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{{Short description|Indian poet and critic}}
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* Poet
* literary critic
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* [[Kumar Suvarna Chandrak]] (1969)
* [[Narsinh Mehta Award]] (2011)
* [[Kavishwar Dalpatram Award]] (2011)
* [[Dhanji Kanji Gandhi Suvarna Chandrak]] (2016)
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| doctoral_advisor = [[Anantrai Raval]]
| thesis_title = Gujarati Novel from 1950 to 1970 – a Critical Study (with Special Reference to Form)
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'''Bhanuprasad Moolshankar Pandya''' (24 April 1932 – 9 April 2022) was an Indian [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]]-language poet and literary critic from [[Gujarat]], India. For his contribution, he received [[Kumar Suvarna Chandrak]] (1969), [[Narsinh Mehta Award]] (2011), [[Kavishwar Dalpatram Award]] (2011), and [[Dhanji Kanji Gandhi Suvarna Chandrak]] (2016).

==Biography==
Bhanuprasad Pandya was born on 24 April 1932 in Tori, [[Amreli]], Gujarat in an [[audichya Brahmins|audichya sahastra Zalavadi Brahmins]] family to his mother Shivkunwarbahen Pandya and his father Moolshankar Pandya, a schoolteacher and principal, from whom he inherited a literary bent of mind. Pandya completed his schooling in Amreli, and passed the [[matriculation]] exam in 1954. He received his B.A. in 1958 with Gujarati and Psychology subjects, and an M.A. in 1960 with Gujarati and [[Sanskrit]] subjects. He submitted his doctoral dissertation ''Gujarati Novel from 1950 to 1970 – a Critical Study (with Special Reference to Form)'' under [[Anantrai Raval]].<ref name="Gujarati Vishwakosh">{{cite encyclopedia|last=Chaudhari|first=Amrit|encyclopedia=[[Gujarati Vishwakosh]]|title=પંડ્યા ભાનુપ્રસાદ મૂળશંકર|url=https://gujarativishwakosh.org/પંડ્યા-ભાનુપ્રસાદ-મૂળશંક/|date=January 1999|language=gu|access-date=2022-06-13}}</ref>

Pandya died on 9 April 2022.<ref name="Vadgama 2022">{{cite magazine |editor-last=Raval|editor-first=Praful|editor-link=Praful Raval|last=Vadgama|first=Nitin|script-title=gu:પ્રશિષ્ટ સર્જક અને આદર્શ અધ્યાપક: ભાનુપ્રસાદ પંડ્યા|title=Prashisht Sarjak ane Aadarsh Adhyapak: Bhanuprasad Pandya|trans-title=A Classic Writer and an Ideal Professor|magazine=[[Kumar (magazine)|Kumar]] |date=May 2022 |volume=98 |issue=5 |pages=50–52}}</ref>

==Works==
His poetry collections include ''Adoad'' (1972), ''Otaprot'' (1987), ''Shabde Korya Shilpa'' (1999), ''Kshan Samipe Kshan Door Door'' (2003), and ''Shabda na Antarpate'' (2012). In 2019, [[Gujarat Sahitya Akademi]] published his complete poems under the title ''Shabde Korya Shilpa''.<ref name="Vadgama 2022"/> His works of criticism include ''Pratyudagar'' (1978), ''Itarodagar'' (1981), ''Sonnet: Shilpa ane Sarjan'' (1981), ''Anuspand'' (1987), ''Anucharvana'' (1989), ''Samalok'' (1991), ''Manovaijnanik Navalkatha: Svarup ane Vikas'' (2001), ''Anusanket'' (2003), ''Sampratiti'' (2010), and ''Ubhayanvay'' (2015).<ref name="Vadgama 2022"/>

==Awards==
Pandya received [[Kumar Suvarna Chandrak]] (1969), [[Narsinh Mehta Award]] (2011), [[Kavishwar Dalpatram Award]] (2011), and [[Dhanji Kanji Gandhi Suvarna Chandrak]] (2016).<ref name="Vadgama 2022"/>

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Gujarati Vishwakosh}}
* {{GujLit author}}

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[[Category:1932 births]]
[[Category:2022 deaths]]
[[Category:Gujarati-language Indian writers]]
[[Category:People from Amreli district]]
[[Category:Writers from Gujarat]]

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