Hariprasad Maniray Vyas (25 May 1904 – 13 July 1980) was a

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humorist and author of

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Life

Hariprasad Vyas was born on 25 May 1904 in Bodka village near

Vadodara, Gujarat Vadodara (), also known as Baroda, is the second largest city in the Indian state of Gujarat. It serves as the administrative headquarters of the Vadodara district and is situated on the banks of the Vishwamitri River, from the state capital ...

. He passed

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in 1921 in Vadodara. He served as Manager in the office of Zenith Life and General Insurance from 1925 to his retirement. He died on 13 July 1980 in

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, US.

Works

Hariprasad Vyas created several popular fictional characters for children's literature in Gujarati language including

Bakor Patel Bakor Patel is children's literature character created by Hariprasad Vyas for talking animal stories. The stories were published in ''Gandiv'', a children's biweekly in Gujarati language by Gandiv Sahitya Mandir, Surat, Gujarat, India. The humorou ...

, Shakri Patlani, Vaghjibhai Vakil, Untadiya Doctor, Hathishankar Dhamdhamiya, Bhotvashankar. He wrote humorous stories of Bakor Patel in children's biweekly ''Gandiv'' published by Gandiv Sahitya Madir,

Surat Surat is a city in the western Indian state of Gujarat. The word Surat literally means ''face'' in Gujarati and Hindi. Located on the banks of the river Tapti near its confluence with the Arabian Sea, it used to be a large seaport. It is no ...

from 1936 to 1955. These stories are later published as story collections. His works include Bakor Patel (30 works), Bhejabaj Bhagabhai (6 works), Hathishankar Dhamdhamiya (6 books), Bhotvashankarna Parakramo, Sundar Sundar (6 works), Balvinod, Hasyavinod, Anandvinod. He also published ten collections of children's plays under ''Chalo Bhajavie'' series. He also wrote several humorous essays collected under various titles; ''Hasyazarna'', ''Hasyakillol'', ''Hasyavasant'', ''Kathahasya'', ''Patnini Shodhama'', ''Andhale Behru'', ''Pothimana Ringana''.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Vyas, Hariprasad Indian children's writers Gujarati-language writers People from Vadodara district 1904 births 1980 deaths Indian humorists Novelists from Gujarat 20th-century Indian novelists

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