Jayant Parmer

Jayant Parmar (born 11 October 1954) is an Indian Urdu language poet known for raising Dalit issues in his poetry.^[1] Parmar was born in a poor family. At a young age, he began to paint miniature paintings for a frame maker. Parmar realized that the frame maker had a separate pot for him because he was Dalit. This saddened Parmar and he quit.^[2]^[3]

Parmar taught himself Urdu from a language learning guide at age 30 after he developed an appreciation for Urdu poetry while living in a Muslim-dominated area in the walled city area of Ahmedabad.^[3] He has published a number of poetry collections: Aur in 1998, Pencil Aur Doosri Nazmein in 2006, Manind in 2008, Antaral in 2010 and Giacometti ke sapne in 2016.^[4] Parmar won the 2008 Sahitya Akademi Award in Urdu for Pencil Aur Doosri Nazmein. His work has been translated into Kashmiri, Punjabi, Hindi, Marathi, Bangla, Kannada, Gujarati, Oriya and Slovenian.^[5]^[6] ^[7]

References

^ Shafey Kidwai (3 August 2008). "New Terrains". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 12 August 2008. Retrieved 14 February 2010.
^ "Jayant Parmar ke liye Urdu ka Sahitya Akademi Enam" (in Urdu). Voice of America. 14 April 2009. Retrieved 9 March 2010.
^ ^a ^b M. Shafey Kidwai (13 February 2009). "Making sense out of nonsense". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 4 June 2011. Retrieved 14 February 2010.
^ "Jayant Parmer Chosen For Sahitya Academy Urdu Award". hindtoday.com. 24 December 2008. Retrieved 3 February 2010.
^ "Sahitya Akademi awards for 7 novelists". The Hindu. 24 December 2008. Archived from the original on 25 January 2009. Retrieved 3 February 2010.
^ "The hell-pit that is caste". Firstpost. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
^ "Poets dominate 2009 Sahitya Akademi Awards" (PDF) (Press release). Sahitya Akademi. 23 December 2009. Retrieved 3 February 2010.^{[permanent dead link]}

[1] Shafey Kidwai (3 August 2008). "New Terrains". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 12 August 2008. Retrieved 14 February 2010.

[VOA-2] "Jayant Parmar ke liye Urdu ka Sahitya Akademi Enam" (in Urdu). Voice of America. 14 April 2009. Retrieved 9 March 2010.

[Kid0902-3] M. Shafey Kidwai (13 February 2009). "Making sense out of nonsense". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 4 June 2011. Retrieved 14 February 2010.

[4] "Jayant Parmer Chosen For Sahitya Academy Urdu Award". hindtoday.com. 24 December 2008. Retrieved 3 February 2010.

[5] "Sahitya Akademi awards for 7 novelists". The Hindu. 24 December 2008. Archived from the original on 25 January 2009. Retrieved 3 February 2010.

[6] "The hell-pit that is caste". Firstpost. Retrieved 7 January 2020.

[7] "Poets dominate 2009 Sahitya Akademi Awards" (PDF) (Press release). Sahitya Akademi. 23 December 2009. Retrieved 3 February 2010.^{[permanent dead link]}

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