Narayan Hemchandra

Narayan Hemchandra Divecha (1855–1904), commonly known as Narayan Hemchandra, was a Gujarati autobiographer, translator and critic. He travelled extensively and wrote autobiography, novels, stories and criticism. He was a prolific translator and credited with introducing Bengali literature to Gujarat. Narayan Hemchandra Divecha was born in 1855 in Diu and spent most of his life in Bombay (now Mumbai). He had not studied much but had travelled extensively. He went to England four times. In 1875, he went to Allahabad with Navinchandra Roy where he started translating. He is credited with introducing Bengali literature to Gujarat.