{{Short description|Indian writer of children's literature}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2020}} {{Use Indian English|date=February 2020}} {{Infobox writer | embed = | honorific_prefix = | name = Jivram Joshi | honorific_suffix = | image = JivramJoshiPic.jpg | image_size = | image_upright = | alt = | caption = | native_name = | native_name_lang = | pseudonym = | birth_name = Jivram Bhavanishankar Joshi | birth_date = {{Birth date|1905|07|06|df=y}} | birth_place = Garani village near Jasdan, Amreli district then under Baroda State of Gujarat | death_date = 2004 | death_place = Ahmedabad, Gujarat | resting_place = | occupation = Author | language = Gujarati | residence = | nationality = Indian | citizenship = India | education = | alma_mater = | period = | genre = <!-- or: | genres = --> | subject = <!-- or: | subjects = --> | movement = | notableworks = Miya Fuski <!-- or: | notablework = --> | spouse = <!-- or: | spouses = --> | partner = <!-- or: | partners = --> | children = | relatives = Bhavanishankar (father)<br> Santokben (mother)<br> Dinubhai Joshi (brother) | awards = | signature = | signature_alt = | years_active = | module = | website = <!-- {{URL|example.org}} --> | portaldisp = <!-- "on", "yes", "true", etc; or omit --> }} '''Jivram Bhavanishankar Joshi''' (6 July 1905 – 2004) was Gujarati language writer of children's literature.<ref name="ManglaAssociation1985">{{cite book|author1=P. B. Mangla|author2=Indian Library Association|title=Building Library Collections and National Policy for Library and Information Services: Seminar Papers, Thirtieth All India Library Conference, Rajasthan University, Jaipur, January 28-31, 1985|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RLO5AAAAIAAJ|year=1985|publisher=Indian Library Association|page=494}}</ref>
==Biography== He was born on 6 July 1905 at Garani village near Jasdan in Amreli district then under Baroda State of Gujarat to Santokben and Bhavanishankar. He and his brother Durlabhji were introduced at the school in Panosara village. His father died when he was studying in the third standard. He went to Ahmedabad from Saurashtra at early age. He was educated in Balwantray Thakore's Proprietary School near Teen Darwaza, Ahmedabad. He worked as cook at home of Ramnarayan V. Pathak. Inspired by the life of Dharmananda Damodar Kosambi, he went to Kashi in North India. He studied Sanskrit and English languages in 1927 at Kashi. He was introduced to Kashi Vidyapith also. He was involved in Indian independence movement. He evaded his arrest by moving to Bihar and later to Gujarat. He later started writing children's literature. He edited ''Zagmag'', a Gujarati children's weekly.<ref name="gsp">{{cite web | title=સવિશેષ પરિચય: જીવરામ જોશી, ગુજરાતી સાહિત્ય પરિષદ | website=Jivram Joshi, Gujarati Sahitya Parishad | url=http://gujaratisahityaparishad.com/prakashan/sarjako/savishesh/Savishesh-Jivram-Joshi.html | language=gu | accessdate=17 March 2015}}</ref><ref name="ReadGujarati.com 2010">{{cite web|date=19 April 2010|title=બાળસાહિત્યકાર જીવરામ જોષી – ટીના દોશી|url=http://archive.readgujarati.in/sahitya2/2010/04/19/jivram-joshi/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111227145026/http://archive.readgujarati.in/sahitya2/2010/04/19/jivram-joshi/|archive-date=27 December 2011|website=ReadGujarati.com|language=gu|accessdate=17 March 2015}}</ref>
He died in 2004 at Ahmedabad, Gujarat.{{fact|date=February 2020}}
==Works== Joshi wrote abundance of literature for children. He created several fictional characters which became popular among children like Miya Fuski, Chhako Mako, Chhel Chhabo, Adukiyo Dadukiyo.<ref name="Hunt2003">{{cite book|author=Peter Hunt|title=International Companion Encyclopedia of Children's Literature|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7doBUwzbWh4C&pg=PA802|date=2 September 2003|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-134-87993-9|page=802}}</ref> He wrote series of episodes on these characters like 30 episodes of ''Miya Fuski'', 10 episodes of ''Chhako Mako'', 10 episodes of ''Chhel Chhabo'', 10 episodes of ''Adukiyo Dadukiyo''. Miyan Fuski first appeared in 1946.<ref name="JamunāDivision1982-1">{{cite book|author1=Ke. E. Jamunā|author2=India. Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. Publications Division|title=Children's literature in Indian languages|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=g45NAQAAIAAJ|year=1982|publisher=Publications Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Govt. of India|pages=56, 57}}</ref> He also wrote 20 episodes in ''Prerak Prasangavartavali'' series and 10 episodes in ''Bodhmala'' series. His selected works were published under ''Balsahitya Sarvasangrah'' in 1936. His stories of Tabha Bhatt, Rani Chatura and Raja Vikram are also popular.<ref>{{cite book|title=The Indian P.E.N.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lrhPAQAAIAAJ|year=1955|page=399}}</ref> He wrote ''Ramat Gamat Geeto'' (play songs) (1952), songs to be sung while playing. He dramatised several of his stories like ''Chhako Mako'' (1963) and ''Panidar Moti'' (a bright pearl) (1965).<ref name="gsp"/><ref name="JamunāDivision1982-2">{{cite book|author1=Ke. E. Jamunā|author2=India. Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. Publications Division|title=Children's literature in Indian languages|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=g45NAQAAIAAJ|year=1982|publisher=Publications Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Govt. of India|pages=55, 60}}</ref>
''Adukiyo Dadukiyo ane Galu Jaadugar'' was adapted into Gujarati film in 2008.<ref name="India Today 2008">{{cite web | title=Straight from the art | website=India Today | date=13 February 2008 | url=http://m.indiatoday.in/story/Straight+from+the+art/1/4531.html | accessdate=17 March 2015}}</ref> Miya Fuski characters are adapted into plays, TV series and a film.<ref name="The Times of Indi2014">{{cite web | title=Will literary adaptations make a comeback on TV?| website=The Times of India| date=29 July 2014 | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/gujarati/tv/Will-literary-adaptations-make-a-comeback-on-TV/articleshow/39274920.cms | access-date=17 March 2015}}</ref>
Industrialist Rashmin Majithia's company Zen Opus holds copyrights of 125 story collections and characters created by Joshi. Majithia has announced the adaptation of these works in other media.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-07-09|title=ઉદ્યોગપતિ અને કલાપ્રેમી રશ્મિન મજીઠીયાનાં આર્ટ કલેક્શનમાં જીવરામ જોશીની ક્લાસિક વાર્તાઓનો ખજાનો|url=https://www.gujaratimidday.com/lifestyle-news/culture-and-heritage/article/industrialist-and-art-lover-rashmin-majithias-art-collection-has-jivaram-joshis-classic-story-books-144757|access-date=2021-07-23|website=www.gujaratimidday.com|language=gu}}</ref>
==See also== * List of Gujarati-language writers
==References== [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQaxSlVxUm4 A talk on the 121st Birth Anniversary of Jivram Joshi at Ahmedabad July 2025] {{reflist}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Joshi, Jivram}} Category:1905 births Category:2004 deaths Category:Indian children's writers Category:Gujarati-language Indian writers Category:People from Amreli district Category:Novelists from Gujarat Category:20th-century Indian novelists