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{{Infobox writer<br />
| name = Anil R. Joshi<br />
| image = Anil Joshi 01.jpg<br />
| caption = Joshi in 2005<br />
| birth_name = Anil Ramanath Joshi<br />
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1940|7|28}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Gondal, India|Gondal]], [[Gondal State]], [[British India]]<br />
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2025|2|26|1940|7|28}}<br />
| death_place = [[Mumbai]], India<br />
| occupation = Poet, essayist<br />
| language = [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]]<br />
| nationality = Indian<br />
| education = [[Master of Arts]]<br />
| alma_mater = [[Gujarat University]]<br />
| period = Modern [[Gujarati literature]]<br />
| genres = [[Geet (song)|Geet]], [[Free Verse]], [[Ghazal]], [[Essay]]<br />
| subjects = <br />
| movement = Re Math<br />
| notableworks ={{plainlist|<br />
* ''Kadach'' (1970)<br />
* ''Barafna Pankhi'' (1981)<br />
* ''Statue'' (1988)}}<br />
| spouse = {{married|Bharati Joshi|1975}}<br />
| children = Sanket (son)<br/><br />
Rachna (daughter)<br />
| awards = [[Sahitya Akademi Award]] (1990)<br />
| signature = Signature autograph of Poet Anil Joshi.jpg<br />
| years_active = 1961–2025<br />
| website = <br />
}}<br />
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'''Anil Ramanath Joshi''' (28 July 1940 – 26 February 2025) was an Indian [[Gujarati language|Gujarati-language]] poet and essayist from [[Gujarat]]. He won the [[Sahitya Akademi Award for Gujarati]] in 1990 for his essay collection ''Statue'' (1988).<ref name="Firstpost 2015">{{cite web | title=Gujarat-based writer Anil Joshi to return Sahitya Akademi award | website=Firstpost | date=12 October 2015 | url=http://www.firstpost.com/india/gujarat-based-writer-anil-joshi-to-return-sahitya-akademi-award-2465950.html | accessdate=23 May 2016 | archive-date=12 May 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160512110803/http://www.firstpost.com/india/gujarat-based-writer-anil-joshi-to-return-sahitya-akademi-award-2465950.html | url-status=live }}</ref> His significant works include ''Kadach'' (1970; Collection of poems), ''Barafna Pankhi'' (1981; Collection of poems) and ''Pavan Ni Vyaspithe'' (1988; Collection of Essay).<ref name="Anil Joshi, Gujarati Sahitya Parishad">{{cite web | title=સવિશેષ પરિચય: અનિલ જોશી, ગુજરાતી સાહિત્ય પરિષદ | website=Anil Joshi, Gujarati Sahitya Parishad | url=http://gujaratisahityaparishad.com/prakashan/sarjako/savishesh/Savishesh-Anil-Joshi.html | language=gu | accessdate=23 May 2016 | archive-date=4 March 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304201816/http://gujaratisahityaparishad.com/prakashan/sarjako/savishesh/Savishesh-Anil-Joshi.html | url-status=live }}</ref><br />
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== Early life ==<br />
[[File:H K Arts College Ahmedabad.jpg|thumb|left|H K Arts College in Ahmedabad where Joshi studied]]<br />
Joshi was born on 28 July 1940 in [[Gondal, India|Gondal]] to Ramanath and Tarabahen. His father was a high-level officer in the education department. He completed his schooling in Gondal and [[Morbi]]. He completed a [[Bachelor of Arts]] in 1964 from the U. N. Mehta Arts College, [[Morbi]], and H. K. Arts College, [[Ahmedabad]], in [[Gujarati literature|Gujarati]] and [[Sanskrit literature]]. He received his [[Master of Arts]] in 1966 from the Arts and Commerce College, [[Modasa]], and the School of Languages located at the [[Gujarat University]], Ahmedabad.<ref name="Anil Joshi, Gujarati Sahitya Parishad"/><ref name= "aj">{{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=84–90|language=gu|isbn=978-93-5108-247-7}}</ref><br />
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Joshi married Bharatiben on 15 July 1975, and had a son and a daughter, Sanket and Rachna.<ref>{{Cite web |date=26 February 2025 |title=Renowned Gujarati poet and essayist Anil Joshi passes away at 85 |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/ahmedabad/gujarati-poet-essayist-anil-joshi-passes-away-9858026/lite/ |access-date=26 February 2025 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref><br />
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== Career ==<br />
[[File:Poet Anil Joshi.jpg|thumb|left|Joshi at Ravindra Bhavan, Margao, Goa on 19 November 2016]]<br />
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Joshi started his career as a teacher of Gujarati at My Own High School, [[Himatnagar]] in 1962. He served as a teacher at K. K. Parekh Vidyalay, [[Amreli]] from 1968 to 1969. From 1971 to 1976, he served as a personal assistant of [[Vadilal Dagli]], an editor of ''Commerce''. During 1976 to 1977, he worked as a co-editor at Parichay Trust, and in 1977, he joined the Language Development Project of [[Mumbai Municipal Corporation]] and served there until his retirement as an Adviser of Gujarati language.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |last=Topiwala |first=Chandrakant |encyclopedia=Gujarati Sahityakosh (Encyclopedia of Gujarati Literature) |title=Joshi Anil Ramanath |language=Gujarati |year=1990 |publisher=[[Gujarati Sahitya Parishad]] |volume=2 |location=Ahmedabad |page=136 }}</ref><br />
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In 1962, his poem "Parigho" ("Circumferences") published for the first time in ''[[Kumar (magazine)|Kumar]]'', a Gujarati literary magazine. He was associated with "Re Math", a modernist literary movement in Gujarati. When his father was transferred to Amreli, he met [[Ramesh Parekh]]. They became very close friends.<ref name="aj" /><br />
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He died in [[Mumbai]] on 26 February 2025, at the age of 84.<ref name="Raja 2025">{{cite web |last=Raja|first=Aditi|title=Renowned Gujarati poet and essayist Anil Joshi passes away at 85|website=The Indian Express|date=26 February 2025|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/ahmedabad/gujarati-poet-essayist-anil-joshi-passes-away-9858026/|access-date=26 February 2025}}</ref><ref>[https://chitralekha.com/news/gujarati-essayist-and-poet-anil-joshi-passes-away-in-mumbai/ ગુજરાતી સાહિત્ય જગતમાં પડી ખોટ, નિબંધકાર અને કવિ અનિલ જોશીનું નિધન] {{in lang|gu}}</ref><br />
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== Works ==<br />
''Kadach'' (''May Be''), his first anthology of poems, was published in 1970, followed by ''Ame Barafna Pankhi'' (1981) and ''Paniman Ganth Padi Joi'' (2012). He worked in different genres of poetry such as [[Geet (song)|Geet]], [[free verse]] and [[Ghazal]]s. But he is mainly noted in [[Gujarati literature]] for his contribution in Geet. ''Statue'' (1988) and ''Pavan Ni Vyaspithe'' (1988) are his essay collections.<ref>{{cite book |last=Trived |first=Dr. Ramesh M. |year=2015 |title=Arvachin Gujarati Sahityano Itihas (History of Modern Gujarati Literature) |location=Ahmedabad |publisher=Adarsh Publication |pages=349–350 |isbn=978-93-82593-88-1 }}</ref><br />
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== Recognition ==<br />
Joshi received the [[Sahitya Akademi Award for Gujarati]] in 1990 for his essay collection ''Statue'' (1988);<ref name="Firstpost 2015"/> however he announced in October 2015 that he would [[List of writers who have returned the Sahitya Akademi Award|return the award]] over the killing of rationalist [[M. M. Kalburgi]] and others.<ref name="dna 2015">{{cite web | title=Another Gujarat-based writer Anil Joshi to return Sahitya Akademi award | website=dna | date=12 October 2015 | url=http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-another-gujarat-based-writer-anil-joshi-to-return-sahitya-akademi-award-2134246 | accessdate=24 May 2016 | archive-date=14 November 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151114172734/http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-another-gujarat-based-writer-anil-joshi-to-return-sahitya-akademi-award-2134246 | url-status=live }}</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[List of Gujarati-language writers]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
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