Praful Raval

Praful Raval
Native name પ્રફુલ જગજીવનદાસ રાવલ
Born Praful Jagjivandas Raval
(1948-09-05) September 5, 1948
Viramgam, Gujarat
Occupation Poet, essayist, short story writer, editor
Language Gujarati
Nationality Indian
Education
  • Master of Arts
  • PhD
Alma mater Gujarat University
Notable awards
Years active
Praful Raval
Academic background
Doctoral advisor Dhiru Parikh
Academic work
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Praful Raval (Gujarati: પ્રફુલ રાવલ) is a Gujarati poet, essayist and short story writer from Gujarat, India.[1] Raval is a co-editor of Kavilok and Kumar and works as a general secretary of Gujarati Sahitya Parishad. He received Kumar Suvarna Chandrak in 1982.

Life

Raval was born on 5 September 1948 in Viramgam to Jagjivandas and Subhadraben. Raval taught at L. C Kanya Vidyalaya, Viramgam from 1970 to 1983 and Sheth M. J High School, Viramgam from 1983 to 1984. In 1984, he founded Kruti Prakashan, a book publisher. In 1992, he founded a primary school namely Shishu Niketan, later known as Setu Vidyalaya. In 1995, he founded another school, Sarjan Vidyamandir, and served there as principal until 2006. Since 2012, he's worked as co-editor of Kumar. He also currently works as general secretary of Gujarati Sahitya Parishad [2]

Education

Raval completed SSC from Sheth M. J High School, Viramgam. He completed his Bachelor of Arts from C. M Desai Arts and Commerce College, Viramgam in Gujarati and joined the School of Language, Gujarat University. From here he completed Master of Arts, Master of Philosophy and Ph.D.

Works

Aavtikalni Shodh ma (2011) and Minoee Sachu Kaheti'ti (2014) are two of his collections of poems. Nokha-Anokha (1985), Ba Etle (2001) and Manas Ae To Manas (2014) are the collections of biographical essays written by him. Pakelo Andhkar, a collection of his short stories, was published in 2014.[2]

Recognition

He received Kumar Suvarna Chandrak in 1982.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Desai, Kinjal (2012-05-04). "Amdavadis knew Satyendranath before Rabindranath". dna. Retrieved 2017-03-17.
  2. 1 2 3 Shukla, Kirit (2013). Gujarati Sahityakar Kosh [ગુજરાતી સાહિત્યકાર કોષ]. Gandhinagar: Gujarati Sahitya Akadami. p. 300. ISBN 9789383317028.
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