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{{short description|Indian editor and translator from Gujarat}}
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{{Infobox writer
| name = Jayant Meghani
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=y|1938|8|10}}
| birth_place = [[Botad]], British India
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=y|2020|12|4|1938|8|10}}
| death_place = [[Bhavnagar]], [[Gujarat]], India
| occupation = editor and translator
| language = [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]], English
| nationality = Indian
| education = B. Com., Diploma in Library Science
| alma_mater = [[Gujarat University]]<br>[[Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda]]
| notable_works = ''Collected Works of Jhaverchand Meghani''
| spouse =
| relatives = [[Jhaverchand Meghani]] (father)
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'''Jayant Jhaverchand Meghani''' (10 August 1938 – 4 December 2020) was an Indian editor, translator and [[Bookselling|bookman]] from [[Gujarat]], India. He was the second son of Gujarati writer [[Jhaverchand Meghani]] whose several works he edited.

==Biography==
Meghani was born on 10 August 1938 in [[Botad]], [[Gujarat]] as the second son of [[Jhaverchand Meghani]], a Gujarati writer.<ref name="Trivedi 2020">{{cite web|last=Trivedi|first=Keval|title=રાષ્ટ્રીય શાયર ઝવેરચંદ મેઘાણીના પુત્ર અને લેખક જયંત મેઘાણીનું નિધન|website=Gujarati Mid-day|date=4 December 2020|url=https://www.gujaratimidday.com/news/articles/zaverchand-meghanis-son-jayant-meghani-died-130161|language=gu|access-date=4 December 2020|archive-date=14 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201214192407/https://www.gujaratimidday.com/news/articles/zaverchand-meghanis-son-jayant-meghani-died-130161|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Who's Who">{{cite book|title=Reference Guide of India: Who's Who|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SW8vAQAAIAAJ|year=1973|publisher=Premier Publishers|location=New Delhi|oclc=693212429}}</ref> After schooling in Botad, he completed his [[Bachelor of Commerce]] from [[Gujarat University]], [[Ahmedabad]] in 1960, and obtained a Diploma in Library Science from [[Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda]] in 1962.<ref name="Who's Who"/><ref name="Bhave 2018">{{cite book|last=Bhave|first=Sanjay Shripad|title=Gujarātī Sāhityano Itihāsa (Svātantryottara Yuga - 2)|script-title=gu:ગુજરાતી સાહિત્યનો ઇતિહાસ (સ્વાતંત્રયોત્તર યુગ - 2)|trans-title=History of Gujarati Literature (Post-independence Era - 2)|publisher=K. L. Study Centre, [[Gujarati Sahitya Parishad]]|isbn=978-81-939074-1-2|editor-last=Desai|editor-first=Parul Kandarp|series=8|volume=2|location=Ahmedabad|date=November 2018|pages=371–372|language=gu}}</ref>

He worked as a librarian at Gandhi Smriti Library, [[Bhavnagar]] for six years, and then as a manager at Lokmilap Trust, Bhavnagar for eight years. In 1972, he founded Prasaar, a book shop in Bhavnagar.<ref name="Bhave 2018"/><ref name="The Times of India 2020" /><ref name="Bhatt2021">{{cite journal|last=Bhatt|first=Subhash|date=January 2021|editor-last=Doshi|editor-first=Deepak|title=Aatmiya Shri Jayant Meghani: Aami Sakha Matra|script-title=gu:આત્મીય શ્રી જયંત મેઘાણી: આમિ સખા માત્ર|trans-title=|journal=Navneet Samarpan|language=gu|publisher=P. V. Shankarankutti, [[Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan]]|location=Mumbai|volume=41|issue=9|pages=35–39|issn=2455-4162}}</ref>

He died on 4 December 2020 in Bhavnagar.<ref name="Trivedi 2020"/><ref name="The Times of India 2020">{{cite web|last=|first=|date=5 December 2020|title=Gujarat: Noted bookman Jayant Meghani passes away|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/noted-bookman-jayant-meghani-passes-away/articleshow/79572068.cms|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201204230725/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/noted-bookman-jayant-meghani-passes-away/articleshow/79572068.cms|archive-date=4 December 2020|access-date=5 December 2020|website=The Times of India}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Ranganathan|first=Murali|title=Jayant Meghani (1938-2020): Remembering the meticulous bookseller of Bhavnagar|url=https://scroll.in/article/981670/jayant-meghani-1938-2020-remembering-the-maverick-but-meticulous-bookseller-of-bhavnagar|access-date=2020-12-19|website=Scroll.in|language=en-US}}</ref>

==Works==
Meghani edited several books including ''Sona-Navadi : Samagra Kavita'', ''Saurashtra Ni Rasadhar : Sankalit Avritti'', ''Sorathi Baharvatia : Sankalit Avritti'', Radhiali Raat : Brihad Avritti'', ''Loksahitya ane Charani Sahitya' : Vyakhyano ane Lekho', ''Meghani Na Natako'' (1997), ''Meghani Ni Samagra Navalika'' (1998), and ''Paribhraman: Navsankaran'' (2009, with Ashok Meghani). These edited volumes were later included in the ''Complete works of Jhaverchand Meghani'', published by [[Gujarat Sahitya Academy]], which were also edited by Meghani himself. He had completed editing of 12 volumes of the 19-volume series.<ref name="Bhave 2018"/><ref name="The Times of India 2020" />

He has also written ''Saptaparni'', ''Anukruti'', ''Ravindra-Putravadhu'' as well as ''The Story of Gandhi''.<ref name="Trivedi 2020" />

He translated four books for the ''Oxford Illustrated Stories for Adult'' series: ''Aladin Ane Alibaba'' (1984), ''Columbus'' (1984), ''Apaharan'' (1986), and ''Hercules'' (1986). He translated ''[[Xuanzang|Hiuan-Tsang]] No Bharat-Pravas'' (1995) for [[National Book Trust]]'s ''Nehru Children Library Series''. He translated [[Rabindranath Tagore]]'s several poems under the title ''Tanakhala'' which is also notable for it design.<ref name="Bhave 2018" /> He translated Mittal Patel's book ''Sarnama Vina Na Manvio'' (''People Without Address'') from Gujarati to English.<ref name="The Times of India 2020" />

== Reception ==
Sanjay Shripad Bhave has called his editing "exemplary" and attributed it to his expertise in literature, bookkeeping and library science.<ref name="Bhave 2018" />

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

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Jayant Meghani - Revision history

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