Dhirendra Mehta Writer
Dhirendra Mehta, (Hindi: धीरेंद्र मेहता Gujarati: ધિરેન્દ્ર મેહતા born August 29, 1944 in Ahmedabad), full name Dhirendra Pritamlal Mehta, is a Gujarati novelist, poet, commentator and negotiator who won the 2010 Sahitya Akademi Award for Gujarati language for his novel Chhavni. Based in Bhuj, he did his BA degree in Gujarati in 1966. He did his Ph.D. in 1976. His dissertation was named "Gujarātī Navalakathānō Upēyalakṣī Abhyāsa". From 1970 to 1976, he taught Gujarati Literature in Gujarat College, Ahmedabad, and later in RR Lalan College.