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Janak Trivedi

Janak Trivedi

Gujarati writer from India

Janak Trivedi (Gujarati: જનક ત્રિવેદી) was a Gujarati short story writer, essayist and novelist. He was born on 10 June 1946 in Kothi, a village near Jasdan, Rajkot district, Gujarat, India. He was a station manager in Indian Railways at Bhavnagar division. He was also a good painter.[1]

He published his short story collection Baval Vavnar Ane Biji Vartao in 1995. Nathi is a novel written by him. Maro Asabaab (2008) is his collections of Essays.[1][2] His short stories are characterised by non-urban Gujarat's life style as well as its culture, language and dialects.[3]

He received several prizes from Gujarati Sahitya Parishad and Gujarat Sahitya Academy for his books. He is also a recipient of Sandhan Award And Mudra Chandrak. He died on 29 January 2007 at Guwahati following heart attack.[1]

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References

  1. [1]
    GujLit, ગુજરાતી લિટરેચર !. "જનક ત્રિવેદી". GujLit (in Gujarati). Retrieved 30 November 2017.
  2. [2]
    Shukla, Dr. Naresh. "આ પુસ્તક તમે વાંચ્યું ?". Sahityasetu (in Gujarati). ISSN 2249-2372. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
  3. [3]
    Makarand R. Paranjape (1 January 1997). Nativism: Essays in Criticism. Sahitya Akademi. p. 220. ISBN 978-81-260-0168-2. Retrieved 1 December 2017.


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