Kumarpal Desai

Kumarpal Desai
Born	Kumarpal Balabhai Desai (1942-08-30) 30 August 1942 (age 82) Ranpur (now in Botad district, Gujarat), India
Pen name	Desain in 2017
Occupation	writer, critic, columnist, translator
Language	Gujarati
Education	Master of Arts Ph.D
Alma mater	Gujarat University
Notable awards	Dhanji Kanji Gandhi Suvarna Chandrak (2001) Padma Shri (2004) Sahitya Gaurav Puraskar (2009) Ranjitram Suvarna Chandrak (2015)
Spouse	Pratima
Children	2 sons
Kumarpal Desai's voice Introduction of poet Niranjan Bhagat
Academic background
Thesis	Anandghana: A Study with Special Reference to Anandghana Bavisi
Doctoral advisor	Dhirubhai Thaker

Kumarpal Balabhai Desai is an author, critic, editor, journalist, columnist and translator from Gujarat, India. He studied and later taught at the Gujarat University. He is associated with several social and Gujarati literary organisations such as Gujarati Sahitya Parishad. He has written and edited more than hundred books including biographies and several works on Jainism. He was awarded the Padma Shri in 2004.