Dhiruben Gordhanbhai Patel, ; born May 25, 1926 in Vadodara

Vadodara

Vadodara formerly known as Baroda is the third most populated city in the Indian State of Gujarat . It is one of the four cities with the population of over 1 million...

), is a Gujarati

Gujarati language

Gujarati is an Indo-Aryan language, and part of the greater Indo-European language family. It is derived from a language called Old Gujarati which is the ancestor language of the modern Gujarati and Rajasthani languages...

 novelist, playwright, negotiator and translator who won the 2001 Sahitya Akademi Award for Gujarati language for his novel Agantuk.

She is a former President of Gujarati Sahitya Parishad

Gujarati Sahitya Parishad

Gujarati Sahitya Parishad is a literary institution for the promotion of Gujarati literature located in the city of Ahmedabad, India. It was founded by Ranjitram Mehta with an aim of creating literature appealing to all classes of the society and cultivate a literary sense among the people...

 and one of her play, Bhavni Bhavai, has been filmed. Her works include Aandhali Gali; Shimalanan Phool; Waansno Ankur, Javal, Atitrag, Anusandhan and Aagantuk.

See also

• List of Sahitya Akademi Award winners for Gujarati – List of Gujarati language writers who have won the Sahitya Akademi Award.