Shivkumar Joshi

Shivkumar Joshi

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Shivkumar Joshi Profile

  • Name:
  • Shivkumar Joshi
  • Born:
  • November 16, 1916
  • Father:
  • Girijashankar Joshi

Shivkumar Joshi Biography

Shivkumar Joshi was a prominent writer belonging to Gujarati language who wrote plays, novels and short stories. He was also known as a stage actor and director. Thus he wrote, acted and directed many plays. A recipient of numerous honours including - Kumar Chandrak in 1952, Narmad Chandrak in 1959 and Ranjitram Suvarna Chandrak in 1970, he was also a recipient of Sangeet Natak Akademi Award for his play – Suvarnarekha. He was a photographer and painter also. His son Ruchir Joshi is a noted writer, film maker and columnist.

 

Shivkumar was born on 16 November 1916 at Ahmedabad. He was born into a family of pandits, but he entered the world of theatre. His father was a Sanskrit scholar. He was introduced to the world of theatre at the age of 8 as a child artist and was involved with Natmandal in those days. The troupe performed in Ahmadabad under Jaishankar Sundari, a noted theatre artist. Shivkumar later started off adapting novels for the stage and writing one-act radio dramas. Later he moved to direction and acting as well. While doing graduation in Sanskrit at Gujarat College in the mid-1930s, he got associated with freedom struggle movement. After completing graduation in 1937, he ran garment business for many years.

 

Pankh Vinana Pareva ane Bija Natako (1952) was his first collection of one-act plays. As a short story writer he was prominent in the 1960s and 1970s. He wrote more than two dozen full-length plays. Suvarnarekha is his most successful play, followed by Sumangla, Saputara etc. In fact, Suvarnarekha was one of the first plays to earn Sahitya Academy Award in Gujarati. Known for his impressive dialogues, his radio plays were more successful than stage plays. Joshi was very active in theatric and cultural activities among Gujaratis in Kolkata. He died in the year 1988.

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Updated: March 06, 2016

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