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class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Indian critic, short story writer, novelist, essayist, editor and translator</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size:125%;"><div style="display:inline;" class="fn">Suman Shah</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Writer_Suman_Shah.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Suman Shah at Gujarati Sahitya Parishad in August 2015"><img alt="Suman Shah at Gujarati Sahitya Parishad in August 2015" 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class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.4em;">Sumanchandra Govindalal Shah<br /><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1939-11-01</span>) </span>1 November 1939<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 85)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/Dabhoi" title="Dabhoi">Dabhoi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Vadodara" title="Vadodara">Vadodara</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gujarat" title="Gujarat">Gujarat</a></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;">Critic, short story writer, novelist, essayist, Editor, translator</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></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;">Indian</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;"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Maharaja_Sayajirao_University_of_Baroda" title="Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda">M.S University, Vadodara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gujarat_Vidyapith" title="Gujarat Vidyapith">Gujarat Vidyapith</a></li></ul> </div></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;">Genres</th><td class="infobox-data category" style="line-height:1.4em;"><a href="/wiki/Short_story" title="Short story">Short story</a>, <a href="/wiki/Novel" title="Novel">Novel</a>, <a href="/wiki/Essay" title="Essay">Essay</a>, <a href="/wiki/Criticism" title="Criticism">Criticism</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;"><a href="/wiki/Existentialism" title="Existentialism">Existentialism</a>, <a href="/wiki/Surrealism" title="Surrealism">Surrealism</a>, <a href="/wiki/Modernism" title="Modernism">Modernism</a>, <a href="/wiki/Postmodernism" title="Postmodernism">Postmodernism</a>, <a href="/wiki/Structural_linguistics" title="Structural linguistics">Structuralism</a>, <a href="/wiki/Post-structuralism" title="Post-structuralism">Post-structuralism</a>, <a href="/wiki/Postcolonial_literature" title="Postcolonial literature">Postcolonialism</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.2em; padding-right:0.65em;">Years active</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.4em;">1957 - present</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;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><i>Suresh Joshi thi Suresh Joshi</i> (1978)</li> <li><i>Khadaki</i> (1987)</li> <li><i>Sahityaman Adhunikata</i> (1988)</li> <li><i>Bajbaji</i> (1989)</li> <li><i>Avarshunkelub</i> (1992)</li> <li><i>Jenti-Hansa Symphony</i> (1992)</li> <li><i>Fatfatiyun</i> (2006)</li></ul> </div></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;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sahitya_Akademi_Award" title="Sahitya Akademi Award">Sahitya Akademi Award</a> (2008)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Premanand_Suvarna_Chandrak" title="Premanand Suvarna Chandrak">Premanand Suvarna Chandrak</a> (2013)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sahitya_Gaurav_Puraskar" title="Sahitya Gaurav Puraskar">Sahitya Gaurav Puraskar</a> (2014)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.2em; padding-right:0.65em;">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.4em;"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1151524712">.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin2px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-2px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin3px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-3px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-display-ws{display:inline;white-space:nowrap}</style> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;margin-top:1px;white-space:normal;">Rashmita</div> <div class="marriage-line-margin2px"></div> <div style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:1px;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 1965; died 2016)<wbr /></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.2em; padding-right:0.65em;">Children</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.4em;">Purvarag, Madir</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_Writer_Suman_Shah.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Autograph_of_Writer_Suman_Shah.svg/150px-Autograph_of_Writer_Suman_Shah.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="84" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Autograph_of_Writer_Suman_Shah.svg/225px-Autograph_of_Writer_Suman_Shah.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Autograph_of_Writer_Suman_Shah.svg/300px-Autograph_of_Writer_Suman_Shah.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="625" data-file-height="350" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="line-height:1.4em;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Academic background</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Thesis" title="Thesis">Thesis</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/handle/10603/200979"><i>Suresh Joshi: His Literature and its Impact upon Modern Gujarati Literature</i></a> (2000)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Doctoral advisor</th><td class="infobox-data">Mohanbhai Patel</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Website</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="line-height:1.4em;"><span class="official-website"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.sumanshah.com">Official website</a></span></span> <span class="mw-valign-text-top" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q23888215#P856" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Suman Shah</b> (<a href="/wiki/Gujarati_language" title="Gujarati language">Gujarati</a>:સુમન શાહ) is a <a href="/wiki/Gujarati_language" title="Gujarati language">Gujarati language</a> critic, short story writer, novelist, essayist, editor and translator from <a href="/wiki/Gujarat" title="Gujarat">Gujarat</a>, <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a>. He won the <a href="/wiki/Sahitya_Akademi_Award" title="Sahitya Akademi Award">Sahitya Akademi Award</a> in 2008 for his short story collection <i>Fatfatiyun</i>. He has written both in the modern and in the postmodern eras in Gujarati literature. He has authored more than 74 books, including 2 novels, 6 short story collections, 4 collections of creative essays, 6 translations into Gujarati from English and Hindi, 22 books on literary criticism and around 23 edited works of literary theory and modern Gujarati short stories and poems. He was honorary editor of <i><a href="/wiki/Shabdasrishti" title="Shabdasrishti">Shabdasrishti</a></i> from 1983 to 1986 and an editor of <i>Khevna</i>, a literary journal, from 1987 to 2009.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-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="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Suman_Shah&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Shah was born on 1 November 1939 in <a href="/wiki/Dabhoi" title="Dabhoi">Dabhoi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Vadodara_district" title="Vadodara district">Vadodara district</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gujarat" title="Gujarat">Gujarat</a>, to Govindlal and Kundanbahen. He took his primary education in Dabhoi Prathamik Shala. He finished his secondary education from Vibhag High School, Dabhoi in 1957. He joined <a href="/wiki/M._S._University" class="mw-redirect" title="M. S. University">M. S. University</a> to obtain a <a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Commerce" title="Bachelor of Commerce">Bachelor of Commerce</a>, but left it for the Arts College in Dabhoi in 1959. He was graduated in 1962 with a major in <a href="/wiki/Gujarati_literature" title="Gujarati literature">Gujarati literature</a> and a minor in <a href="/wiki/Sanskrit_literature" title="Sanskrit literature">Sanskrit</a>. In 1964, he completed his <a href="/wiki/Master_of_Arts" title="Master of Arts">Master of Arts</a> in Gujarati and Sanskrit literature from M. S. University in Vadodara. Under the guidance of Mohanbhai Shankarbhai Patel, he obtained a PhD degree for his thesis <i>Suresh Joshi: His Literature and its Impact upon Modern Gujarati Literature</i> in 1978 from <a href="/wiki/Gujarat_Vidyapith" title="Gujarat Vidyapith">Gujarat Vidyapith</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-ss_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ss-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-sw_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sw-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Lal1992_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lal1992-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Suman_Shah&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Shah taught Gujarati literature in various schools, universities and colleges for 42 years (1962 to 2004). He started his career in 1962 as a secondary school teacher for Gujarati language and literature at Dayaram Sharada Mandir, Dabhoi. He taught Gujarati literature from 1966 to 1972 at Municipal Arts College in <a href="/wiki/Kapadvanj" title="Kapadvanj">Kapadvanj</a>. In 1972, he joined T.C. Kapadia Arts College in <a href="/wiki/Bodeli" title="Bodeli">Bodeli</a> as Professor of Gujarati Literature and served as principal of the college until 1977. In 1977, he joined the Department of Gujarati Language and Literature at the School of Language at <a href="/wiki/Gujarat_University" title="Gujarat University">Gujarat University</a> in <a href="/wiki/Ahmedabad" title="Ahmedabad">Ahmedabad</a>, and headed the department from 1992 to 2002. He served as a Professor Emeritus appointed by the <a href="/wiki/University_Grant_Commission_(India)" class="mw-redirect" title="University Grant Commission (India)">University Grant Commission</a> for two years. He also served as a Writer-In-Residence at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Pennsylvania" title="University of Pennsylvania">University of Pennsylvania</a> in the United States.<sup id="cite_ref-ss_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ss-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-sw_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sw-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Literary_career">Literary career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Suman_Shah&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Literary career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Shah started his writing career in 1957. In 1958, he published a short story in <i>Aaram</i>, a Gujarati magazine edited by Pitanbar Patel. Subsequently, he published in other Gujarati literary magazines including <i><a href="/wiki/Shabdasrishti" title="Shabdasrishti">Shabdasrishti</a></i>, <i>Tathapi</i>, <i>Samipe</i>, <i>Etad</i> and <i>Farbus Traimasik</i>. He is a founder member of several literary and educational organization such as <i>Suresh Joshi Sahityavichar Forum</i> (SJSF) since 1989. The SJSF is dedicated to seminars and workshops for short story writing. He is also a founding member of two other educational organizations: <i>Sannidhan</i> (since 1991) and <i>Punarapi</i> (since 2011). <i>Sannidhan</i> is dedicated to teaching programs in connection with university curricula while <i>Punarapi</i> is dedicated to training programs for college and university teachers. </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=Suman_Shah&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Works"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Novel">Novel</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Suman_Shah&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Novel"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>His first novel, <i>Khadki</i>, was published in 1987, followed by <i>Bajbaji</i> (1989). <i>Salam Amarica Urfe Mari Vidyayatra</i> (1996), a travelogue, is an account of his travel across the United States.<sup id="cite_ref-sw_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sw-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Short_story">Short story</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Suman_Shah&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Short story"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>His short stories dealt with the complexity of human lives, especially the kind that exists between a married couple, as evident in his collection <i>Jenti - Hansa Symphony</i> (1992). <i>Avarshunkelub</i> (1976), his first collection of short stories, reflected his modernist tendencies. The stories are experimental in nature with phenomenological and absurdist backdrops, although some of the stories, such as "Kakajini Bodhkatha", are notable for their mixture of experimentalism and traditional storytelling. His second collection of short stories, <i>Jenti Hansa Symphony</i> (1992), is a work which is considered a breakthrough in Shah's literary career. From modernist tendencies he went to adapt postmodern sensibilities with regard to world view and style. Shah noted that he became most concerned about narration and narratology. <i>Fatfatiyun</i>, published in 2006, further enhanced the reputation of Shah as a chief short story writer of his era. The stories stand up for the variety of themes and lighthearted treatment while dealing with social issues like an earthquake ("Cement"), rape ("Khanjar") and riots ("E.E.W"). Stories like "Two Twenty Thousand Lagi" and "Lemon Tea ane Biscuit" revolve around urban life. <i>Kagarol Unlimited</i> (2010), his fourth collection, is a work which marks a major departure in Shah's literary world. For the first time he gets socially concerned, breaking his own world of urban characters, mainly an upper-middle class married couple. As in the title story, he mixes fantasy with narrative to depict the harsh reality of the villagers in contemporary India and how they are impacted by political goons. Some of the stories in this collection contain his earlier characters <i>Jenti</i> and <i>Hansa</i>. In these, Shah explores the theme of writerly crisis, mainly whether to write about others' pain, as there is a lot of suffering in this world, or to write about one self, as true writing can never be done without looking into one's own self. His other collections of short stories are <i>No Idea, Get Idea</i> (2013) and <i>DhisoomDhisoom</i> (2014), which contain various themed stories like "Kanchan Thodo Giligili Chhe" (urban bisexuality), "Ae ane Territorial Birds" (suffering of migrants) and "Wolkswagon Chhokro ane Renault Duster Chhokri" (impact of market on urban sexual fantasy).<sup id="cite_ref-sw_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sw-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Criticism">Criticism</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Suman_Shah&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Criticism"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Shah has worked both in theoretical and applied criticism. </p><p>He is noted in <a href="/wiki/Gujarati_literature" title="Gujarati literature">Gujarati literature</a> for his works of theoretical criticism <i>Sartra No Sahityavichar</i> (1980), <i>Sahityama Adhunikta</i> (1988) and <i>Anu-adhunikta Ane Apane</i> (2008). His other works of theoretical criticism include <i>Vivechan: Char Mudda</i> (1975), <i>"Navya Vivechan" Pachhi</i> (1977), <i>Sahityik Sanshodhan Vishe</i> (1980), <i>Khevna</i> (1984), <i>Saranchana Ne Saranchan</i> (1986), <i>Adhunik Gujarati Kavita Ane Sarjakchetna</i> (1988), <i>Sangyan</i> (1991), <i>Sahityik Artha No Koyado</i> (2000), <i>Katha-Siddhanta</i> (2002) and <i>Siddhante Kim?</i> (2008). His works of applied criticism include <i>Chandrakant Bakshi Thi Fero</i> (1973), <i>Suresh Joshi Thi Suresh Joshi</i> (1978, PhD thesis), <i>Niranjan Bhagat</i> (1981), <i>Umashankar: Samagra Kavitana Kavi: Ek Profile (1982)</i>, <i>Kavi-Vivechak Eliot</i> (1987), <i>Kathapad</i> (1989), <i>Kavyapad</i> (2002), <i>Vishwanavalkatha</i> (2007), <i>Nisbatpurvak</i> (2011), <i>Khevnapurvak</i> (2011) and <i>Bhakta-Kavi Dayaramni Kavyasrushti</i> (2012)<sup id="cite_ref-sw_3-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sw-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Essay">Essay</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Suman_Shah&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Essay"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>Wait a beat</i>, his first collection of essays, was published in 1987, followed by <i>Byline</i> (1990), <i>Media-Message</i> (1993), <i>Vastusanchar</i> (2005) and <i>Sahitya Sahitya</i> (2015).<sup id="cite_ref-sw_3-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sw-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Translation">Translation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Suman_Shah&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Translation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>He has translated several works from English into Gujarati: <a href="/wiki/Anton_Chekhov" title="Anton Chekhov">Chekhov</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/Three_Sisters_(play)" title="Three Sisters (play)">Three Sisters</a></i> as <i>Tran Baheno</i> (1965), <a href="/wiki/Fyodor_Dostoyevsky" class="mw-redirect" title="Fyodor Dostoyevsky">Dostoyevsky</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/A_Gentle_Creature" title="A Gentle Creature">The Meek One</a></i> as <i>Vinita</i> (1985), <a href="/wiki/Samuel_Beckett" title="Samuel Beckett">Beckett</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/Waiting_for_Godot" title="Waiting for Godot">Waiting for Godot</a></i> as <i>Godoni Raahma</i> (1990), M.k Naik's <i>History of Indian English Literature</i> as <i>Bharatiy Angreji Sahitya No Itihaas</i> (1999) and <a href="/wiki/Harold_Pinter" title="Harold Pinter">Harold Pinter</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/A_Slight_Ache" title="A Slight Ache">A Slight Ache</a></i> as <i>Bhamri</i> (2007). He has also translated <i>Nisarg</i>, a novel by Kannad writer Mirgy Anna Ray from Hindi.<sup id="cite_ref-sw_3-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sw-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Rao2004_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rao2004-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Editing">Editing</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Suman_Shah&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Editing"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>He has introduced some literary forms by editing seven books: <i>Atmakatha</i> (autobiography), <i>Jivankatha</i> (biography), <i>Navalkatha</i> (novel), <i>Tunki Varta</i> (short story), <i>Sonnet</i> (<a href="/wiki/Sonnet" title="Sonnet">sonnet</a>), <i>Lalit Nibandh</i> (essay) and <i>Khandakavya</i> (narrative poetry) published during 1983 to 1987. He edited some short story collections including <i>Suresh Joshi Thi Satyajit Sharma</i> (1975), <i>Ketlik Vartao</i> (1992), <i>Ketlik Gujarati Tunki Vartao</i> (1993; in collaboration with Gulabdas Broker), <i>1995:Ketlik Vartao</i> (1995), <i>Ujhani</i> (2004; collection of stories of writers from Suresh Joshi Sahitya Forum) and <i>Varta Re Varta</i> (2015; Collection of 47 short stories with editorial note). His other significant works of editing include <i>Aathma Daykani Kavita</i> (1982), <i>Aatmanepadi</i> (1987; collection of interviews of <a href="/wiki/Suresh_Joshi" title="Suresh Joshi">Suresh Joshi</a>) and <i>Vansaladi</i> (1990; collection of articles written on Dayaram's poetry).<sup id="cite_ref-sw_3-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sw-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Recognition">Recognition</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Suman_Shah&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Recognition"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>He received Ravindra Chandrak in 1961 and the Hargovindadas Kantawala Gold Medal in 1964. He received the <a href="/wiki/Sahitya_Akademi_Award" title="Sahitya Akademi Award">Sahitya Akademi Award</a> in 2008 for his short story collection <i>Fatfatiyun</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-sw_3-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sw-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>Fatfatiyun</i> was also awarded the Raman Pathak Shashtipurti Prize (2006–2007) instituted by <a href="/wiki/Gujarati_Sahitya_Parishad" title="Gujarati Sahitya Parishad">Gujarati Sahitya Parishad</a>. He is also a recipient of the Ramprasad Premshankar Bakshi Prize (2002–2003) for his work <i>Kathasiddhanta</i>, <a href="/wiki/Premanand_Suvarna_Chandrak" title="Premanand Suvarna Chandrak">Premanand Suvarna Chandrak</a> (2013) and <a href="/wiki/Sahitya_Gaurav_Puraskar" title="Sahitya Gaurav Puraskar">Sahitya Gaurav Puraskar</a> (2014).<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<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=Suman_Shah&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Shah married Rashmita in 1965 and they have two sons, Purvarag and Madir. His wife died in 2016.<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. (April 2016)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</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=Suman_Shah&action=edit&section=13" 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=Suman_Shah&action=edit&section=14" 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"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></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">"Shah Sumanchandra Govindlal". <i>Gujarati Sahityakosh (Encyclopedia of Gujarati Literature)</i>. Vol. 2. Ahmedabad: <a href="/wiki/Gujarati_Sahitya_Parishad" title="Gujarati Sahitya Parishad">Gujarati Sahitya Parishad</a>. 1996.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Shah+Sumanchandra+Govindlal&rft.btitle=Gujarati+Sahityakosh+%28Encyclopedia+of+Gujarati+Literature%29&rft.place=Ahmedabad&rft.pub=Gujarati+Sahitya+Parishad&rft.date=1996&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASuman+Shah" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-ss-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-ss_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-ss_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFShukla2008" class="citation book cs1">Shukla, Kirit (2008). <i>Gujarati Sahityakar Parichaykosh</i>. Gandhinagar: Gujarat Sahitya Akademi. p. 654. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9789383317028" title="Special:BookSources/9789383317028"><bdi>9789383317028</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Gujarati+Sahityakar+Parichaykosh&rft.place=Gandhinagar&rft.pages=654&rft.pub=Gujarat+Sahitya+Akademi&rft.date=2008&rft.isbn=9789383317028&rft.aulast=Shukla&rft.aufirst=Kirit&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASuman+Shah" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-sw-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-sw_3-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-sw_3-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-sw_3-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-sw_3-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-sw_3-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-sw_3-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-sw_3-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-sw_3-7"><sup><i><b>h</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-sw_3-8"><sup><i><b>i</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBrahmabhatt2010" class="citation book cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source">Brahmabhatt, Prasad (2010). <i>અર્વાચીન ગુજરાતી સાહિત્યનો ઈતિહાસ - આધુનિક અને અનુઆધુનિક યુગ (History of Modern Gujarati Literature – Modern and Postmodern Era)</i> (in Gujarati). Ahmedabad: Parshwa Publication. pp. 319–320. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-93-5108-247-7" title="Special:BookSources/978-93-5108-247-7"><bdi>978-93-5108-247-7</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=%E0%AA%85%E0%AA%B0%E0%AB%8D%E0%AA%B5%E0%AA%BE%E0%AA%9A%E0%AB%80%E0%AA%A8+%E0%AA%97%E0%AB%81%E0%AA%9C%E0%AA%B0%E0%AA%BE%E0%AA%A4%E0%AB%80+%E0%AA%B8%E0%AA%BE%E0%AA%B9%E0%AA%BF%E0%AA%A4%E0%AB%8D%E0%AA%AF%E0%AA%A8%E0%AB%8B+%E0%AA%88%E0%AA%A4%E0%AA%BF%E0%AA%B9%E0%AA%BE%E0%AA%B8+-+%E0%AA%86%E0%AA%A7%E0%AB%81%E0%AA%A8%E0%AA%BF%E0%AA%95+%E0%AA%85%E0%AA%A8%E0%AB%87+%E0%AA%85%E0%AA%A8%E0%AB%81%E0%AA%86%E0%AA%A7%E0%AB%81%E0%AA%A8%E0%AA%BF%E0%AA%95+%E0%AA%AF%E0%AB%81%E0%AA%97+%28History+of+Modern+Gujarati+Literature+%E2%80%93+Modern+and+Postmodern+Era%29&rft.place=Ahmedabad&rft.pages=319-320&rft.pub=Parshwa+Publication&rft.date=2010&rft.isbn=978-93-5108-247-7&rft.aulast=Brahmabhatt&rft.aufirst=Prasad&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASuman+Shah" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Lal1992-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Lal1992_4-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMohan_Lal1992" class="citation book cs1">Mohan Lal (1992). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=KnPoYxrRfc0C&pg=PA3946"><i>Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature: Sasay to Zorgot</i></a>. New Delhi: Sahitya Akademi. p. 3946. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-81-260-1221-3" title="Special:BookSources/978-81-260-1221-3"><bdi>978-81-260-1221-3</bdi></a><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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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. 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