Tuesday, May 22, 2012

Poetic Obituaries: [Bholabhai] Patel, who was fluent in Gujarati,

Hindi, Bengali, Assamese and German, was needless to say a lover of language.

But it was his travelogues that earned him wide-spread popularity across the length and breadth of Gujarat. Patel is also credited with bringing literature from other states to Gujarat, through his translation from Bengali, Assamese and Oriya languages.

from DNA India: Gujarati litterateur Bholabhai Patel dies

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