

Chandravadan Mehta was born on 6 April 1901 in Surat.[1] His primary education was in Vadodara and secondary education in Surat.[1] He matriculated in 1919 and completed Bachelor of Arts from Elphinstone College in 1924. In 1928, he joined Mahatma Gandhi in Bardoli Satyagraha. He also joined Navbharat as an editor in 1928. From 1933 to 1936, he taught at New Era High School, Mumbai. He joined Akashvani in 1938 and became the director of Akashvani, Ahmedabad in 1954.[3]

Works

His play Aag Gadi (Fire Engine), about an ailing fireman, marked the rise of amateur theatre movement in Gujarati theatre.[4][5][6] Mehta went to write over 25 plays, numerous one act plays and radio plays; then in 1970, he himself translated his most known work, Aag Gadi as Iron Road.[7][8]

Legacy

In 1960, at Vienna Conference at the International Theatre Institute under the aegis of UNESCO, he moved a resolution to celebrate March 27, as World Theatre Day.[2] A play based on his life, Trijo Purush was written by Raghuveer Chaudhari.[9]

Awards

He received Ranjitram Suvarna Chandrak in 1936 and Narmad Suvarna Chandrak in 1942. He rejected Kumar Chandrak awarded to him in 1950. in 1962, he was awarded Padma Shri.[3]

He won the 1971 Sahitya Akademi Award for Gujarati language for his travelogue Natya Gathariyan.[1][10] He was also awarded the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award for Playwriting in Gujarati in 1971, given by India's National Academy of Music, Dance & Drama.[11] In 1984, he was awarded the Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship the highest honour conferred by the Sangeet Natak Akademi.[12]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Topiwala, Chandrakanth. "સાહિત્યસર્જક: ચંદ્રવદન મહેતા" [Writer: Chandravadan Mehta] (in Gujarati). Gujarati Sahitya Parishad.
  2. 1 2 "First Gujarati theatre group came up in 1878". The Times of India. Mar 27, 2013. Retrieved May 14, 2013.
  3. 1 2 Tevani (1 January 2003). C.C. Mehta. Sahitya Akademi. p. 92. ISBN 978-81-260-1676-1.
  4. ↑ Hochman, p. 37
  5. ↑ Chambers, p. 382
  6. ↑ Tevani, p. 50
  7. ↑ George, p. 179
  8. ↑ Tevani, Shailesh (1 January 2003). C.C. Mehta. Sahitya Akademi. p. 67. ISBN 978-81-260-1676-1. Retrieved 13 November 2016.
  9. ↑ Śaileśa Ṭevāṇī (1 January 2003). C.C. Mehta. Sahitya Akademi. p. 87. ISBN 978-81-260-1676-1.
  10. ↑ "Sanskrit Sahitya Akademi Awards 1955-2007". Sahitya Akademi Official website. Archived from the original on 2008.
  11. ↑ "SNA: List of Akademi Awardees". Sangeet Natak Akademi Official website. Archived from the original on 2012-02-17.
  12. ↑ "SNA: List of Sangeet Natak Akademi Ratna Puraskarwinners (Akademi Fellows)". Official website. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04.

Bibliography

See also

Awards
Preceded by
Nagindas Parekh		 Recipient of the Sahitya Akademi Award winners for Gujarati
1971 		Succeeded by
Umashankar Joshi
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