Urmi Ghanshyam Desai (Gujarati: ઊર્મિ ઘનશ્યામ દેસાઈ; born 1938) is a Gujarati writer and linguist from Gujarat, India. She received the Sahitya Akademi Award in 2017 for her critical work Gujarati Vyakaran Na Baso Varsh (published in 2014).[1][2]
She was born on 5 April 1938 in Mumbai to her mother, Rambhabahen, and her father, Kameshwar Vyas.[3] Her family originates from Chorvad. After matriculation in 1955, she completed her Bachelor of Arts (1961) and Master of Arts (1963) degrees on Gujarati and Sanskrit subjects. She received her PhD in 1967 under the supervision of Harivallabh Bhayani for her research work Gujarati Bhashana Angasadhak Pratyayo. In 1969, she completed her Diploma in Linguistics. She married Ghanshyam Desai, a Gujarati short story writer, in 1965.[3]
From 1965 to 1972, she worked at Mumbai University as a research assistant in the Linguistics department. From 1973 to 1981, she worked at the Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Research Center and Library as a research officer. From 1984 to 1987, she worked in the post-graduate department of SNDT Women's University.[4]
She is considered one of the pioneer linguists in the Gujarati language, and has published several books such as Bhashashastra Shu Chhe? (1976), Gujarati Bhashana Angasadhak Pratyayo (1972), Vyakaran Vimarsh (1992), Let us Learn to write Gujarati (1999), Bhashanushang (2003), and Rupashastra - Ek Parichay (2007). She has also translated Prabodh Pandit's research work Prakrut Bhasha into Gujarati.[1]
Urmi Ghanshyam Desai (Gujarati: ઊર્મિ ઘનશ્યામ દેસાઈ; born 1938) is a Gujarati writer and linguist from Gujarat, India. She received the Sahitya Akademi...
worked there until retirement. Desai married UrmiDesai, a Gujarati writer and linguist, in 1965. He died on 29 April 2010. Desai was a modernist experimental...
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1968. He moved to Mumbai later. He served as the editor of Kumar (1944–45), Urmi Navrachna (1946), Sangam, Parmarthi magazines and Jai Hind daily. With his...
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passes away at 67". The Times of India. Retrieved 29 January 2021. Goswami, Urmi A (16 February 2005). "'Bihar Needs an Icon, a person who stands above his...
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school at his residence in Shillong for children from the region. Director Urmi Juvekar made a documentary on Nongkynrih's life, titled The Shillong Chamber...
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