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{{Infobox writer
|name = Anil Chavda
|image =Anil_Chavda_At_His_Book_Launch_Event_In_Ahmedabad.jpg
|caption = Anil Chavda At His Book Launch Event
|birth_name = Anil Premajibhai Chavda
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1985|5|10}}
|birth_place = Karela, Lakhtar, [[Surendranagar]]
|occupation = poet, writer, columnist
|language = [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]]
|nationality =Indian
|education = * [[Master of Arts]]
* [[Bachelor of Education]]
|alma_mater = [[Gujarat University]]
|genres = [[ghazal]], [[geet (song)|geet]], [[free Verse]]
| subjects=
|movement =
|notableworks = [[Savaar Laine]] – 2012
|spouse = Ranjan (2011–present)
|children = Arth
|awards = * [[Takhtasinh Parmar Prize]] 2012–13
* [[Shayda Award]] −2010
* [[Yuva Gaurav Puraskar|Yuva Gaurav Award]] - 2010
* [[Yuva Puraskar]] – 2014
|signature = Anil Chavda Signature.jpg
|years_active = Since 2000
|website = {{official website}}
}}

[[File:Anil Chavda at Yuva Gaurav Award ceremony.jpg|thumb|Anil Chavda at Yuva Gaurav Award ceremony]]
'''Anil Chavda''' is a [[Gujarati language]] poet, writer and columnist from [[Gujarat]], India.

Some of his works include ''[[Savaar Laine]]'' (Bringing the Dawn to You) (2012), a collection of ''[[ghazal]]s'' (a poetic form), which won him the 2014 [[Yuva Puraskar]] literary award, instituted by the [[Sahitya Akademi]] (National Academy of Letters) in [[Delhi]]. He is also a recipient of the [[Shayda Award]] (2010) (INT-Mumbai), the [[Yuva Gaurav Puraskar]] (2013) from the [[Gujarat Sahitya Akademi]] and the Ravji Patel Award from the ''[[Gujarat Samachar]]'' and Samanvay. Along with ghazal, he has worked in other forms of poetry such as [[Geet (song)|Geet]] (sSong), Achhandas ([[free verse]] poetry) and the [[sonnet]]. ''Ek Hati Vaarta'' (Once, There Was a Story) is his short-story collection. He has appeared on several television and radio programmes on [[All India Radio]] and [[Doordarshan]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|title = Gujarati Sahityakar Kosh|last = Shukla|first = Kirit|publisher = Gujarati Sahitya Akadami|year = 2013|isbn = 9789383317028|location = Gandhinagar|pages = 5}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite journal|title = Anil Chavda Sathe Sanvad|last = Bhatt|first = Aradhana|date = 10 April 2015|journal = Navneet Samarpan}}</ref><ref name="Ahmedabad Literature Festival 2016">{{cite web | title=Ahmedabad Literature Festival 2016 | website=Ahmedabad Literature Festival 2016 | url=http://www.ahmedabadliteraturefestival.com/team.php?tcid=4 | access-date=2016-06-14 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160821155927/http://www.ahmedabadliteraturefestival.com/team.php?tcid=4 | archive-date=21 August 2016 | url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Early life==
Anil Chavda was born on 10 May 1985, in Karela (Lakhtar), a village in the [[Surendranagar]] district ([[Gujarat]], [[India]]), to Premajibhai and Manibahen. He completed his primary education at the Karela Prathamik Shala, Lakhtar in 1999. He completed his Standard 10 in 2000 from the Siddharth High School, [[Wadhwan]], and Standard 12 in 2002 from Navsarjan Highschool, [[Ahmedabad]]. He earned his [[Bachelor of Arts]] degree (Gujarati literature) in 2005 from H.K Arts College, Ahmedabad; his [[Master of Arts]] degree (Gujarati literature) in 2007 from Saraspur Arts and Commerce College, Ahmedabad; and a [[Bachelor of Education]] degree (Gujarati Literature) in 2008 from Chanakya Vidyalay, Ahmedabad. He also qualified for a diploma in journalism in 2009 from Bhavan's College, Ahmedabad. Chavda married Ranjan on 18 February 2011; the couple have a son, Arth.<ref name=":0" /><ref name= sharma>{{cite book |last=Sharma |first=Radheshyam |author-link=Radheshyam Sharma |date=2016 |title= Saksharno Sakshatkar (Question-based Interviews with biographical literary sketches) |volume=Vol. 23 |location=Ahmedabad |publisher=Rannade Prakashan |pages=208–217 |isbn=978-93-5200-310-5}}</ref>

==Career==
Chavda began writing poetry during his college years and was influenced by well-known Gujarati language poets including: [[Chinu Modi]], [[Adil Mansuri]], [[Sitanshu Yashaschandra]], and [[Labhshankar Thakar]]. His first publication was a ghazal in a Gujarati poetry journal ''[[Kavilok]]'' in 2004. Subsequently, his writings were published in Gujarati literary magazines such as: ''[[Gazalvishw]]'', ''[[Dhabak]]'', ''[[Parivesh (magazine)|Parivesh]]'', ''[[Shabdasrishti]]'', ''[[Kavilok]]'', ''[[Kumar (magazine)|Kumar]]'', ''Navneet Samarpan'', ''Parab'', ''Shabdasar'' and ''Tadarthya''. Since 2007, his ghazals have appeared in ''Vis Pancha'' (Twenty into Five), a compilation of ghazals by young Gujarati poets including: [[Ashok Chavda]], [[Bhavesh Bhatt]], [[Hardwar Goswami]] and [[Chandresh Makwana]]. He has worked as the executing editor of ''Sanvedana Samaj'', a monthly Gujarati magazine since 2014.<ref name=":1" /> Every Sunday, The Indian newspaper ''[[Sandesh (Indian newspaper)|Sandesh]]'' has published his column "Manni Mosam" (in Sanskar) on a regular basis since 2014.<ref name="Ahmedabad Literature Festival 2016"/>
Presently, he serves in the advisory board of the [[Ahmedabad International Literature Festival]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Advisory Board |url=https://www.ailf.co.in/advisory-board.html |website=AILF}}</ref>

== Works ==
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''Kem gumshum thai gayo? Kain bol; ne aa ghav shana chhe?''<br/>
''Shu thayun, tadko tane vagyo? Jara zakal lagavi daun?''<br/>
English Translation:<br/>
Why so silent? Say something at least, what are these wounds made of?<br/>
Did sunray hurt you? Shall I smear the dew drops?
|author=Anil Chavda (''[[Savaar Laine]]'' page 29)
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|source= <ref>{{Cite book|title = [[Savaar Laine]]|last = Chavda|first = Anil|publisher = Navbharat Sahitya Mandir|year = 2012|isbn = 978-81-8440-680-1|location = Ahmedabad|pages = 29 |oclc=843085313}}</ref>}}

On 15 February 2012, he released his first ghazal anthology ''[[Savaar Laine]]'' (Bringing the Dawn to You), published by Navbharat Sahitya Mandir. It was admired by Gujarati critics and writers including: [[Raghuvir Chaudhari]], [[Chinu Modi]], [[Chandrakant Sheth]], [[Radheshyam Sharma]] and [[Chandrakant Topiwala]].{{citation needed|date=November 2018}} In a same year, he also released his short-story collection titled ''Ek Hati Varata'' (Once, There was a Story). Critics have noted he has created a poetic language of his own with frustration, sorrow and satire as its basic elements in his ghazals. The language is described as simple, reader-friendly, lucid and full of freshness carrying a natural poetic flow and rhythm not only of the words but of the content as well.<ref>{{Cite journal|title = Savaar Thai Ne – Anil Chavda|last = Topiwala|first = Chandrakant |author-link=Chandrakant Topiwala |date = 1 September 2013|journal = Pratyaxa}}</ref>
He has contributed to the Gujarati Geet (song). The notable aspects of his songs are the fantasy and the quality of their narrations. Chavda has also translated some 19 books in Gujarati.<ref name=":0" /> ''Aameen'' (2014) is a translation of poems by Alok Shrivastav Chavda translated from Hindi to Gujararti.

== Recognition ==
[[File:Anil Chavda At New Delhi.jpg|thumb|Anil Chavda At New Delhi|left]]

In 2010, the Indian National Theater-Mumbai (INT) awarded him the [[Shayda Award]] and [[Gujarat Sahitya Akademi]] awarded him the [[Yuva Gaurav Puraskar]]. He won [[Takhtasinh Parmar Prize]] 2012–13 from the [[Gujarati Sahitya Parishad]] and the [[Yuva Puraskar]] award (2014) from the [[Sahitya Akademi]], [[Delhi]] for his book ''Savaar Laine''. He is also a recipient of Ravji Patel Award for 2016 instituted by the ''[[Gujarat Samachar]]'' and Samanvay.<ref name="Ahmedabad Literature Festival 2016"/>

==Bibliography==
* ''Vis Pancha'' (Twenty Into Five), 2007. (A compilation of ghazals with other four young poets including [[Ashok Chavda]], [[Bhavesh Bhatt]], [[Hardwar Goswami]] and Chandresh Makvana.)
* ''Savaar Laine'' (Bringing the Dawn to You), 2012. (Ghazal anthology)
* ''Ek Hati Varata'' (Once, There was a Story), 2012. (Short-stories)
* ''Meaningful Journey'', 2013. (Essay)
* ''Ambedakar: Jivan Ane Chintan'', 2015. (A biography of [[B. R. Ambedkar|Ambedakar]].)<ref name=":0" />

===Compilation===
* ''Sukh Dukh Mari Drashtie'', 2009
* ''Shabda Sathe Maro Sanbandh'' (with [[Harsh Brahmbhatt]]), 2012
* ''Prem Vishe'' (with [[Harsh Brahmbhatt]]), 2014. (Articles on Love written by famous poets and writers)
* ''Aakash Vavanara'', 2013. (Experiences of award-winning teachers)
* ''Aachare Te Aacharya'', 2013. (Experiences of award-winning principals)<ref name=":0" />

==See also==
* [[List of Gujarati-language writers]]

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