Mohan Parmar

Mohan Parmar
at ATMA Hall, Ahmedabad, March 2017
at ATMA Hall, Ahmedabad, March 2017
Native name
મોહન અંબાલાલ પરમાર
BornMohan Ambalal Parmar
(1948-03-15) 15 March 1948 (age 76)
Bhasariya, Mahesana, Gujarat
OccupationShort story writer, Novelist, Critic
LanguageGujarati
NationalityIndian
Education
Alma materGujarat University
PeriodPostmodern Gujarati literature
GenresShort story, Novel
Literary movementGujarati Dalit literature
Years active1975–present
Notable works
  • Poth (2001)
  • Anchalo (2008)
Notable awards
SpouseJashoda Parmar (1972–present)
ChildrenManoj Parmar (son)
Signature
Academic background
ThesisThe Distinguishable Dimensions of Short Story after Suresh Joshi Particularly in Reference to Kishor Jadav, Madhu Rai, Radheshyam Sharma and Jyotish Jani
Doctoral advisorChandrakant 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]

  1. ^ "Welcome to Muse India". Welcome to Muse India. Archived from the original on 10 May 2017. Retrieved 14 May 2016.