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{{Infobox writer
| name = Mukund Parikh
| image = Writer Mukund Parikh.jpg
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| caption = At government college, Kathlal, January 2018
| pseudonym =
| birth_name = Mukund Bhailal Parikh
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1934|1|26}}
| birth_place = Nadisar, [[Panchmahal district]], [[Gujarat]], India
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| occupation = Poet, novelist, playwright
| language = [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]]
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| nationality = Indian
| education = B.A, LL.B
| alma_mater = [[Gujarat University]]
| period = modern [[Gujarati literature]]
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| movement = Re Math, Akanth Sabarmati
| notableworks = ''Mahabhinishkraman'' (1968)
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'''Mukund Parikh''' is a [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]] novelist, poet and playwright from [[Gujarat]], India.

==Life==
Mukund Parikh was born on 26 January 1934 in Nadisar village (now in [[Panchmahal district]], Gujarat) to Bhailal Parikh. He completed his primary and secondary education from his native town [[Balasinor]]. He completed his B. A. in Economics from Dharmendrasinhji College, [[Rajkot]] in 1957. He worked in a Provident Fund Commissioner Office from 1954 to 1980. He studied LL.B. from [[Ahmedabad]] in 1980 from [[Gujarat University]]. Since 1981, he is working as a lawyer.<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=196–198|language=gu|trans-title=History of Modern Gujarati Literature – Modern and Postmodern Era}}</ref>

==Works==
His ''Mahabhinishkraman'' (1968) was an experimental novel.<ref name="George1992">{{cite book|author=K. M. George|title=Modern Indian Literature, an Anthology: Surveys and poems|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=m1R2Pa3f7r0C&pg=PA141|year=1992|publisher=Sahitya Akademi|isbn=978-81-7201-324-0|page=141}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=The Illustrated Weekly of India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=V7gnAQAAIAAJ|volume=101|year=1980|publisher=Times of India}}</ref> The story follows a [[love triangle]] of a character named Amit Dalal and it explores his relationship with three ladies: Chandan, his mother; Rama, his wife and Saroj, his lover. Parikh employs the [[Stream of consciousness (narrative mode)|stream of consciousness]] in his narration. He has used motifs such as [[pipal tree]] and darkness. He has explored [[Oedipus complex]] in his character's relationships. The novel was particularly praised for its language.<ref name="AGSI"/><ref name="Kendra2007">{{cite book|title=Gujarat|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=g4oMAQAAMAAJ|year=2007|publisher=Smt. Hiralaxmi Navanitbhai Shah Dhanya Gurjari Kendra, Gujarat Vishvakosh Trust|page=404}}</ref>

He was associated with the experimental literary circles such as Re Math and Akanth Sabarmati. His [[one-act play]] ''Choras Inda Ane Gol Kabaro'' was included in a collection of five one-act plays ''Make Believe'' (1968) published by Re Math. This play is considered as an example of an [[Theatre of the Absurd|absurd play]] from the early period of modern Gujarati literature. It is a psychological play flipping the places of an actor and the viewers in the theatre. ''Moksh'' (1975) is his one-act plays collection.<ref name="AGSI"/>

''Man Chitarie'' (2004) is his poetry collection awarded by [[Gujarat Sahitya Akademi]].<ref name="AGSI"/>

He co-edited poetry journal ''Shabda'' with [[Ravji Patel]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Indian Literature|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xAUwAQAAMAAJ|accessdate=31 January 2017|date=January 2009|publisher=Sahitya Akademi.|page=263}}</ref>

==See also==

* [[List of Gujarati-language writers]]

==References==
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