Suresh Joshi

Suresh Joshi
Joshi in 1955, Mumbai
Born	Suresh Hariprasad Joshi (1921-05-30)30 May 1921 Valod, Bardoli, Bombay presidency, British India
Died	6 September 1986(1986-09-06) (aged 65) Nadiad, Gujarat, India
Occupation	Novelist short-story writer critic poet translator essayist
Language	Gujarati
Nationality	Indian
Alma mater	Elphinstone College
Notable works	Grihapravesh (1957) Janantike (1965) Chhinnapatra (1965) Maranottar (1973) Chintayami Manasa (1983)
Notable awards	Ranjitram Suvarna Chandrak (1971) Sahitya Akademi Award (1983; refused)
Signature
Academic background
Thesis	A Critical Edition of Jnanagita (1616 A. D.) of Narahari
Doctoral advisor	Bhogilal Sandesara
Academic work
Doctoral students	Shirish Panchal
Website
sureshjoshi.org

Suresh Hariprasad Joshi was an Indian novelist, short-story writer, literary critic, poet, translator, editor and academic in the Gujarati language. Along with his teaching career, he led the modernist movement in Gujarati literature. He was prolific writer and he transformed the field of literary criticism.