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class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.2em; padding-right:0.65em;">Born</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.4em;">Chinu Chandulal Modi<br /><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1939-09-30</span>)</span>30 September 1939<br /><a href="/wiki/Vijapur" title="Vijapur">Vijapur</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gujarat" title="Gujarat">Gujarat</a>, <a href="/wiki/British_Raj" title="British Raj">British Raj</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.2em; padding-right:0.65em;">Died</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.4em;">19 March 2017<span style="display:none">(2017-03-19)</span> (aged 77)<br /><a href="/wiki/Ahmedabad" title="Ahmedabad">Ahmedabad</a>, India</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.2em; padding-right:0.65em;">Pen name</th><td class="infobox-data nickname" style="line-height:1.4em;">Irshad</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.2em; padding-right:0.65em;">Occupation</th><td class="infobox-data role" style="line-height:1.4em;">poet, novelist, short story writer, critic</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.2em; padding-right:0.65em;">Language</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.4em;"><a href="/wiki/Gujarati_language" title="Gujarati language">Gujarati</a>, <a href="/wiki/Urdu" title="Urdu">Urdu</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.2em; padding-right:0.65em;">Nationality</th><td class="infobox-data category" style="line-height:1.4em;"><a href="/wiki/India" title="India">Indian</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.2em; padding-right:0.65em;">Education</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.4em;"> <ul><li>Master of Arts</li> <li>Ph.D</li></ul> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.2em; padding-right:0.65em;">Alma mater</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.4em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gujarat_University" title="Gujarat University">Gujarat University</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gujarat_Vidyapith" title="Gujarat Vidyapith">Gujarat Vidyapith</a></li></ul> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.2em; padding-right:0.65em;">Period</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.4em;">postmodern <a href="/wiki/Gujarati_literature" title="Gujarati literature">Gujarati literature</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.2em; padding-right:0.65em;">Literary movement</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.4em;"> <ul><li>Hotel poets group</li> <li>'Re' Math</li></ul> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.2em; padding-right:0.65em;">Notable works</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.4em;"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Ashwamedh" title="Ashwamedh">Ashwamedh</a></i> (1986)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Bahuk" title="Bahuk">Bahuk</a></i> (1982)</li> <li><i>Kalakhyan</i> (2003)</li></ul> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.2em; padding-right:0.65em;">Notable awards</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.4em;"><a href="/wiki/Ushanas_Prize" class="mw-redirect" title="Ushanas Prize">Ushanas Prize</a> <br /> 1982-1983 <br /> <a href="/wiki/Narsinh_Mehta_Award" title="Narsinh Mehta Award">Narsinh Mehta Award</a> <br /> 2008 <br /> <a href="/wiki/Vali_Gujarati_Gazal_Award" title="Vali Gujarati Gazal Award">Vali Gujarati Gazal Award</a> <br /> 2010 <br /> <a href="/wiki/Sahitya_Akademi_Award" title="Sahitya Akademi Award">Sahitya Akademi Award</a> <br /> 2013 <br /></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Signature</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="line-height:1.4em;"><span class="skin-invert-image" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Autograph_of_Chinu_Modi.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img 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<a href="/wiki/Gujarat" title="Gujarat">Gujarat</a>, India. Educated in languages, he taught at various institutions and established himself as a poet and author. He was a recipient of several awards including <a href="/wiki/Sahitya_Akademi_Award" title="Sahitya Akademi Award">Sahitya Akademi Award</a>, <a href="/wiki/Vali_Gujarati_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Vali Gujarati Award">Vali Gujarati Award</a> and <a href="/wiki/Narsinh_Mehta_Award" title="Narsinh Mehta Award">Narsinh Mehta Award</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-cm_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cm-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Life">Life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chinu_Modi&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Early_life">Early life</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chinu_Modi&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1237032888/mw-parser-output/.tmulti">.mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner{display:flex;flex-direction:column}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow{display:flex;flex-direction:row;clear:left;flex-wrap:wrap;width:100%;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle{margin:1px;float:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .theader{clear:both;font-weight:bold;text-align:center;align-self:center;background-color:transparent;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .thumbcaption{background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-left{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-right{text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-center{text-align:center}@media all and (max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .tmulti .thumbinner{width:100%!important;box-sizing:border-box;max-width:none!important;align-items:center}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow{justify-content:center}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle{float:none!important;max-width:100%!important;box-sizing:border-box;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle .thumbcaption{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow>.thumbcaption{text-align:center}}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner img{background-color:white}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner img{background-color:white}}</style><div class="thumb tmulti tleft"><div class="thumbinner multiimageinner" style="width:228px;max-width:228px"><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:112px;max-width:112px"><div class="thumbimage"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Young_Chinu_Modi.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Young_Chinu_Modi.jpg/110px-Young_Chinu_Modi.jpg" decoding="async" width="110" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Young_Chinu_Modi.jpg/165px-Young_Chinu_Modi.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Young_Chinu_Modi.jpg/220px-Young_Chinu_Modi.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1333" data-file-height="2000" /></a></span></div></div><div class="tsingle" style="width:112px;max-width:112px"><div class="thumbimage"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Chinu_Modi_and_Manhar_Modi_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Chinu_Modi_and_Manhar_Modi_%28cropped%29.jpg/110px-Chinu_Modi_and_Manhar_Modi_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="110" height="144" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Chinu_Modi_and_Manhar_Modi_%28cropped%29.jpg/165px-Chinu_Modi_and_Manhar_Modi_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Chinu_Modi_and_Manhar_Modi_%28cropped%29.jpg/220px-Chinu_Modi_and_Manhar_Modi_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1218" data-file-height="1600" /></a></span></div></div></div><div class="trow" style="display:flex"><div class="thumbcaption">Young Chinu Modi</div></div></div></div> <p>Modi was born in <a href="/wiki/Vijapur" title="Vijapur">Vijapur</a> on 30 September 1939 to Chandulal and Shashikantaben. His family belonged to <a href="/wiki/Kadi,_Gujarat" class="mw-redirect" title="Kadi, Gujarat">Kadi</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He completed his primary education in Vijapur and secondary education from Sheth Hasanali High School in <a href="/wiki/Dholka" title="Dholka">Dholka</a> near <a href="/wiki/Ahmedabad" title="Ahmedabad">Ahmedabad</a>. He completed his <a href="/wiki/Matriculation" title="Matriculation">matriculation</a> in 1954.<sup id="cite_ref-gsp_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gsp-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-AGSI_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AGSI-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He completed a B.A. in Gujarati and History in 1958 from <a href="/wiki/St._Xavier%27s_College,_Ahmedabad" title="St. Xavier's College, Ahmedabad">St. Xavier's College, Ahmedabad</a>, an LL.B. in 1960 from Sir <a href="/wiki/L.A._Shah_Law_College" title="L.A. Shah Law College">L.A. Shah Law College</a> in Ahmedabad, and an M.A. in Gujarati and Hindi subjects in 1961 from <a href="/wiki/Gujarat_University" title="Gujarat University">Gujarat University</a>. He earned a Ph.D. in 1968 from <a href="/wiki/Gujarat_Vidyapith" title="Gujarat Vidyapith">Gujarat Vidyapith</a> for his research <i>Gujarati Bhashama Khandakavya</i> (<a href="/wiki/Narrative_poetry" title="Narrative poetry">narrative poetry</a> in Gujarati language). His guide for Ph.D. was Mohanbhai Shankharbhai Patel.<sup id="cite_ref-gsp_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gsp-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-AGSI_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AGSI-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Career">Career</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chinu_Modi&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Chinu_Modi_in_1995.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Chinu_Modi_in_1995.jpg/100px-Chinu_Modi_in_1995.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="133" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Chinu_Modi_in_1995.jpg/150px-Chinu_Modi_in_1995.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Chinu_Modi_in_1995.jpg/200px-Chinu_Modi_in_1995.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3096" data-file-height="4128" /></a><figcaption>At Gujarat University, Ahmedabad, 1995</figcaption></figure> <p>He joined H. A. Arts College in Ahmedabad and worked from 1961 to 1963. He taught at colleges in <a href="/wiki/Talod" title="Talod">Talod</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kapadvanj" title="Kapadvanj">Kapadvanj</a> later. In 1965, he joined Swaminarayan Arts College in Ahmedabad and taught until 1975. He served as a scriptwriter at <a href="/wiki/Indian_Space_Research_Organization" class="mw-redirect" title="Indian Space Research Organization">Indian Space Research Organization</a>, Ahmedabad from 1975 to 1977. In 1977–1978, he worked with Mansa College and Sabarmati Arts College. He joined L. D. Arts College in 1978 as a part-time professor. In 1994, he joined School of Languages, Gujarat University as a Reader and retired in 2001. He had also served as Dean-in-charge of Department of Journalism, <a href="/wiki/M._S._University" class="mw-redirect" title="M. S. University">M. S. University</a>, <a href="/wiki/Baroda" class="mw-redirect" title="Baroda">Baroda</a> from 1992 to 1994. He worked as a freelancer in field of advertising for few years.<sup id="cite_ref-gsp_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gsp-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-AGSI_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AGSI-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He was a chairman of Kriti Film Cooperative Society from 1979 to his death. He was awarded Writer Fellowship from Department of Culture, New Delhi in 1979.<sup id="cite_ref-AGSI_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AGSI-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Death">Death</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chinu_Modi&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Death"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>He suffered from <a href="/wiki/Shortness_of_breath" title="Shortness of breath">acute breathlessness</a>. After a heart attack on 16 March 2017, he was admitted to HGC hospital located at Mithakhali, Ahmedabad as he was suffering from <a href="/wiki/Multiple_organ_dysfunction_syndrome" title="Multiple organ dysfunction syndrome">multiple organ failure</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Times2017_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Times2017-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 19 March 2017, he returned to his home at <a href="/wiki/Paldi" title="Paldi">Paldi</a>, Ahmedabad where he died in the evening.<sup id="cite_ref-Online_2017_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Online_2017-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His body was donated to <a href="/wiki/Smt._NHL_Municipal_Medical_College" title="Smt. NHL Municipal Medical College">NHL Medical College</a> as per his wish.<sup id="cite_ref-DeshGujarat_News_from_Gujarat_2017_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DeshGujarat_News_from_Gujarat_2017-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Works">Works</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chinu_Modi&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Works"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Modi was a pioneering<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="margin-left:0.1em; white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Please_clarify" title="Wikipedia:Please clarify"><span title="vague (May 2017)">clarification needed</span></a></i>]</sup> poet and also an acclaimed playwright, critic, fiction writer and translator. His works are translated into English, Hindi and other Indian languages and his plays are staged several times.<sup id="cite_ref-NetIndian_2014_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NetIndian_2014-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://rekhtagujarati.org/poets/chinu-modi/all">Gujarati famous Poetry of Chinu Modi | RekhtaGujarati</a> He had written both metrical and non-metrical form of poetry. His main contribution was in <a href="/wiki/Ghazal" title="Ghazal">ghazal</a> poetry. Along with ghazals, he had written in various genres; <a href="/wiki/Geet_(song)" title="Geet (song)">geet</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sonnet" title="Sonnet">sonnet</a>, <a href="/wiki/Free_verse" title="Free verse">free verse</a> and <i>Khandakavya</i> (long narrative poem).<sup id="cite_ref-AGSI_4-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AGSI-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He started writing poetry in 1955.<sup id="cite_ref-AGSI_4-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AGSI-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>Vyatan</i> (1963) was his small and first poetry collection. His other poetry collections which consist of metrical and nonmetrical poems are <i>Urnanabh</i> (1974), <i>Shapit Vanma</i> (1976), <i>Deshvato</i> (1978), <i>Kshano Na Mahelma</i>, <i>Darpan Ni Galima</i> (1975), <i>Irshadgadh</i> (1979), <i>Afawa</i> (1991), <i>Inayat</i> (1996) and <i>Nakashanagar</i> (2001), <i>Vi-nayak</i> (1996), <i>Ae</i> (1999), <i>Saiyar</i> (2000), <i>Shwetsamudro</i> (2001), <i>Gatibhas</i> (2012), <i>Agha Pachha Shwas</i> (2007) and <i>Khara Zaran</i><sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Dates_and_numbers#Chronological_items" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers"><span title="The time period mentioned near this tag is ambiguous. (March 2016)">when?</span></a></i>]</sup>. <i><a href="/wiki/Bahuk" title="Bahuk">Bahuk</a></i> (1982), based on <i>Nalakhyan</i> of <a href="/wiki/Mahabharata" title="Mahabharata">Mahabharata</a>, is a long narrative poem written by him. <i>Kalakhyan</i> (2003) is also long narrative poem composed in the <a href="/wiki/Akhyana" title="Akhyana">Akhyana</a>-style.<sup id="cite_ref-AGSI_4-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AGSI-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His all <i>muktak</i> poetry, a subgenre of ghazal poetry, was published as <i>A-mrut Muktako</i> in 2016.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Modi is noted in Gujarati literature for his experimental plays. <i>Dayal Na Pankhi</i> (1967) is his first collection of <a href="/wiki/One-act_play" title="One-act play">one-act plays</a> composed in a verse form and absurd style, followed by <i>Callbell</i> (1973), <i>Hukam Malik</i> (1984), <i>Jalaka</i> (1985), <i><a href="/wiki/Ashwamedh" title="Ashwamedh">Ashwamedh</a></i> (1986), <i>Raja Midas</i> (1992). <i>Jalaka</i> centred around the Jalaka, a character from the <a href="/wiki/Ramanbhai_Nilkanth" class="mw-redirect" title="Ramanbhai Nilkanth">Ramanbhai Nilkanth</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/Raino_Parvat" title="Raino Parvat">Raino Parvat</a></i> while <i>Ashwamedh</i> deals with extreme lust of woman and her sexual interaction with Horse.<sup id="cite_ref-cm_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cm-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His other plays are <i>Navalsha Heerji</i> (1995), <i>Khalifano Vesh Yani Aurangzeb</i> (1993), <i>Naishadhray</i> (1996), <i>Shukdan</i> (2000), <i>Memory Lane</i> (2008), <i>Matsyavedh</i> (2006), <i>Dholido</i> (2008), <i>Buddhidhan</i> (2008), <i>Natyavali</i> (2014).<sup id="cite_ref-AGSI_4-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AGSI-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-dna2017_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dna2017-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His <i>Shukdan</i> is a Gujarati adaptation of <a href="/wiki/Edmond_Rostand" title="Edmond Rostand">Edmond Rostand</a>'s French tragi-comedy <a href="/wiki/Cyrano_de_Bergerac_(play)" title="Cyrano de Bergerac (play)">Cyrano de Bergerac</a> and it is directed by Chintan Pandya.<sup id="cite_ref-Ahmedabad_2014_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ahmedabad_2014-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Modi debuted in novel with <i>Shaila Majmudar</i> (1966; an autobiographical novel), followed by <i>Bhaav-Abhaav</i> (1969), <i>Bhavchakra</i> (1975), <i>Leela Naag</i> (1971), <i>Hang Over</i> (1985), and <i>Pahela Varsad No Chhanto</i> (1987), <i>Kalo Angrej</i> (1992), <i>Manas Howani Mane Cheed</i> (1996), <i>Pichho</i> (2004), <i>Lisoto</i> (2000), <i>Daheshat</i> (2004), <i>Chukado</i> (2004), <i>Padchhayana Manas</i> (2008), <i>Nindrachar</i> (2008).<sup id="cite_ref-cm_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cm-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-AGSI_4-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AGSI-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><i>Dabi Muththi Jamani Muththi</i> (1986) and <i>Chhalang</i> (1997) are his collections of short stories.<sup id="cite_ref-cm_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cm-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-AGSI_4-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AGSI-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><i>Mara Samkalin Kavio</i> (1973) and its expanded edition <i>Be Dayaka: Char Kavio</i> (1974) are a criticism of poetry of <a href="/wiki/Manilal_Desai" title="Manilal Desai">Manilal Desai</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ravji_Patel" title="Ravji Patel">Ravji Patel</a>, <a href="/wiki/Labhshankar_Thakar" title="Labhshankar Thakar">Labhshankar Thakar</a> and <a href="/wiki/Manhar_Modi" title="Manhar Modi">Manhar Modi</a>. His thesis <i>Khandkavya-Swaroop ane Vikas</i> (1974), <i>Krishnalal Shridharani</i> (1979) and <i>Madhyakalin Gujarati Kavitanu Mulyankan</i> (2008) are his other works. He edited <a href="/wiki/Chandravadan_Mehta" title="Chandravadan Mehta">Chandravadan Mehta</a>'s selected poetry in <i>Chadho Re Shikhar Raja Ramna</i> (1975). He also edited ghazal collections, <i>Gami Te Gazal</i> (1976) and <i>Gujarati Pratinidhi Gazalo</i> (1996). He had translated <i><a href="/wiki/Vasantavilas" title="Vasantavilas">Vasantavilas</a></i>, a medieval Gujarati <i><a href="/wiki/Fagu" title="Fagu">fagu</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-cm_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cm-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-AGSI_4-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AGSI-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He co-edited <i>Madhya Yugin Urmikavyo</i> (1998), a compilation of medieval Gujarati poems, with <a href="/wiki/Chimanlal_Trivedi" title="Chimanlal Trivedi">Chimanlal Trivedi</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Rao2004_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rao2004-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><i>Jalsa Avtar</i> (2014) is his memoir.<sup id="cite_ref-dna2017_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dna2017-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He started <i>Hotel Poetry Club</i>, also known as, <i>Hotel Poets Group</i>, where he used to encourage young friends to read, write and to critique.<sup id="cite_ref-Times_Times_2017_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Times_Times_2017-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Awards">Awards</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chinu_Modi&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Awards"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Chinu_Modi_and_Vishwanath_Prasad_Tiwari.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Chinu_Modi_and_Vishwanath_Prasad_Tiwari.jpg/220px-Chinu_Modi_and_Vishwanath_Prasad_Tiwari.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Chinu_Modi_and_Vishwanath_Prasad_Tiwari.jpg/330px-Chinu_Modi_and_Vishwanath_Prasad_Tiwari.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Chinu_Modi_and_Vishwanath_Prasad_Tiwari.jpg/440px-Chinu_Modi_and_Vishwanath_Prasad_Tiwari.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2000" data-file-height="1500" /></a><figcaption>at Sahitya Akademi Award ceremony with Vishwanath Prasad Tiwari, New Delhi, 2013</figcaption></figure> <p>Modi won the <a href="/wiki/Ushnas_Prize" title="Ushnas Prize">Ushnas Prize</a> (1982–1983) for his book <i>Bahuk</i>. He received the <a href="/wiki/Kalapi_Award" title="Kalapi Award">Kalapi Award</a> in 2000, the <a href="/wiki/Narsinh_Mehta_Award" title="Narsinh Mehta Award">Narsinh Mehta Award</a> in 2008 and the <a href="/wiki/Vali_Gujarati_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Vali Gujarati Award">Vali Gujarati Award</a> in 2010. He was awarded the Teansmedia Award in 2004. He received the <a href="/wiki/Sahitya_Akademi_Award_for_Gujarati" class="mw-redirect" title="Sahitya Akademi Award for Gujarati">Sahitya Akademi Award for Gujarati</a> writers in 2013 for his <a href="/wiki/Gazal" class="mw-redirect" title="Gazal">gazal</a> collection <i>Khara Zaran</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-AGSI_4-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AGSI-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chinu_Modi&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Poet_Chinu_Modi_with_his_wife_Hansa.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Poet_Chinu_Modi_with_his_wife_Hansa.jpg/100px-Poet_Chinu_Modi_with_his_wife_Hansa.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="82" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Poet_Chinu_Modi_with_his_wife_Hansa.jpg/150px-Poet_Chinu_Modi_with_his_wife_Hansa.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Poet_Chinu_Modi_with_his_wife_Hansa.jpg/200px-Poet_Chinu_Modi_with_his_wife_Hansa.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3361" data-file-height="2750" /></a><figcaption>Poet Chinu Modi with his wife Hansa</figcaption></figure> <p>He married Hansa on 21 June 1958 who predeceased him on 2 March 1989.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2016)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> They had a daughter, Nimisha Bhatt, and two sons, Ingit Modi and Utpal Modi.<sup id="cite_ref-DeshGujarat_News_from_Gujarat_2017_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DeshGujarat_News_from_Gujarat_2017-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chinu_Modi&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Gujarati-language_writers" title="List of Gujarati-language writers">List of Gujarati-language writers</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chinu_Modi&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-cm-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-cm_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-cm_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-cm_1-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-cm_1-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-cm_1-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation encyclopaedia cs1">"Modi Chinu Chandulal". <i>Gujarati Sahitya Kosh (Encyclopedia of Gujarati Literature)</i>. 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Pathak</a> (1956)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sukhlal_Sanghvi" title="Sukhlal Sanghvi">Sukhlal Sanghvi</a> (1958)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rasiklal_Parikh" title="Rasiklal Parikh">Rasiklal Parikh</a> (1960)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ram_Singhji_Rathod&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ram Singhji Rathod (page does not exist)">Ram Singhji Rathod</a> (1961)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vishnuprasad_Trivedi" title="Vishnuprasad Trivedi">Vishnuprasad Trivedi</a> (1962)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rajendra_Shah_(author)" title="Rajendra Shah (author)">Rajendra Shah</a> (1963)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dolarrai_Mankad" title="Dolarrai Mankad">Dolarrai Mankad</a> (1964)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kaka_Kalelkar" title="Kaka Kalelkar">Kakasaheb Kalelkar</a> (1965)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prabodh_Pandit" title="Prabodh Pandit">Prabodh Pandit</a> (1967)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tribhuvandas_Luhar" title="Tribhuvandas Luhar">Tribhuvandas Luhar 'Sundaram'</a> (1968)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swami_Anand" title="Swami Anand">Swami Anand</a> (1969) (Not Accepted)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nagindas_Parekh" title="Nagindas Parekh">Nagindas Parekh</a> (1970)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chandravadan_Mehta" title="Chandravadan Mehta">Chandravadan Mehta</a> (1971)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Umashankar_Joshi" title="Umashankar Joshi">Umashankar Joshi</a> (1973)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anantrai_Raval" title="Anantrai Raval">Anantrai Raval</a> (1974)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manubhai_Pancholi" title="Manubhai Pancholi">Manubhai Pancholi 'Darshak'</a> (1975)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1976–2000</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ushnas" title="Ushnas">Natwarlal Pandya 'Ushnas'</a> (1976)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raghuveer_Chaudhari" title="Raghuveer Chaudhari">Raghuveer Chaudhari</a> (1977)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harindra_Dave" title="Harindra Dave">Harindra Dave</a> (1978)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jagdish_Joshi_(poet)" title="Jagdish Joshi (poet)">Jagdish Joshi</a> (1979)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jayant_Pathak" title="Jayant Pathak">Jayant Pathak</a> (1980)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harivallabh_Bhayani" title="Harivallabh Bhayani">Harivallabh Bhayani</a> (1981)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Priyakant_Maniyar" title="Priyakant Maniyar">Priyakant Maniyar</a> (1982)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suresh_Joshi" title="Suresh Joshi">Suresh Joshi</a> (1983) (Not Accepted)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ramanlal_Joshi" title="Ramanlal Joshi">Ramanlal Joshi</a> (1984)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kundanika_Kapadia" title="Kundanika Kapadia">Kundanika Kapadia</a> (1985)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chandrakant_Sheth" title="Chandrakant Sheth">Chandrakant Sheth</a> (1986)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sitanshu_Yashaschandra" title="Sitanshu Yashaschandra">Sitanshu Yashaschandra</a> (1987)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhagwatikumar_Sharma" title="Bhagwatikumar Sharma">Bhagwatikumar Sharma</a> (1988)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Macwan" title="Joseph Macwan">Joseph Macwan</a> (1989)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anil_R._Joshi" title="Anil R. Joshi">Anil R. Joshi</a> (1990)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Labhshankar_Thakar" title="Labhshankar Thakar">Labhshankar Thakar</a> (1991)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bholabhai_Patel" title="Bholabhai Patel">Bholabhai Patel</a> (1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Narayan_Desai" title="Narayan Desai">Narayan Desai</a> (1993)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ramesh_Parekh" title="Ramesh Parekh">Ramesh Parekh</a> (1994)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Varsha_Adalja" title="Varsha Adalja">Varsha Adalja</a> (1995)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Himanshi_Shelat" title="Himanshi Shelat">Himanshi Shelat</a> (1996)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ashokpuri_Goswami" title="Ashokpuri Goswami">Ashokpuri Goswami</a> (1997)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jayant_Kothari" title="Jayant Kothari">Jayant Kothari</a> (1998)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Niranjan_Bhagat" title="Niranjan Bhagat">Niranjan Bhagat</a> (1999)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vinesh_Antani" title="Vinesh Antani">Vinesh Antani</a> (2000)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" 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