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| name = Jyotish Jani
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| caption = Jani in 1999
| birth_name = Jyotish Jagannath Jani
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=y|1928|11|9}}
| birth_place = Peej village (now in [[Kheda district]], [[Gujarat]]
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| occupation = Novelist, poet and short story
| language = [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]]
| nationality = Indian
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'''Jyotish Jagannath Jani''' (born 9 November 1928) is a [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]] novelist, poet and short story writer from [[Gujarat]], India.

==Life==
Jyotish Jani was born on 9 November 1928 at Peej village (now in [[Kheda district]], Gujarat). He studied in [[Surat]] and [[matriculated]] in 1945. In 1951, he completed B. Sc. in Chemistry from M. T. B. College. He did a Diploma in Journalism in 1963. He had a job in Accountant General in [[Mumbai]] which he left and joined editing department in ''[[Sandesh (Indian newspaper)|Sandesh]]'' daily where he worked from 1962 to 1966. He was appointed subeditor there. In 1966-67, he worked as the Assistant Publicity Officer in Jyoti Limited, [[Vadodara]]. From 1974 to 1977, he was the Publicity and Public Relations Officer in Citizen's Council, Vadodara. He served as a subeditor in ''[[Gujarat Samachar]]'' daily from 1983 to 1986. He later served as a subeditor of ''Loksatta'' daily. He was an editor of ''Sangnya'' and editor of ''[[Shabdasrishti]]'' (October 1986 - February 1990) magazines.<ref name="AGSI">{{cite book|title=અર્વાચીન ગુજરાતી સાહિત્યનો ઈતિહાસ - આધુનિક અને અનુઆધુનિક યુગ|last=Brahmabhatt|first=Prasad|publisher=Parshwa Publication|year=2010|isbn=978-93-5108-247-7|location=Ahmedabad|pages=193–196|language=gu|trans-title=History of Modern Gujarati Literature – Modern and Postmodern Era}}</ref><ref name="Topiwala 2018">{{Cite web|url=http://gujaratisahityaparishad.com/prakashan/sarjako/savishesh/Savishesh-Jyotish-Jani.html|title=જ્યોતિષ જાનિ|last=Topiwala|first=Chandrakant|authorlink=Chandrakant Topiwala|website=gujaratisahityaparishad.com|publisher=Gujarati Sahitya Parishad|language=en|trans-title=Jyotish Jani|access-date=2018-04-04}}</ref>

==Works==
Jani's first novella, ''Chakhadie Chadhi Chalya Hasmukhlal'' was a [[tragicomedy]]. ''Achala'' (1980) was his second novel. ''Char Divalo Ek Hanger'' (1967), ''Abhnivesh'' (1975), ''Pandar Adhunik Vartao'' (1977) are his collections of short stories. ''Shabdna Landscape'' (1981) is his essay collection while ''Feenni Divalo'' (1966) is his poetry collection.<ref name="AGSI"/><ref name="Topiwala 2018" />

''Samvad-Vivad'' (1983) is his work of criticism which includes his questionnaire with [[Suresh Joshi]]. ''[[Henrik Ibsen]]'' is his study work. ''Urdu Vartao'' (1972) and ''Muktamanav'' (1978) are his translations.<ref name="AGSI"/><ref name="Topiwala 2018" />

''Jyotish Janini Vartasrishti'' (2013) is a collection of his selected stories edited by [[Mohan Parmar]].

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

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Gbooks-author|Jyotish Jani}}

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[[Category:20th-century Indian poets]]
[[Category:Novelists from Gujarat]]
[[Category:21st-century Indian poets]]
[[Category:Indian male poets]]
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[[Category:Indian male short story writers]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian essayists]]
[[Category:Indian literary critics]]

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