# Manhar Modi
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{{Short description|Gujarati poet (1937–2003)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=October 2018}}
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| name = Manhar Modi
| image = Chinu Modi and Manhar Modi.jpg
| caption =
| native_name = મનહર શાંતિલાલ મોદી
| native_name_lang = gu
| pseudonym =
| birth_name = Manhar Shantilal Modi
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=y|1937|4|15}}
| birth_place = [Ahmedabad](/source/Ahmedabad), [Gujarat](/source/Gujarat)
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=y|2003|2|23|1937|4|12}}
| death_place =
| occupation = poet, editor
| language = [Gujarati](/source/Gujarati_language)
| nationality = [India](/source/India)n
| education = [Master of Arts](/source/Master_of_Arts)
| alma_mater = [Gujarat University](/source/Gujarat_University)
| period = Modern [Gujarati literature](/source/Gujarati_literature)
| genre = [ghazal](/source/ghazal), [free verse](/source/free_verse)
| subjects =
| movement = Re Math
| notableworks = * ''Om Tat Sat'' (1967)
* ''11 Dariya'' (1986)
| spouse =
| children =
| relatives =
| awards = * [Kalapi Award](/source/Kalapi_Award) (2002)
* [Dhanji Kanji Gandhi Suvarna Chandrak](/source/Dhanji_Kanji_Gandhi_Suvarna_Chandrak) (1998)
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'''Manhar Modi''' (15 April 1937 – 23 February 2003) was a [Gujarati](/source/Gujarati_language) poet from [Gujarat](/source/Gujarat), India. Born and educated in Ahmedabad, he taught Gujarati at various colleges and edited several magazines. He was experimental in his poetry.
==Life==
Modi was born on 15 April 1937 in [Ahmedabad](/source/Ahmedabad). He completed his school education in Ahmedabad. He completed BA in Economics and Arithmetic in 1962. He also completed BA in Gujarati and Sanskrit in 1964 and MA in the same subjects in 1966 from [Gujarat University](/source/Gujarat_University).[{{cite book|title=અર્વાચીન ગુજરાતી સાહિત્યનો ઈતિહાસ – આધુનિક અને અનુઆધુનિક યુગ (History of Modern Gujarati Literature – Modern and Postmodern Era)|first=Prasad|last=Brahmabhatt |publisher=Parshwa Publication|location=Ahmedabad|year=2010|pages=99–102|language=gu|isbn=978-93-5108-247-7}}][{{cite web | title=મનહર મોદી (Manhar Modi) | website=[Gujarati Sahitya Parishad](/source/Gujarati_Sahitya_Parishad) | url=https://www.gujaratisahityaparishad.com/prakashan/sarjako/savishesh/Savishesh-Manhar-Modi.html | language=gu | accessdate=22 December 2016}}][{{cite book|author=Kartik Chandra Dutt|title=Who's who of Indian Writers, 1999: A-M|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QA1V7sICaIwC&pg=PA779|year=1999|publisher=Sahitya Akademi|isbn=978-81-260-0873-5|page=779}}]
He had joined various professions during his student life. He worked as a textile design salesman from 1956 to 1958. He also served as a senior clerk in [Western Railway](/source/Western_Railway_(India)) from 1958 to 1966. He briefly served as a professor of Gujarati in Bhavan's College, [Dakor](/source/Dakor) in 1966. He later joined Bhakta Vallabh Dhola Arts and Commerce College, Ahmedabad as a professor of Gujarati and served till retirement. He served as an Editor-in-charge of ''Nirikshak'' magazine for eight years. He also served as the editor of ''Udgar'', a magazine owned by R. R. Sheth Co. He later founded publication house, Rannade Prakashan and started a family magazine, ''Olakh'' and served as its editor for sixteen years. He headed Gujarati Adhyapak Sangh for some years and edited its yearly, ''Adheet''. He briefly edited ''Parab'', a monthly of [Gujarati Sahitya Parishad](/source/Gujarati_Sahitya_Parishad). He was the president of Asait Sahitya Sabha and the vice-president of Gujarati Sahitya Parishad.[
==Works==
He was associated with Re Math, a modernist literary movement of [Gujarati literature](/source/Gujarati_literature) from his early days. He was experimental in his poetry.][{{cite book|title=Indian Writing Today|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1wUtAQAAIAAJ|year=1967|publisher=Nirmala Sadanand Publishers|page=27}}]
''Akruti'' (1963) is his first collection of poems followed by ''Om Tat Sat'' (1967) which has experimental poetry in which he takes poetry to extreme of meaninglessness.[{{cite book|title=Contemporary Gujarati poetry|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jkMuAAAAMAAJ|year=1972|publisher=Western India Pub. Co.}}] ''11 Dariya'' (1986) is his collection of [ghazal](/source/ghazal)s. ''Manhar ane Modi'' is his second ghazal collection. His other poetry collections are ''Hasumati ane Bija'' (1987), ''Ek Vadhrani Kshan'' (1993), ''Shrimukh Tadako ane Manhariyat''.