Mohan Parmar | |
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Native name | મોહન અંબાલાલ પરમાર |
Born | Mohan Ambalal Parmar 15 March 1948 Bhasariya, Mahesana, Gujarat |
Occupation | Short story writer, Novelist, Critic |
Language | Gujarati |
Nationality | Indian |
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Alma mater | Gujarat University |
Period | Postmodern Gujarati literature |
Genres | Short story, Novel |
Literary movement | Gujarati Dalit literature |
Years active | 1975–present |
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Spouse | Jashoda Parmar (1972–present) |
Children | Manoj Parmar (son) |
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Academic background | |
Thesis | The Distinguishable Dimensions of Short Story after Suresh Joshi Particularly in Reference to Kishor Jadav, Madhu Rai, Radheshyam Sharma and Jyotish Jani |
Doctoral advisor | Chandrakant Topiwala |
Mohan Parmar (Gujarati: મોહન પરમાર; born 15 March 1948) is a Gujarati language short story writer, novelist and critic. Parmar won the Sahitya Akademi Award for Gujarati in 2011 for his short story collection Anchalo. He was earlier editor of Hayati, an organ of Gujarati Dalit Sahitya Akademi, along with Harish Mangalam. He served as deputy editor of Parab, a monthly journal of Gujarati Sahitya Parishad.[1]