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{{short description|Indian poet and writer}}
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{{Infobox writer
| name = Nalin Raval
| image = Nalin Raval.jpg
| caption = Nalin Raval at his home in Ahmedabad, March 2018
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=y|1933|3|17}}
| birth_place = [[Ahmedabad]], [[Gujarat]], India
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2021|4|5|1933|3|17}}
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| occupation = Poet, short story writer
| language = [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]]
| nationality = Indian
| education = B.A., M.A.
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| spouse = {{marriage|Kumud|1963}}
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| awards = {{plainlist|
* [[Kavishwar Dalpatram Award]] (2010)
* [[Narsinh Mehta Award]] (2013)
* [[Ranjitram Suvarna Chandrak]] (2013)
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'''Nalin Chandrakant Raval''' (17 March 1933 – 5 April 2021) was a [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]] poet and short story writer from India.<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=PA138|year=1992|publisher=Sahitya Akademi|isbn=978-81-7201-324-0|page=138}}</ref> Born in Ahmedabad and educated in languages, he taught in colleges. He published five poetry collections along with short stories. He received several awards including [[Ranjitram Suvarna Chandrak]].

==Life==
Nalin Raval was born on 17 March 1933 at [[Ahmedabad]]. He was native of [[Wadhwan]]. He completed his primary education from [[Kalupur]] School No. 7 and secondary education from New Education High school. He completed his matriculation in 1954. He completed B.A. in Gujarati and English in 1956 and M. A. in 1959. In 1953, his first poem was published in ''[[Kumar (magazine)|Kumar]]'' magazine. He briefly taught in [[Bharuch]] and [[Nadiad]] before joining B. D. Arts College at Ahmedabad as a professor of English. He retired in 1993.<ref name="GSP">{{cite web | title=નલિન રાવળ, ગુજરાતી સાહિત્ય પરિષદ | website=Nalin Raval, Gujarati Sahitya Parishad | url=http://www.gujaratisahityaparishad.com/prakashan/photo-gallery/sahitya-sarjako/Nalin-Raval.html | language=gu | accessdate=2015-05-02}}</ref><ref name="divyabhaskar2015">{{cite web | title=નલિન રાવળને રણજિતરામ સુવર્ણચંદ્રક | website=m.divyabhaskar.co.in | date=2015-04-26 | url=http://m.divyabhaskar.co.in/news/Ahmedabad-City/1041/MGUJ-AHM-MAT-latest-ahmedabad-news-023504-1763215-NOR.html | language=gu | accessdate=2015-05-02}}</ref><ref name="Navgujaratsamay 2015">{{cite web | title=નલિન રા‌વળને રણજીતરામ સુવર્ણચંદ્રક એનાયત થયો | website=Navgujaratsamay | date=2015-04-24 | url=http://navgujaratsamay.indiatimes.com/ahmedabad/ahmedabad-other-news/Ranjitram-golden-award-to-nalin-raval/articleshow/47043822.cms | language=gu | accessdate=2015-05-02 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202082104/http://navgujaratsamay.indiatimes.com/ahmedabad/ahmedabad-other-news/Ranjitram-golden-award-to-nalin-raval/articleshow/47043822.cms | archive-date=2 February 2017 | url-status=dead }}</ref>

He married Kumud in 1963. He had three sons Kartik, Ashutosh, Biren and a daughter Rajul.<ref name= sharma>{{cite book |last=Sharma |first=Radheshyam |author-link=Radheshyam Sharma |date=2016 |title= Saksharno Sakshatkar (Question-based Interviews with biographical literary sketches) |volume=Vol. 25 |location=Ahmedabad |publisher=Rannade Prakashan |pages=266}}</ref> Raval died on 5 April 2021.<ref>{{cite magazine |editor-last=Parikh |editor-first=Dhiru |editor-link=Dhiru Parikh |last=Raval |first=Praful |author-link=Praful Raval |script-title=gu:નલિન રાવળની ચિરવિદાય |title=Nalin Raval Ni Chirviday |trans-title=Demise of Nalin Raval |magazine=[[Kumar (magazine)|Kumar]] |date=May 2021 |volume=97 |issue=5 |pages=42–43}}</ref>

==Works==
He had published five poetry collections. ''Udagar'' (Utterance, 1962) is a collection of twenty one poems.<ref name="Lal1992">{{cite book|author=Mohan Lal|title=Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature: Sasay to Zorgot|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KnPoYxrRfc0C&pg=PA4266|year=1992|publisher=Sahitya Akademi|isbn=978-81-260-1221-3|page=4266}}</ref> ''Avkash'' (1972), ''Laylin'' (1996) and ''Aahlaad'' (2008) are his other poetry collections.<ref name="GSP"/><ref name="divyabhaskar2015"/>

''Swapnalok'' (1977) is a collection of sixteen short stories.<ref name="GSP"/>

''Paschatya Kavita'' (1973) is a work of criticism on Western poetry. ''Kavitanu Swarup'' (2001) is critical survey of other poets and their works. ''Anubhav'' (1975) is essays on his relation with poetry. He edited ''Priyakant Maniyar'', an introduction of his author friend, [[Priyakant Maniyar]].<ref name="GSP"/>

He translated ''Sindhi Sahityana Itihasni Rooprekha'' (Timeline of History of [[Sindhi language|Sindhi]] Literature, 1977).<ref name="GSP"/>

==Awards==
He was awarded [[Kavishwar Dalpatram Award]] in 2010 and [[Narsinh Mehta Award]] in 2013. He was also awarded [[Ranjitram Suvarna Chandrak]] for 2013.<ref name="GSP"/><ref name="divyabhaskar2015"/><ref name="Navgujaratsamay 2015"/><ref name="Akilanews.com 2015">{{cite web | title=જૂનાગઢમાં પુ.મોરારીબાપુના હસ્‍તે કવિ નલિન રાવળ અને હરિકૃષ્‍ણ પાઠકને નરસિંહ મહેતા એવોર્ડ| website=Akilanews.com | date=2015-05-02 | url=http://www.akilanews.com/19102013/saurashtra-news/919331382164272-9193 | language=gu | accessdate=2015-05-02}}</ref>

==References ==
{{reflist}}

==Further reading==
* {{cite book |title=Avakashpankhi (Collected Poems by Nalin Raval) |editor-last=Joshi |editor-first=Yogesh |editor-link=Yogesh Joshi |year=2015 |publisher=[[Gujarat Sahitya Academy]] |location=Gandhinagar |isbn=978-93-83317-48-6}}

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

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[[Category:1933 births]]
[[Category:2021 deaths]]
[[Category:Writers from Ahmedabad]]
[[Category:Gujarati-language poets]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian poets]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian short story writers]]
[[Category:Poets from Gujarat]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Ranjitram Suvarna Chandrak]]

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