''Kavilok'' (

Gujarati Gujarati may refer to: * something of, from, or related to Gujarat, a state of India * Gujarati people, the major ethnic group of Gujarat * Gujarati language, the Indo-Aryan language spoken by them * Gujarati languages, the Western Indo-Aryan sub- ...

: કવિલોક), a publication of Kavilok Trust, is a

Gujarati language Gujarati (; gu, ગુજરાતી, Gujarātī, translit-std=ISO, label=Gujarati script, ) is an Indo-Aryan language native to the Indian state of Gujarat and spoken predominantly by the Gujarati people. Gujarati is descended from Old G ...

bimonthly poetry journal published in

Ahmedabad Ahmedabad ( ; Gujarati: Amdavad ) is the most populous city in the Indian state of Gujarat. It is the administrative headquarters of the Ahmedabad district and the seat of the Gujarat High Court. Ahmedabad's population of 5,570,585 (per ...

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, India. The current editor is Dhiru Parikh and co-editor is

Praful Raval Praful Raval ( gu, પ્રફુલ રાવલ) is a Gujarati teacher, poet, essayist and short story writer. Raval is a co-editor of ''Kavilok'' and ''Kumar'' and works as a general secretary of Gujarati Sahitya Parishad. He received Kumar ...

History

The Kavilok poetry journal was founded by Rajendra Shah in 1957. The first issue of the journal was published in Mumbai in crown size under the editorship of Rajendra Shah,

Suresh Dalal Suresh Parshottamdas Dalal, (11 October 1932 – 10 August 2012) was a Gujarati poet, essayist, litterateur and editor. Life Dalal was born on 11 October 1932 in Thane to Purushottamdas and Bhanumati. He completed B.A. in Gujarati in 1953 from S ...

and Jashubhai Shah. From the 32nd issue, Jayant Parekh replaced Jashubhai Shah as an editor. From the 37th to the 66th issue,

Priyakant Maniar Priyakant Premachand Maniyar (24 January 1927 – 25 June 1976) was a Gujarati poet from Gujarat, India. He published seven collections of symbolic and imagist poetry, and was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award posthumously in 1982 for ''Lilero Dh ...

served as editor with Jayant Parekh. In January 1970, the 73rd issue was published in Ahmedabad in foolscap size. The editors were

Bachubhai Ravat Bachubhai Popatbhai Ravat (27 February 1898 – 12 July 1980) was a Gujarati editor and art critic from India. Life Bachubhai Ravat was born on 27 February 1898 in Ahmedabad. He completed his primary and secondary education from Gondal. He al ...

and Rajendra Shah. After the journal moved to Ahmedabad, Niranjan Bhagat also served as an editor for approximately one year. Since 1977, the journal has been edited by Dhiru

Parikh Parikh is a name found among Hindus of the Bania caste and also Jains. In means ''assayer'' in the Gujarati language and has its roots in the Sanskrit word for ''examiner''. Both the Oswal and Porwal communities of India have clans called ''Pare ...

. From 2004 to 2006,

Ashok Chavda Ashok Chavda, also known by his pen name Bedil, is a Gujarati poet, writer and critic from Gujarat, India. His anthology of poetry, '' Dalkhi Thi Saav Chhutan (2012),'' was awarded the Yuva Puraskar by the Sahitya Akademi in 2013. His collection ...

served as a co-editor. Praful Raval is currently co-editor of the journal. ref name= "gv"/>

Content

The journal publishes poetry, translations of world poetry, reviews and criticisms of poetry, and biographical articles about poets.

Special issues

* ''Mahakavya Visheshank'' (1982; Translation and discussion of major epics of the world) * ''Panchmahakavya Visheshank'' (1983; Criticism of

sanskrit Sanskrit (; attributively , ; nominally , , ) is a classical language belonging to the Indo-Aryan languages, Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European languages. It arose in South Asia after its predecessor languages had Trans-cultural diffusion ...

epics) * ''Gadyakavya Visheshank'' (1984; Discussion of prose poems of Gujarati literature and World literature) * ''T.S Eliot Visheshank'' (1988; Poet T.S Eliot)

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* {{Internet Archive author , search= Kavilok 1957 establishments in Bombay State Literary magazines published in India Magazines established in 1957 Poetry literary magazines Gujarati-language magazines Mass media in Ahmedabad

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