Vishnuprasad Trivedi

Trivedi was born in Umreth, Bombay Presidency on July 4, 1899. After his education at institutions including Borsad, Thasra, Kapadvanj and Nadiad, he matriculated in 1916 from the Government High School of Nadiad and was admitted to Gujarat College, Ahmedabad. At Gujarat College, he studied under Anandshankar Dhruv. He completed his Bachelor of Arts in 1920, with Sanskrit and other English subjects. He completed his Master of Arts in 1923 focusing on Sanskrit and Gujarati subjects. In 1921, he joined the MTB Arts College in Surat. South Gujarat University awarded him Doctorate in Literature in 1971. == Works ==

Trivedi was inspired by western literature and critics such as Coleridge and Matthew Arnold and Gujarati writers including Govardhanram Tripathi and Anandshankar Dhruv. He used to write under his pen-name Prerit. Linguistics, poetics and philosophy were his prime interests. == Award ==

He received Sahitya Akademi Award in 1962 for his work Upayana (1961) and Narmad Suvarna Chandrak in 1945 for his work Parishilan (1949). He also received Ranjitram Suvarna Chandrak in 1944 and Sahitya Gaurav Puraskar in 1983. In 1974, Sahitya Akademi awarded him a fellowship. == References ==