Saumya Joshi
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Saumya Joshi at Town Hall, Ahmedabad on 15 May 2012
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| Native name | સૌમ્ય જયંતભાઇ જોશી |
| Born | Saumya Jayantbhai Joshi July 3, 1973 Ahmedabad, Gujarat |
| Occupation | poet, writer, playwright, director, actor |
| Language | Gujarati |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Education | Master of Arts |
| Alma mater | Gujarat University |
| Genres | Drama, Ghazal, Free verse, Geet |
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| Years active | 1991 - present |
| Relatives | Abhijat Joshi (elder brother) |
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Saumya Joshi (Gujarati: સૌમ્ય જોશી) is a Gujarati language poet, writer, playwright, director and actor from Gujarat, India. He is known in Gujarati theatre for his plays Welcome Zindagi and 102 Not out. Greenroomma (2008; In the Greeroom) is the collection of poems written by him. He was awarded by Chandravadan Chimanlal Mehta Award for his contribution to Gujarati theatre in 2013. He is also a recipient of the Yuva Gaurav Puraskar (2007) and Takhtasinh Parmar Prize (2008-09).
Joshi was born on 3 July 1973 in Ahmedabad, Gujarat to Jayant Joshi and Neela Joshi. He took his primary education from Vijaynagar High School, Ahmedabad in 1987. He completed his Std. 12 from Vidyanagar High School, Ahmedabad in 1990. He got his Bachelor of Arts from H.K Arts College, Ahmedabad in 1993 and Master of Arts from School of Languages of Gujarat University in 1995 with English literature as one of his subjects.
After completing his Master of Arts from H.K Arts College in 1995, Joshi started his career as a Professor of English literature in same college and year. In 2010, he founded the Fade-In Theatre with young stage buffs. He quit his job as a professor in September 2011 to pursue theatre full-time.
Joshi started to write poems at the age of 18. It is Kavilok where his first poem got published. Subsequently, his poems 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!.
Greenroomma (In the Greenroom), his only collection of poems, was published in 2008. His poems have composed in different genres of poetry such as Ghazal, Nazm, Geet and Free verse and on different subjects such as Sex Worker, the Rana deserted by Meera, the boy at the shivakashi fireworks factory, a bharvad named Jetho, the poor little sister, a labourer finding respite from the scorching sun beneath the gunny bag which he heaves. The book was critically acclaimed by several Gujarati language writers.
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