Vinod Joshi | |
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Born | Bhoringda, Bombay State, India | 13 August 1955
Occupation | Professor, poet, writer, literary critic |
Language | Gujarati |
Nationality | Indian |
Education | M.A., Ph.D. |
Period | Post-modern Gujarati literature |
Notable awards |
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Spouse |
Vimal Joshi (m. 1981) |
Academic work | |
Doctoral students | Mahendrasinh Parmar |
Vinod Joshi (born 13 August 1955) is an Indian poet, writer and literary critic in Gujarati language from Gujarat, India. His notable works include Parantu, a collection of Geet (lyric poetry), Shikhandi, a long narrative poem based on Shikhandi, a character from the Mahābhārata, Radio Natak: Swarup ane Siddhant (Radio Drama: Form and Theory, an abridged Ph.D. thesis), Tundil-tundika, a form of padyavarta, a Gujarati medieval literary genre, and Zalar Vage Zoothadi, a collection of poems. He is the recipient of the Jayant Pathak Puraskar (1985), Critic's award (1986), Kavishwar Dalpatram Award (2013), Sahitya Gaurav Puraskar (2015), Narsinh Mehta Award (2018), Kalapi Award (2018), Darshak Sahitya Sanman Award (2021), Narmad Suvarna Chandrak (2022) and Sahitya Akademi Award (2023).