Harji Lavji Damani, better known by his pen name Shayda, was a
Gujarati language poet, novelist, short-story writer and playwright
from Gujarat, India. He is known as Ghazal Samrat,[1] the king of
ghazal poetry, as he established the Gujarati ghazal form in Gujarati
literature.Damani was born on 24 October 1892[2] in Pipli, a village
near Dhandhuka, Gujarat to Lavjibhai and Santokbahen. His family
belonged to the Khoja Shia Ishna Asheri community. He studied until
the fourth year. In 1912, one of his poems appeared in print for the
first time in Bombay Samachar. Subsequently, he started writing
ghazals (traditional songs), novels, short stories and plays,
including Kumali Kali, which be both wrote and directed. He was the
founding editor of the Gujarati weekly magazine Be Ghadi Moj (first
issue, 17 August 1924[2]) which established Gujarati ghazal as an
independent genre from Urdu ghazal. It was closed its publication in
1953.[2] He also served as a subeditor of Ghazal, a Gujarati poetry
magazine. He died on 31 May 1962 in Mumbai.[3][4]Shayda means 'mad
with love' in Urdu.His works on Gujarati poetry and ghazals include
Jay Bharati (1963), Gulzare-Shayri-Shayda (1961), Dipak Na Phool
(1965), Chita (1968) and Ashru Chalya Jaay Che (1999). Jay Bharati is
a long narrative poem, composed in Dalpatram-style.[5]
Gujarati language poet, novelist, short-story writer and playwright
from Gujarat, India. He is known as Ghazal Samrat,[1] the king of
ghazal poetry, as he established the Gujarati ghazal form in Gujarati
literature.Damani was born on 24 October 1892[2] in Pipli, a village
near Dhandhuka, Gujarat to Lavjibhai and Santokbahen. His family
belonged to the Khoja Shia Ishna Asheri community. He studied until
the fourth year. In 1912, one of his poems appeared in print for the
first time in Bombay Samachar. Subsequently, he started writing
ghazals (traditional songs), novels, short stories and plays,
including Kumali Kali, which be both wrote and directed. He was the
founding editor of the Gujarati weekly magazine Be Ghadi Moj (first
issue, 17 August 1924[2]) which established Gujarati ghazal as an
independent genre from Urdu ghazal. It was closed its publication in
1953.[2] He also served as a subeditor of Ghazal, a Gujarati poetry
magazine. He died on 31 May 1962 in Mumbai.[3][4]Shayda means 'mad
with love' in Urdu.His works on Gujarati poetry and ghazals include
Jay Bharati (1963), Gulzare-Shayri-Shayda (1961), Dipak Na Phool
(1965), Chita (1968) and Ashru Chalya Jaay Che (1999). Jay Bharati is
a long narrative poem, composed in Dalpatram-style.[5]
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