Bindu Bhatt

Bindu Bhat (born 18 September 1954) is a Gujarati language novelist, storywriter, critic and translator from Gujarat, India. Her novel Akhepatar received the Sahitya Akademi Award for the year 2003. Her other significant works include Mira Yagnikni Dayari (1992) and Bandhani (2009).

Early life Bindu Bhatt was born on 18 September 1954 in Jodhpur, Rajasthan to Giradharlal and Kamalabahen. Her family later migrated to Limbadi and then Ahmedabad. After completing her schooling from B.A. Kanya Vidyalay, Limbadi, she got her Bachelor of Arts in 1976 from H.K. Arts College, Ahmedabad and Master of Arts in 1978 from School of Language, Gujarat University with Hindi literature as one of her subjects. She obtained her Ph.D. degree under Bholabhai Patel from the same university in 1983 for her research work Aadhunik Hindi Upanyas: Kathya Aur Shilp Ke Naye Aayam (Modern Hindi Novel: New Facets of Fiction and Form). In 1991, she married Harshad Trivedi, a Gujarati author and poet.

Career She started her career as a lecturer and subsequently started to write in Gujarati and Hindi language. She taught Hindi Literature at M.P. Shah Arts and Science College, Surendranagar for six years. She joined Uma Arts And Nathiba Commerce Mahila College, Gandhinagar in 1991 and is still working there as an associate professor and head of its Department of Hindi.

Criticism Adyatan Hindi Upnyaas (1993) Aaj ke Rangnatak (1998)

Editing Gurjar Pravas Nibandh Sanchay (co-edited with Raghuveer Chaudhari) Asmita Parv Vakdhara (Volume 1 to 10) (co-edited with Harshad Trivedi)

Recognition Her novel Mira Yagnik Ni Dayari was awarded Goverdhanram Tripathi Award (1992–1993). Her second novel, Akhepatar, won The Sahitya Akademi Award for the year 2003 and was also awarded Priyakant Parikh Prize instituted by Gujarati Sahitya Parishad in 1999. She is also the recipient of Justice Sharda Charan Mishra Bhasha Setu Samman (award for translation; 2009) instituted by Bhasha Setu, Kolkata.