Janak Trivedi was a Gujarati short story writer, essayist and novelist. He was born on 10 June 1946 in Kothi, a village near

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, India. He was a station manager in Indian Railways at Bhavnagar division. He was also a good painter.

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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. His short stories are characterised by non-urban Gujarat's life style as well as its culture, language and dialects. He received several prizes from

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for his books. He is also a recipient of Sandhan Award And Mudra Chandrak. He died on 29 January 2007 at

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* * 1946 births 2007 deaths People from Rajkot district Gujarati-language writers Indian male novelists Indian male short story writers Novelists from Gujarat 21st-century Indian short story writers 21st-century Indian novelists 21st-century Indian male writers {{India-writer-stub

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