Jayant Parmer

Jayant Parmar (born 11 October 1954) is an Indian Urdu language poet known for raising Dalit issues in his poetry.[1] Parmar was born in a poor family. At a young age, he began to paint miniature paintings for a frame maker. Parmar realized that the frame maker had a separate pot for him because he was Dalit. This saddened Parmar and he quit.[2][3]

Parmar taught himself Urdu from a language learning guide at age 30 after he developed an appreciation for Urdu poetry while living in a Muslim-dominated area in the walled city area of Ahmedabad.[3] He has published a number of poetry collections: Aur in 1998, Pencil Aur Doosri Nazmein in 2006, Manind in 2008, Antaral in 2010 and Giacometti ke sapne in 2016.[4] Parmar won the 2008 Sahitya Akademi Award in Urdu for Pencil Aur Doosri Nazmein. His work has been translated into Kashmiri, Punjabi, Hindi, Marathi, Bangla, Kannada, Gujarati, Oriya and Slovenian.[5][6] [7]

References
  1. Shafey Kidwai (3 August 2008). "New Terrains". The Hindu. Retrieved 14 February 2010.
  2. "Jayant Parmar ke liye Urdu ka Sahitya Akademi Enam" (in Urdu). Voice of America. 2009-04-14. Retrieved 03-09-2010. Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  3. M. Shafey Kidwai (13 February 2009). "Making sense out of nonsense". The Hindu. Retrieved 14 February 2010.
  4. "Jayant Parmer Chosen For Sahitya Academy Urdu Award". hindtoday.com. 24 December 2008. Retrieved 3 February 2010.
  5. "Sahitya Akademi awards for 7 novelists". The Hindu. 24 December 2008. Retrieved 3 February 2010.
  6. "The hell-pit that is caste". Firstpost. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
  7. "Poets dominate 2009 Sahitya Akademi Awards" (PDF) (Press release). Sahitya Akademi. 23 December 2009. Retrieved 3 February 2010.
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