Shirish Jagjivandas Panchal (born 7 March 1943) is a

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- ...

critic, fiction writer, translator and editor. He won the 2009 Sahitya Akademi Award for Gujarati language for his criticism ''Vaat Aapanaa Vivechan-ni''. He refused the award.

Biography

Panchal was born on 7 March 1943 in Vadodara. He passed his secondary and higher secondary board exams in 1978 and 1981 respectively. He completed his B.A. with Gujarati from

Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, formerly Baroda College, is a public university in the city of Vadodara, Gujarat, India. Originally established as a college in 1881, it became a public university on April 30, 1949 and was renamed after ...

. After completing his M.A. in the same subject from the same university in 1966, he researched ''Poetic Criticism'' under the guidance of

Suresh Joshi Suresh Hariprasad Joshi was an Indian novelist, short-story writer, literary critic, poet, translator, editor and academic in the Gujarati language. Along with his teaching career, he led the modernist movement in Gujarati literature. He was prol ...

in 1980. Panchal received a PhD for his dissertation ''Kavyavivechan Ni Samasyao'' (). He was a professor at Bilimora's College from 1965 to 1967 and at Padra's College from 1967 to 1980. Since 1980 he has been a lecturer in the Gujarati Department of M.S. University, Vadodara. He taught Gujarati language and literature at M. S. University,

Baroda Vadodara (), also known as Baroda, is a city situated on the banks of the Vishwamitri River in the Indian state of Gujarat. It serves as the administrative headquarters of the Vadodara district. The city is named for its abundance of banyan ...

Works

His first

One-act play A one-act play is a play that has only one act, as distinct from plays that occur over several acts. One-act plays may consist of one or more scenes. The 20-40 minute play has emerged as a popular subgenre of the one-act play, especially in writi ...

was published in ''Vishvmangal'' magazine. His short stories ''Varsha'', ''Vallari'' and ''Aaram'' was published in ''Navbharat'' in 1962. He wrote a short essay on the novel (1984) under the Sahityaswarup Parichay series edited by

Suman Shah Suman Shah is a Gujarati language critic, short story writer, novelist, essayist, editor and translator from Gujarat, India. He won the Sahitya Akademi Award in 2008 for his short story collection ''Fatfatiyun''. He has written both in the mode ...

. His ''Vaidehee Etle Ja Vaidehee'' is an experimental novel, which tell a love-story of Kirat and Vaidehee. He edited and published ''Maniti Anamaniti'' (1982), 21 selected short stories by

, with discourse. ''Problems of Poetic Criticism'' (1985) is his dissertation. ''Jara Motethi'' (1988) is his collection of essays. ''Ruprachanthi Vighatan'' () (1986) is a critical treatise re-examining the concept of modernity. He edited ''Etad'', a Gujarati quarterly.

Awards

In 2009, He won the Sahitya Akademi Award for Gujarati language for his criticism ''Vaat Aapanaa Vivechan-ni'' but he refused the award.

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Introduction on Gujarati Sahitya Parishad
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