Kalyan Bulchand Advani

Kalyan Bulchand Advani (10 December 1911 - 27 March 1994) was an Indian poet, critic, and scholar of Sindhi literature.[1] He compiled an edition of the Shah Jo Risalo in 1958 and translated Kalidas’s masterpiece Shakuntala in Sindhi. He was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award by the Government of India in 1968.[2]

Kalyan Bulchand Advani
Born(1911-12-10)10 December 1911
Hyderabad, Bombay Presidency, British India
Died27 March 1994(1994-03-27) (aged 82)
Bombay, Maharashtra, India
OccupationScholar, researcher, poet
NationalityIndian
Alma materD.G. National College
GenreProse, poetry
Notable worksEdition of Shah Jo Risalo, translation of Shakuntala, books on Shah, Sachal and Sami
Notable awardsGold Medal (1958) from Sahitya Akademi
Sahitya Akademi Award (1968)

Biography

Kalyan Advani was born on 10 December 1911 at Hyderabad, Sindh.[3] His father's name was Bulchand Ajumal Advani. He studied at D.G. National College Hyderabad (now Government College University). After receiving a master's degree from the college in English and Persian literature, he joined the same college as a lecturer. After retirement of the eminent educationist and writer Jethmal Parsram in 1942, he was elevated as Head of the Sindhi Department. After the partition of the subcontinent, he migrated to India in 1948 and joined Jai Hind College Bombay (now Mumbai). There, he retired as a Professor of English and Persian in 1976.[4][5]

Literary Contributions

Kalyan Advani started his literary activities when he was a college student. He used to contribute articles to the college magazine Phuleli. After joining as a lecturer, he started a magazine Latifi Bari, named after the great saint and poet Shah Abdul Latif Bhitai.[6] He regularly contributed to the well-known literary magazines Sindhu, Latifi Bari, and others[7] The main focus of his articles was the poetry of Hazrat Shah Abdul Latif Bhitai and other Sufi poets.

His first award-winning literary contribution came in 1946. This was the translation of Kalidasa's drama Shakuntala into Sindhi Language.[8] In 1951, his book "Shah" was published. This book covered various aspects of Shah Abdul Latif Bhitai's poetry. This was followed by similar work on Sachal (1953) and Sami (1954).[9] His most praiseworthy and most significant work was "Shah Jo Risalo" which appeared in 1958.[10][11] In this Risalo, he has given the meaning of difficult words, explanation of every verse, and has told the background story of every dastaan (chapter).

Kalyan Advani was a poet himself. His poetry collection Raz-o-Niaz was published in 1960.[12] His two English monograms, "Shah Latif" and "Sachal Sarmast" were published in 1970 and 1971, respectively.[13] In 1973, he published a translation of Deewan Muhiuddin from Persian to Sindhi.[7][14]

In 1970, he was part of the Indian delegation of writers to France, sent by the Government of India.[2] He was a member of Sindhi Advisory Board of the prestigious Sahitya Academy.[15] and a member of the Board of Studies of Sindhi departments of Mumbai and Pune Universities.[12]

Awards

He received Sahitya Academy Award for his compilation of the Shah Jo Risalo in 1968.[2] He also received a Gold Medal from the Sahitya Akademi for the same work in 1958.[9]

Death

Kalyan Advani died on 17 March 1994 in Mumbai.[7]

References
  1. Jotwani, Motilal (1996). A Dictionary of Sindhi Leterature. Lajpat Nagar, New Delhi, India: Nilum Printing Press. pp. 6–7.
  2. "Sindhi Sahitya Academy Awards". The Sindhu World. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
  3. "Kalyan Advani". The Sindhu World. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
  4. Datta, Amaresh (1988). Encyclopedia of Indian Literature. New Delhi: South Asia Books. pp. 87–88. ISBN 978-8172016494.
  5. Sahitya Akademi. Whos Who Of Indian Writers. Dalcassian Publishing Company.
  6. "شاهه عبداللطيف ڀٽائيءَ جا پارکو شارح ۽ مترجم1". Encyclopedia Sindhiana (in Sindhi). Retrieved 24 April 2020.
  7. "آڏواڻي ڪلياڻ". Encyclopedia Sindhiana (in Sindhi). Retrieved 24 April 2020.
  8. Raghavan, B. (1968). "A Bibliography of Translations of Kalidasa's Works in Indian Lnguages". Indian Literature. 11 (1): 5–35. JSTOR 23329605.
  9. "(Late) Prof. Kalyan Bulchand". Sindhi Sangat. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
  10. "شاهه جا رسالا قلمي ڇپيل ۽ ترجما". Encyclopedia Sindhiana (in Sindhi). Retrieved 24 April 2020.
  11. Junejo, Abdul Jabbar (2000). (ببلوگرافي (شاھ تي لکيل ڪتابن جي. Jamshoro: Sindhi Adabi Board.
  12. Mukhtiar, Sumera (2010). "شاهه جي رسالي جو نالي وارو مرتبي عالم ۔۔۔۔پروفيسر ڪلياڻ آڏواڻي". Sindh Salamat. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
  13. Advani, Kalyan B (1971). Sachal. New Delhi: Sahitya Akademi. OCLC 481143.
  14. "Advani, Kalyan B. 1911-1994". WorldCat Identities. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
  15. Bhagchandani, Bhagwan (2003). Promotors and Preservers of Sindhiyat (PDF). Mumbai, India. pp. 82–83. ISBN 81-901711-0-0.
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