Pannalal Patel

Pannalal Nanalal Patel
Born(1912-05-07)7 May 1912
Mandli village British India, (now in Dungarpur, Rajasthan)
Died6 April 1989(1989-04-06) (aged 76)
Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
OccupationNovelist, short story writer
NationalityIndian
Notable works
Notable awards
SpouseValiben[1]

Pannalal Nanalal Patel (7 May 1912 – 6 April 1989) was an Indian author known for his contributions in Gujarati literature. He wrote more than 20 short story collections, such as Sukhdukhna Sathi (1940) and Vatrakne Kanthe (1952), and more than 20 social novels, such as Malela Jeev (1941), Manvini Bhavai (1947) and Bhangyana Bheru (1957), and several mythological novels. He received the Jnanpith Award in 1985. Some of his works were translated as well as adapted into plays and films.[2]

  1. ^ "પન્નાલાલ પટેલની જીવન ઝરમર". divyabhaskar (in Gujarati). 11 February 2012. Retrieved 7 December 2016.
  2. ^ Nalini Natarajan; Emmanuel Sampath Nelson (1996). Handbook of Twentieth-century Literatures of India. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 117. ISBN 978-0-313-28778-7. Retrieved 6 December 2016.