Dileep Jhaveri

Dileep Manubhai Jhaveri (born 3 April 1943) is an Indian Gujarati-language poet, playwright, translator, editor and physician from Mumbai, India. He is a recipient of the Sahitya Akademi Award.

Biography Dileep Jhaveri was born on 3 April 1943 in Mumbai, India to Manubhai Jhaveri. He serves on the editorial board of Kobita Review, a Kolkata-based bilingual (Bengali and English) journal, and is Muse India'''s contributing editor for Gujarati language.

Works Jhaveri published a collection of Gujarati poetry entitled Pandukavyo ane Itar in 1989, followed by Khandit Kand ane Pachhi (2014) and Kavita Vishe Kavita (2017). Vyasochchvas (2003) is a play written by him, which was translated into English as A Breath of Vyas by Kamal Sanyal. Many of his poems have been anthologised and translated into English, Hindi, Marathi, Malayalam, Bengali, Korean, Chinese, Japanese and Irish. He has edited an anthology of contemporary Gujarati poetry in English translation titled Breath Becoming a Word''.