{{short description|Indian Gujarati-language ghazal poet (Born: 1975)}} {{Infobox writer <!--For more information, see :Template:Infobox Writer/doc.--> | name = Bhavesh Bhatt | image = Poet Bhavesh Bhatt Asmitaparva.jpeg | image_size = | alt = | caption = Bhavesh Bhatt At Asmita Parva, 2014 | native_name = ભાવેશ દિલીપભાઈ ભટ્ટ | native_name_lang = guj | pseudonym = | birth_name = Bhavesh Dilipbhai Bhatt | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1975|1|12}} | birth_place = Mehsana, Gujarat | occupation = poet | language = Gujarati, Urdu | nationality = Indian | ethnicity = | citizenship = | education = | alma_mater = | period = | genre = ghazal | subject = <!-- or: | subjects = --> | movement = | notableworks = * ''Chhe To Chhe'' (2009) * ''Bhitarno Shankhanaad'' (2014) | spouse = Bijal (2007–present) | children = | relatives = | awards = * Shayda Award (2014) * Ravji Patel Award (2014) * Yuva Puraskar (2014) | signature = Bhavesh Bhatt Signature 2.svg | signature_alt = | years_active = 2001–present |module = {{Listen |embed= yes |filename=Bhavesh Bhatt voice.ogg|title= Bhavesh Bhatt's voice |description=a ghazal written by Bhavesh Bhatt}} }} [[File:Poet Bhavesh Bhatt at Samanvay.jpg|thumb|Bhavesh Bhatt with Narendra Modi and Morari Bapu at Ravji Patel Award ceremony in February 2014]] '''Bhavesh Bhatt''' (Gujarati: ભાવેશ ભટ્ટ) is a Gujarati language ghazal poet from Gujarat, India. His published works include ''Chhe To Chhe'' (2009) and ''Bhitarno Shankhanaad'' (2014). He won the Shayda Award of 2014 for his contributions to Gujarati ghazal poetry.<ref name=":0"/>
== Early life == Bhavesh Bhatt was born on 12 January 1975 in Ahmedabad, Gujarat to Dilipbhai and Jayabahen. He completed his primary education (standards 1 to 5) at Ankur High school, Ahmedabad, in 1985 and secondary education (standards 6 to 9) at H. B. Kapadia High School, located at Delhi Darwaza, Ahmedabad, in 1989. He completed his Standard 10 from B. V. High School, Ahmedabad, in 1990 and Standard 12 from Ashish High School, Ahmedabad, in 1992. In 1994, he joined the Bachelor of Arts program at Gujarat College and dropped out after the first year. Bhavesh married Bijal in 2007 and they have a daughter.<ref name=":1">{{Cite journal|title = Navya Kavi Navya Kavita|last = Parikh|first = Dhiru |author-link=Dhiru Parikh |date = December 2015|journal = Kavilok}}</ref>
== Career == He started writing at the age of 25. His first publication was a ghazal, published in the Gujarati poetry journal, ''Kavilok'' in 2003. Subsequently, his ghazals are published in several Gujarati literary magazines including ''Gazalvishwa'', ''Shabdasrishti'', ''Dhabak'', ''Tadarthya'', ''Shabdasar'', ''Navneet Samarpan'' and ''Kavita''. In 2007, his ghazals have been anthologized in ''Vis Pancha'', a collection of Gujarati ghazals, with four other young poets including Anil Chavda, Ashok Chavda, Hardwar Goswami and Chandresh Makwana. He also writes ghazal in the Urdu language.<ref name=":1" />
== Works == ''Chhe To Chhe'', his first poetry collection, was published in 2009, followed by ''Bhitarno Shankhanaad'' in 2014, which gained him critical acclaim. He is considered a forerunner of modernity in the Gujarati ghazal and emphasized on the need to derive innovative works from the language itself. His ghazals mainly revolved around subjects like love, social paradoxes, contemporary life, and God.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" />
==Awards== He received the Shayda Award in 2014. He also received the Ravji Patel Award in 2014, instituted by Gujarat Samachar and Samanvay, as well as the Yuva Puraskar (2014) instituted by Bharatiya Bhasha Parishad, Kolkata.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|title = Gujarati Sahityakar Kosh|last = Shukla|first = Kirit|publisher = Gujarat Sahitya Akadami|year = 2013|isbn = 9789383317028|location = Gandhinagar|pages = 244}}</ref>
==See also== * List of Gujarati-language writers
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