Praful Raval

Praful Raval
Praful Raval
	at Gujarat Vishwakosh Trust, 11 May 2019
Native name	પ્રફુલ જગજીવનદાસ રાવલ
Born	Praful Jagjivandas Raval; September 5, 1948 (age 75); Viramgam, Gujarat
Occupation	Poet, essayist, short story writer, editor
Language	Gujarati
Nationality	Indian
Education	Master of Arts; PhD;
Alma mater	Gujarat University
Notable awards	Kumar Suvarna Chandrak (1982);
Years active
Academic background
Doctoral advisor	Dhiru Parikh
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Praful Raval (Gujarati: પ્રફુલ રાવલ) is a Gujarati teacher, poet, essayist and short story writer.^[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.

Early life[edit]

Raval was born on 5 September 1948 in Viramgam to Jagjivandas and Subhadraben.^{[citation needed]}

Raval completed SSC from Sheth M. J High School, Viramgam.^{[citation needed]} 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. He completed a Master of Arts, a Master of Philosophy and Ph.D.^{[citation needed]}

Career[edit]

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 publishing company.^{[citation needed]}

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.^{[citation needed]}

In 2012, he became co-editor of Kumar. He works as general secretary of Gujarati Sahitya Parishad.^[2]

Works[edit]

Poetry[edit]

Aavtikalni Shodh ma (2011)
Minoee Sachu Kaheti'ti (2014)

Biographical essays[edit]

Nokha-Anokha (1985)
Ba Etle (2001)
Manas Ae To Manas (2014)

Short stories[edit]

Pakelo Andhkar^[2]

Recognition[edit]

He received Kumar Suvarna Chandrak in 1982.^[2]

References[edit]

↑ Desai, Kinjal (2012-05-04). "Amdavadis knew Satyendranath before Rabindranath". dna. Retrieved 2017-03-17.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 Shukla, Kirit (2013). Gujarati Sahityakar Kosh [ગુજરાતી સાહિત્યકાર કોષ]. Gandhinagar: Gujarati Sahitya Akadami. p. 300. ISBN 9789383317028.

[Desai_2012-1] Desai, Kinjal (2012-05-04). "Amdavadis knew Satyendranath before Rabindranath". dna. Retrieved 2017-03-17.

[pr-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 Shukla, Kirit (2013). Gujarati Sahityakar Kosh [ગુજરાતી સાહિત્યકાર કોષ]. Gandhinagar: Gujarati Sahitya Akadami. p. 300. ISBN 9789383317028.

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