Mahendrasinh Parmar

Mahendrasinh Parmar (Gujarati: મહેન્દ્રસિંહ પરમાર) is a Gujarati writer and professor from Gujarat, India. His works include Polytechnic (2016) and Rakhdu no Kagal (2016). He has also written plays.

Mahendrasinh Parmar
Mahendrasinh Parmar At Gujarat Literature Festival December 2016
Mahendrasinh Parmar At Gujarat Literature Festival December 2016
Native name
મહેન્દ્રસિંહ પરમાર
Born (1967-10-02) 2 October 1967
Naliya, Kutch district, Gujarat
Occupationwriter, playwright
LanguageGujarati
NationalityIndian
Education
  • Master of Arts
  • Ph.D.
Alma materBhavnagar University
Genresshort story, play
Academic background
Thesis'Kishansinh Chavda: A Literary Genious [sic]'
Doctoral advisorVinod Joshi

Life

He was born on 2 October 1967 in Naliya, a town in Kutch district of Gujarat.[1] He completed his Master of Arts in Gujarati literature from Bhavnagar University and received Ph.D. from same university in 1998.[2] He serves as professor at Bhavnagar University since 1996.[3]

He married in 1996 and has two daughters. He lives in Bhavnagar.[2]

Works

Since 2002, his short stories appeared in various collections of Gujarati short stories. He has done numerous shows of public reading of literary works under the title Vachikam.[2] His critical works were published as Pratham in 2009. Polytechnic (2016) is a short story collection while Rakhdu no Kagal (2016) is a collection of his personal essays. He wrote several plays.[1]

Awards

His book Polytechnic (2016) was shortlisted for the Sahitya Akademi Award (2020).[4]

References
  1. Hariyani, Vaidehi (2016-03-17). "Analysis of short story "Udancharkaldi" by Mahendrasinh Parmar with help of Cultural Studies". Vaidehi's Assignments 2015-2017. Retrieved 2017-01-17.
  2. "Introduction of writer Mahendrasinh Parmar". Muse India. ISSN 0975-1815. Retrieved 2017-01-17.
  3. "M K Bhavnagar University Official Website". M K Bhavnagar University Official Website. Retrieved 2017-01-17.
  4. "Sahitya Akademi Award 2020" (PDF). Sahitya Akademi. 12 March 2021. Archived (PDF) from the original on 13 March 2021. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
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