Gieve Patel
Gieve Patel (born 18 August 1940)[1] is an Indian poet, playwright, painter,[2] as well as a practising physician. He belongs to a group of writers who have subscribed themselves to the 'Green Movement' which is involved in an effort to protect the environment. His poems speak of deep concerns for nature and expose man's cruelty to it. His works include poems, How Do You Withstand (1966), Body (1976) and Mirrored Mirroring (1991). He has also written three plays, Titled Princess, Savaska and Mr. Behram.
Early life[]
Patel was born in 1940 in Mumbai. His parents were from a small village called Nargol in southern Gujarat.[3] His father was a dentist and his mother was the daughter of a doctor.[4] He was educated at St. Xavier's High School and Grant Medical College, Mumbai. He lives in Mumbai where he is a general practitioner.[5]
Career[]
Patel's poetical works include Poems, launched by Nissim Ezekiel, followed by How Do You Withstand, Body and Mirrored Mirroring. His plays include Princes, Savaksa and Mr Behram.[citation needed] A common theme throughout Patel's work is the relationship between his landowning family and the tribal Warlis that worked in their estate.[6]
He held his first art show in Mumbai in 1966, and went on to have several major exhibitions in India and abroad. He participated in the Menton Biemale, France in 1976. India, Myth and Reality, Oxford in 1982; Contemporary Indian Art, Royal Academy, London 1982. Patel belongs to an avant-garde groupe of artists based in Bombay and Baroda.[7]
He also exhibited for Contemporary Indian Art, Grey Art Gallery, New York City, 1985, Indian Art from the Herwitz collection Worcester Art Museum, Massachusetts, 1985 and Coups de Coeur Geneva, 1987.
He conducted poetry workshops in Rishi Valley School for more than a decade, and edited a collection of poetry published in 2006.[8] His poetry is included in Anthology of Contemporary Indian Poetry[9] (BigBridge, United States). One of his Poems "Licence" from the collection How do you Withstand is included in the anthology Confronting Love edited by Arundhati Subramanyam and Jerry Pinto.[citation needed]
He has been translating poems from the 17th century Gujarati poet Akho into English.[10]
Bibliography – poetry in English[]
- University.
- Poems. Nissim Ezekiel, 1966.
- How Do You Withstand, Body. Clearing House, (1976 ).
- Mirrored, Mirroring. Oxford University Press, 1991.
- On Killing a Tree.
Appearances in the following poetry anthologies[]
- The Golden Treasure of Writers Workshop Poetry (2008) ed. by Rubana Huq and published by Writers Workshop, Calcutta[11]
See also[]
- Indian English Literature
- Indian Writing in English
- List of poets from Mumbai
References[]
- ^ International Who's Who in Poetry 2004. Taylor & Francis, 2003, p. 255
- ^ Holland Cotter (24 February 2006). "Art in Review; Gieve Patel and Sudhir Patwardhan". The New York Times. Retrieved 1 February 2013.
- ^ Pillai, Pooja (15 January 2017). "Down the Rabbit Hole". The Indian Express.
- ^ Thayil, Jeet (8 August 2008). 60 Indian Poets. Penguin Books Limited. ISBN 978-93-5118-234-4.
- ^ About Gieve Patel
- ^ Mujumdar, Neha (18 September 2012). "The long road". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
- ^ Hoskote, Ranjit (11 January 2004). "Images of Survival and Transcendence". The Hindu. Retrieved 8 July 2018.[dead link]
- ^ In conversation with Arundhathi Subramaniam
- ^ "Anthology of Contemporary Indian Poetry Edited by Menka Shivdasani". BigBridge.Org. Retrieved 9 June 2016.
- ^ "Picture of perfection". The Telegraph India. 6 June 2010.
- ^ "Rubana Huq, ed. The Golden Treasury of Writers Workshop Poetry. Review : ASIATIC, VOLUME 3, NUMBER 1, JUNE 2009". journals.iium.edu.my. journals.iium.edu.my. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
External links[]
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- Gujarati-language writers
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