Varsha Adalja

Varsha Mahendra Adalja (be daa do o la silimin goli April da baa pia dala,1940 yuuni) o n nyela Indian  feminist novelist, playwright ni negotiator, o daa di 1995  n ti o novel Ansar. O lan n nyela dramatist, writing for stage plays, screenplays, ni  radio.

## O behagu
Be daa do o la silimin goli April da baa pia dali, 1940 yuuni n be Bombay (now Mumbai) n zan chaŋ Gunvantrai Acharya, Gujarati novelist, ni Nilaben. O daŋ n nyela Jamnagar. O naa la  B.A. in Gujarati ni Sanskrit din n be Mumbai University 1960 yuuni. Di nyaŋ ga o daa lan laa  M.A. in Sociology in 1962. She studied drama at National School of Drama, Delhi under scholarship. She worked as a spokesperson of Akashvani, Mumbai from 1961 haali ni 1964. O daa niŋ Mahendra Adalja amiliya 1965 yuuni. O daa pili o sabbu 1966 yuuni. O beli Ila Arab Mehta kpa daa n nyela novelist.
## Literary career

Varsha Adalja pili o  literary career as an editor of *Sudha*, a women's weekly from 1973&ndash;1976, ni di nyaanga *Gujarati Femina*, another women's magazine from 1989&ndash;90.O gbela  executive office n pahi Gujarati Sahitya Parishad since 1978. She has explored lepers’ colonies, prison life and has worked among adivasis.

O TUMA

O niŋla 40 bukunima, n pahi 22 novels ni di daa apoin  volumes of short stories. *Shravan Tara Saravada* (1968) ni *Timirna Padchhaya* (1969) di zaa n nyela o  novels, followed by *Ek Palni Parakh* (1969). *Panch ne ek Panch* (1969), *Avajno Akar* (1975), *Chhevatnu Chhevat* (1976), *Pachha Farata* (1991) ni *Pagala* (1983) nyela o  suspense novels. *Neelima Mrutyu Pami Chhe* (1977) nyela o   social ni o suspense novel. *Atash* (1976) nyela novel din be  violence in Vietnam. Her *Bandivan* (1986) is about corruption in jails. 

O novels din lan pahi nye :

* *Ganth Chuutyani Vela* (yuuni 1980),
* *Mrityudand* (yuuni 1996),
* *Matinu Ghar* (yuuni 1991),
* *Shag Re Shakoru* (yuuni 2004),
* *Paratham Pagalu Mandiyu* (yuuni 2008) and
* *Pagalu Mandu Hu Avkashma* (yuuni 2005)
*Khari Padelo Tahuko* also includes another novella *Ek Karagar* in its book. *Ansar* (1992) is her most celebrated novel on lepers.

Her short story collections are *E* (1979), *Sanjne Umbare* (1983), *Endhani* (1989), *Bilipatranu Chothu Paan* (1994), *Ganthe Bandhyu Akash* (1998), *Anuradha* (2003) and *Koi Var Thay Ke...* (2004). Her selected stories are published as *Varsha Adaljani Shreshth Vartao* (1992) edited by Ila Arab Mehta.

*Mandodari* (1998) is a collection of one-act plays. *Aa Chhe Karagar* (1986), *Tirad*, *Shaheed* (2003), *Vasanti Koyal* (2006) ni o dɛma nima . O novels *Mare Pan Ek Ghar Hoy* and *Retpankhi* are adapted for short TV series. *Timirna Padchhaya* was adapted into three-act play and has more than a hundred shows. O daa kpuhi o ba novel as *Daridranarayan* as TV series ka di nyaaga dɛma . O niŋ award-winning television film on leprosy, *Ansar*.

*Crossroad* was published in 2016. It is a magnum opus historical novel spread over three generations.

## O pina nima
O daa dei  Sahitya Akademi Award (1995) ni o  novel *Ansar*. o daa lan dei  Soviet Land Nehru Award (1976),  Gujarati Sahitya Academy Award (1977, 1979, 1980), Gujarati Sahitya Parishad Award (1972, 1975) and K. M. Munshi Award (1997). O daa lan dei  Ranjitram Suvarna Chandrak 2005 yuuni . Ka daa lan dei  Nandshankar Mehta Chandrak, Saroj Pathak Prize and Ramnarayan Pathak Short Story Prize o sabbu maa zuɣ.

## Lan n nyema
* List of Sahitya Akademi Award winners for Gujarati
* List of Gujarati-language writers

## References

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