Saumya Joshi
Biography
Saumya Joshi (born 3 July 1973) is an Indian poet, writer, playwright, director, and actor associated with Gujarati language literature, theatre, and films. He is known in Gujarati theatre for his plays Welcome Zindagi and 102 Not Out.
Greenroomma (2008; In the Greenroom) is his collection of poems. He was awarded by Chandravadan Chimanlal Mehta Award for his contribution to Gujarati theatre in 2013. He is also the recipient of the Yuva Gaurav Puraskar (2007) and Takhtasinh Parmar Prize (2008–09).
Joshi started his career as a Professor of English literature in his alma mater H. K. Arts College in 1995. In 2010, he founded the Fade-In Theatre with other young theatre people. He left his job as a professor in September 2011 to pursue the theatre.
Joshi started to write poems at the age of 18. His first poem was published in Kavilok. Subsequently, his poems were published in other Gujarati magazines including Shabdasrishti, Kavita, Shabdalay, Navneet Samarpan, and Kumar. He debuted in Gujarati theatre with his play Rami Lo Ne Yaar!
His play 102 Not Out is adapted as a Hindi language Indian film 102 Not Out directed by Umesh Shukla. He is credited as a writer of the film. He also wrote dialogues and lyrics for the 2018 Gujarati language film Hellaro.
