Gulabdas Broker

Gulabdas Broker

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Gulabdas Broker Profile

  • Name:
  • Gulabdas Broker
  • Born:
  • September 20, 1909
  • Died:
  • June 10, 2006

Gulabdas Broker Biography

Gulabdas Broker was an Indian writer belonging to Gujarati literature. A short story writer of Gujarati language, his plays are also equally famous. For his contributions towards the field of Indian literature, government of India honoured him with Padma Shri in 1991. He was also a recipient of Ranjitram Suvarna Chandrak (1998), Kumar Chandrak in 1968, Narsinh Mehta Award and many more honours. He served as the president of Gujarati Sahitya Parishad from 1973 to 1974. Broker died on June 10, 2006 at Pune, Maharashtra. He was also a journalist by profession.

 

Gulabdas Broker was born in Porbandar, Gujarat on September 20, 1909. After finishing his studies in Gujarati and English literature from Bombay University in 1930, he briefly worked at the Bombay Stock Exchange. He got involved with freedom struggle movement, and got arrested for his participation in Salt Satyagraha in 1930. His active writing period started in 1932, while he was serving his term in jail. As a writer, he first wrote a short story titled - Ane Biji Vato.

 

After that he developed sincere passion towards writing, and got active in different genres of writings – plays, short stories, travelogues, autobiography etc. He also served as a journalist and editor, and published several columns too. Apart from Indian languages, many of his works have been translated to English, Spanish, German etc. He served as the editor of the journal dedicated to one-act plays – Ekanki.

 

His short stories were immensely popular during his peak years in writings. He started receiving awards since 1950s. In 2006 Gujarati literature lost a series of literary giants like Ajit Seth, Shantilal Shah, Chandrakanth Bakshi, Ramesh parekh, Bakul Tripathi, Maniraj Barot, Keka Shastri, Ramanlal Joshi, Ramanlal Soni, Gulabdas Broker etc. Broker passed away on 10 June 2006.

Published: January 10, 2019

Updated: January 10, 2019

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