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'''Ghanshyam Occhavlal Desai''' was a [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]] short story writer and editor from [[Gujarat]], India.<br />
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==Life==<br />
Ghanshyam Desai was born on 4 June 1934 in [[Devgadh Baria]] (now in [[Dahod district]], Gujarat) where he completed primary and secondary education. He went to [[Bombay]] (now Mumbai) and studied [[Bachelor of Arts|B. A.]] in Gujarati in 1954. He worked as a teacher at Gurukul High School, [[Songadh]] for two years. In 1960, he completed [[Master of Arts|M. A.]] in Gujarati.<ref name=AGSI>{{cite book|title=અર્વાચીન ગુજરાતી સાહિત્યનો ઈતિહાસ - આધુનિક અને અનુઆધુનિક યુગ (History of Modern Gujarati Literature – Modern and Postmodern Era)|first=Prasad|last=Brahmabhatt |publisher=Parshwa Publication|location=Ahmedabad|year=2010|pages=236–238|language=gu|isbn=978-93-5108-247-7}}</ref><br />
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He worked as an assistant editor of ''Samarpan'' magazine (published by Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan) from 1962 to 1969 and later as an editor from 1970. When ''Samarpan'' merged with ''Navneet'' and became ''Navneet Samarpan'', he became its editor in 1980 and worked there until retirement.<ref name=AGSI/><br />
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Desai married [[Urmi Desai]], a Gujarati writer and linguist, in 1965.<ref name= sharma>{{cite book |last=Sharma |first=Radheshyam |author-link=Radheshyam Sharma |date=2005 |title= Saksharno Sakshatkar (Question-based Interviews with biographical literary sketches) |volume=10 |location=Ahmedabad |publisher=Rannade Prakashan |pages=239}}</ref> He died on 29 April 2010.<ref name=AGSI/><br />
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==Works==<br />
Desai was a modernist experimental story writer.<ref name="AGSI" /><ref>{{cite journal|year=1981|title=Indian Scholar|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JeNZAAAAMAAJ|publisher=J. Srihari Rao|volume=3|issue=1|page=162}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Indian Horizons|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wptKAQAAIAAJ|year=1999|publisher=Indian Council for Cultural Relations.|page=156}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Chaudhari|first=Bhagwan S.|date=November–December 2017|title=ઘનશ્યામ દેસાઇની વાર્તાઓમાં આધુનિક પ્રયોગશીલતા - એક અભ્યાસ|trans-title=Modern Experimentation in Stories by Ghanshyam Desai - A Study|url=http://www.sahityasetu.co.in/issue42/bhagvan.php|journal=Sahitya Setu|language=gu|volume=7|issue=6|issn=2249-2372}}</ref> In most of his stories, the narration starts with 'Hu' ({{trans|I}}).<ref name="Kendra2007">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=g4oMAQAAMAAJ|title=Gujarat|publisher=Smt. Hiralaxmi Navanitbhai Shah Dhanya Gurjari Kendra, Gujarat Vishvakosh Trust|year=2007|page=405}}</ref> His short story collection ''Tolu'' (1977) was awarded by the [[Government of Gujarat]].<ref name="AGSI" /> His notable stories include 'Tolu', ’Kagdo’, ‘Gokaljino Velo’, 'Leelo Phango', 'Ren', 'Professor: Ek Safar'.<ref name="AGSI" /><ref name="Kendra2007" /> ''Bandh Barna'' (2014) is his posthumously published story collection.{{citation needed|date=August 2018}} His children's story collection ''Maulik Katha Mala'' (1990) was also awarded by the [[Gujarat Sahitya Akademi]]. His other children's story collection is ''Abhinav Katha Mala'' (1994).<ref name=AGSI/><br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[List of Gujarati-language writers]]<br />
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[[Category:People from Dahod district]]<br />
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