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'{{grammar|date=September 2018}} {{Infobox person | name = Vinodini Nilkanth | image = Vinodini Nilkanth.jpg | birth_date = {{Birth date|df=y|1907|2|9}} | birth_place = [[Ahmedabad]] | death_date = {{Death date and age|df=y|1987|11|29|1907|2|9}} | occupation = Professor, writer | nationality = Indian | father = [[Ramanbhai Nilkanth]] | mother = [[Vidyagauri Nilkanth]] }} '''Vinodini Ramanbhai Nilkanth''' (9 February 1907 – 29 November 1987) was a [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]] writer, essayist, short story writer, novelist, writer of children's literature and translator from [[Gujarat]], India.<ref name="db">{{cite web|url=http://www.divyabhaskar.co.in/spotlight/special-articles/200904010904011955_vinodini_neelkanth_kalash.html|title=બધી વાતે અગ્રેસર વિનોદિની નીલકંઠ|date=1 April 2009|access-date=21 July 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/vinodinee-neelkanth-life-and-times-of-a-gujarati-writer-who-dared-to-be-unconventional/435522/|title=Vinodinee Neelkanth: Life and times of a Gujarati writer who dared to be unconventional - Indian Express|last=|first=|date=|website=archive.indianexpress.com|publisher=|language=|access-date=21 July 2018}}</ref> She was associated with several social institutions, especially those dealing with the problems and adversities faced by women. == Early life == [[File:Vinodini Nilkanth 1914.jpg|thumb|Vinodini around 1914|upright=0.7|left]] Vinodini Nilkanth was born in [[Ahmedabad]] to [[Ramanbhai Nilkanth]], a writer and fortnite noob; and [[Vidyagauri Nilkanth]], a social reformer, educator, and writer. Nilkanth's primary education was from the Mahalakshmi Training College and her secondary education was from the Government Girls High School. In 19NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOB28, she completed her Bachelor of Arts in English as her primary subject and Gujarati as a secondary language. In 1930, she returned to the school to study for the Masters from the [[Michigan University]] in Social Science and Education.<ref name="GSP">{{cite web | title=સવિશેષ પરિચય: વિનોદિની નીલકંઠ, ગુજરાતી સાહિત્ય પરિષદ | website=Gujarati Sahitya Parishad | url=http://gujaratisahityaparishad.com/prakashan/sarjako/savishesh/Savishesh-Vinodini-Nilkanth.html | language=gu | access-date=8 September 2018}}</ref> == Career == She was chief of the Vanita Vishram, an institute in Ahmedabad. She was also the Headmistress of the Municipal Girls High School, Ahmedabad. Vinodini Nilkanth likewise offered her services to the [[SNDT Women's University|S. N. D. T Mahila Pathshala]] as a professor. She also wrote columns in newspapers.<ref name="GSP"/> She was associated with several social institutions, especially those dealing with the problems of women. She was a member of the executive committee of the [[Gujarat Vidhya Sabha]].<ref name="DattaLal2007">{{cite book|author1=Amaresh Datta|author2=Mohan Lal|title=Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature: Navaratri-Sarvasena|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sOsbAAAAIAAJ|year=2007|edition=4th|publisher=[[Sahitya Akademi]]|location=New Delhi|pages=2950–2951|isbn=978-81-260-1003-1|ignore-isbn-error=true}}</ref> == Works == Her first published work, ''Rasadwara'' (1928), is a collection of personal essays which she wrote in her teens. ''Nijananda'' is another collection of her essays.<ref name="DattaLal2007"/> ''Aarasini Bhitarma'' (1942), ''Karpasi ane Biji Vartao'', ''Dil Dariavna Moti'' (1958) and ''Angulino Sparsh'' (1965) are the collections of her short stories. Her penetration of the human mind, particularly a woman's mind, is revealed in many of them. ''Kadalivan'' is a novel written by her. Her ''Parajit Purvagrah'' is a translation of [[Jane Austen]]'s ''[[Pride and Prejudice]]'', and ''Sukhni Siddhi'', a translation of [[Bertrand Russel]]'s ''The Conquest of Happiness''. From 1949, she wrote a column ''Ghar Gharni Jyoti'' to a daily, [[Gujarat Samachar]], which became very popular.<ref name="DattaLal2007"/> Her journalistic writings as a columnist have been published in five volumes: ''Ghar Gharni Jyot'' part 1, 2, 3 & 4 (1955, 1958, 1964 & 1969). The last one ''Ghar Diwdi'' (1987) was published posthumously.<ref name="GSP"/><ref name="DattaLal2007"/> Her contribution to Children's literature includes ''Shishuranjana'' (1950), ''Mendini Manjari'' (1956), ''Balakoni Duniyama Dokiyu'', ''Safarachand'' (1964), ''Padchand Kathiyaro'' (1964), etc. Her miscellaneous works include ''Gharno Vahivat'' (1959), ''Bal Suraksha'' (1961) and ''Muktajanoni Bhoomi'' (1966).<ref name="GSP"/> ==Awards== Her short story collections ''Dil Dariavna Moti'' won the [[Gujarat Sahitya Sabha]] Award, and her work ''Angulino Sparsh'' won the Gujarat government award.<ref name="DattaLal2007"/> == See also == * [[List of Gujarati-language writers]] == References == {{reflist}} == External links == * {{Internet Archive author|sname=Vinodini Nilkanth}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Nilkanth, Vinodini}} [[Category:1907 births]] [[Category:1987 deaths]] [[Category:Women writers from Gujarat]] [[Category:19th-century Indian women writers]] [[Category:19th-century Indian writers]] [[Category:20th-century Indian women writers]] [[Category:20th-century Indian writers]] [[Category:Writers from Ahmedabad]] [[Category:Gujarati-language writers]]'