Vinod Joshi

Vinod Joshi
Joshi at Gujarat Literature Festival Ahmedabad; 2016
Joshi at Gujarat Literature Festival Ahmedabad; 2016
Born (1955-08-13) 13 August 1955 (age 69)
Bhoringda, Bombay State, India
OccupationProfessor, poet, writer, literary critic
LanguageGujarati
NationalityIndian
EducationM.A., Ph.D.
PeriodPost-modern Gujarati literature
Notable awards
Spouse
Vimal Joshi
(m. 1981)
Academic work
Doctoral studentsMahendrasinh 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).