Sharifa Vijaliwala

Sharifa Vijaliwala
Vijaliwala at Gujarati Vishwakosh Trust, January 2022
Born	Sharifa Kasambhai Vijaliwala (1962-08-04) 4 August 1962 (age 62) Amargadh, Bhavnagar, Gujarat, India
Occupation	Editor, critic, translator and character sketch writer
Language	Gujarati
Education	Bachelor of Pharmacy Master of Arts Ph.D
Alma mater	Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda
Years active	1991 – present
Notable works	Jene Lahor Nathi Joyu E Janmyo J Nathi (2011) Vibhajan ni Vyatha (2014)
Notable awards	Sahitya Akademi Award (2018) Gujarat Sahitya Akademi award
Academic background
Thesis	Point of View in Short Stories : A Critical Study with Particular Reference to Some Gujarati Short Stories (1994)
Doctoral advisor	Shirish Panchal

Sharifa Vijaliwala (born 4 August 1962) is an Indian Gujarati language writer, critic, translator and editor from Surat, Gujarat, India. She is a recipient of a 2018 Sahitya Akademi Award for Vibhajanni Vyatha, a collection of critical essays in Gujarati, and has won several Gujarat Sahitya Akademi awards for her literary work.