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{{Short description|Gujarati poet from India}}
{{Infobox writer
| name = Pranav Pandya
| image = Gujarati Poet Pranav Pandya.jpg
| birth_name = Pranav Vinodbhai Pandya
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=y|1976|3|16}}
| birth_place = [[Amreli]], [[Gujarat]], [[India]]
| occupation = writer, poet and columnist
| language = [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]]
| nationality = [[India]]n
| education = M.A., M.Phil.
| awards = [[Ravji Patel]] Award (2013)<br />[[Shayda Award]] (2019)
| years_active = 1998–present
}}{{For|religious leader|Pranav Pandya (AWGP)}}
'''Pranav Vinodbhai Pandya'''<ref name="Divya Bhaskar 2019">{{cite news |first=Raghuveer |last=Chaudhari |author-link=Raghuveer Chaudhari |title=પ્રણવના પિતા: નાનાની મોટાઈનું મોટું ઉદાહરણ |newspaper=[[Divya Bhaskar]] | date=1 April 2019 |url=https://www.divyabhaskar.co.in/news/RDHR-RACH-HDLN-article-by-raghuvir-chaudhari-gujarati-news-6041622-NOR.html |language=gu}}</ref> is a [[Gujarati language|Gujarati-language]] writer, poet and columnist from [[Gujarat]], [[India]]. In 2013, he received Kavi [[Ravji Patel]] Yuva Sahitya Pratibha Award, instituted by [[Gujarat Samachar]].<ref name="Swarsetu News Digest">{{cite magazine |title=Ravji Patel Award 2013 |magazine=Swarsetu News Digest |date=March 2013 |editor=[[Shyamal-Saumil]] |language=gu |volume=2 |issue=9 |pages=14–16}}</ref> In 2019, the [[Indian National Theatre]] awarded him the [[Shayda Award]] for his contribution to [[Gujarati literature|Gujarati poetry]].<ref name="Akila News 2019">{{cite web | title=ઉદયન ઠકકર અને પ્રણવ પંડ્યાને આઈએનટીનો એવોર્ડ અપાશેઃ ૩ ઓગષ્ટના કાર્યક્રમ | website=Akila News | date=30 July 2019 | url=https://www.akilanews.com/Gujarat_news/Detail/30-07-2019/111802 | language=gu | access-date=29 October 2019}}</ref>

==Biography==
Pranav Pandya was born on 16 March 1976, on the day of [[Holi|Dhuleti]], in [[Amreli]]. He completed his primary and secondary education in Amreli. He graduated from Pratapray Arts College, Amreli in 1997, and completed his Master of Arts from the department of English of [[Saurashtra University]] in 1999, with English literature. He received B.Ed. from D.G.T. College, Aliyabada. In 2006, he earned M.Phil. for his thesis {{'}}''Angreji ane Sanskrut Kavyashastra Ma Prastut Kavya Vyakhya, Hetu ane Prayojanano Tulanatmak Abhyas''{{'}} submitted to Saurashtra University.<ref name="Phulchhab">{{cite news |script-title=gu:કાવ્ય સંચાલનમાં પ્રવીણ : પ્રણવ પંડ્યા |title=Kavya Sanchalan Ma Pravin: Pranav Pandya |newspaper=[[Phulchhab]] |date=8 February 2021 |page=13 |language=gu}}</ref><ref name= "Saksharno Sakshatkar">{{cite book |last=Sharma |first=Radheshyam |author-link=Radheshyam Sharma |date=2016 |title= Saksharno Sakshatkar (Question-based Interviews with biographical literary sketches) |volume=23 |location=Ahmedabad |publisher=Rannade Prakashan |pages=300–305 |isbn=978-93-5200-310-5 |language=gu}}</ref>

From 2002, Pandya has been working as an assistant teacher in Shri M.K.C. Girls High School, [[Chalala]].<ref name="Phulchhab"/> He is one of the trustees of [[Narsinh Mehta]] Sahitya Nidhi Trust, [[Junagadh]].<ref name="Divya Bhaskar 2019"/>

==Works==
Pandya started writing poetry in 1993.<ref name= "Saksharno Sakshatkar"/> ''Kavita Thi Vadhu Kai Nahi'', his collection of poems was published in 2013. It contains 55 [[ghazal]]s, 20 [[Geet (song)|geets]], and 5 free verse. The book was critically acclaimed by [[Ramesh Parekh]] and [[Ankit Trivedi]].<ref name="Phulchhab"/>

He edited the three volumes of ''Manpanchamna Melama'' (2013), collected poetry of [[Ramesh Parekh]], in collaboration with [[Sanju Vala]] and Arvind Bhatt. It was published by [[Gujarat Sahitya Academy]].<ref name="Swarsetu News Digest"/> He also edited ''...Ne Sambhare Kalapi'' (2002) which was based on poet [[Kalapi]].<ref name="Swarsetu News Digest"/>

Since 2014, Pandya has been writing a weekly column, ''Shwaas Nu Recharge'', in ''[[Phulchhab]]''. He has been writing columns in ''[[Janmabhumi]]'' and ''[[Kutchmitra]]'' since 2016. The articles published in ''Phulchhab'' were later compiled and published in his book ''Shwaas Nu Recharge'' (2015). The next volumes of these articles was published under the title ''Man No Talktime'' in 2016 by [[Navajivan Trust|Navajivan Publications]].<ref name="Phulchhab"/> Both books were reviewed by [[Raghuveer Chaudhari]] in ''[[Divya Bhaskar]]'', who praised it for author's study of contemporary Gujarati literature.<ref name="Divya Bhaskar 2019"/><ref name="Divya Bhaskar">{{cite news |last=Chaudhari |first=Raghuveer |author-link=Raghuveer Chaudhari |title=સાહિત્ય વિશેષ:સુવિચારનો વિસ્તાર, વિચારની રચના-'મનનો ટોકટાઈમ' |url=https://www.divyabhaskar.co.in/news/area-of-good-thought-thought-formation-128078781.html |date=3 January 2021 |language=gu}}</ref>

For Pandya's poetry, Gujarati poet [[Ramesh Parekh]] noted that "Pranav Pandya has to be noted in [[Gujarati literature]] for his concrete poetic voice".<ref>{{cite book |last=Parekh |first=Ramesh |title=કવિતા એટલે આ... (Critical appreciation of contemporay Gujarati poetry) |author-link=Ramesh Parekh |oclc=228633980 |pages=232–233 |publisher=[[Gujarati Sahitya Parishad]] |location=Ahmedabad}}</ref>

==Awards==
In 2019, the [[Indian National Theatre]] awarded him the [[Shayada Award]] for his contribution in Gujarati poetry. In the same year, he was awarded Rajvi Kavi [[Kalapi]] Sanman.<ref name="Phulchhab"/><ref>{{cite news |last=Parmar |first=Snehi |title=અમરેલી ઘરાનાના ઓજસ્વી કવિના પોંખાણ |newspaper=[[Phulchhab]] |date=13 January 2019 |language=gu |page=5}}</ref> He is also a recipient of Kavi [[Ravji Patel]] Yuva Sahitya Pratibha Award (2013), instituted by [[Gujarat Samachar]].<ref name="Swarsetu News Digest"/>

==Publications==
* ''...Ne Sambhare Kalapi'' (2002), based on poet [[Kalapi]]
* ''Kavita Thi Vadhu Kai Nahi'' (2013), collection of poems
* ''Manpanchamna Melama'' (2013), collected poetry of [[Ramesh Parekh]] (co-edited with [[Sanju Vala]] and Arvind Bhatt)
* ''Shwaas Nu Recharge'' (2015), collection of essays
* ''Man No Talktime'' (2016), collection of essays

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

==References==
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[[Category:People from Amreli district]]
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[[Category:Indian columnists]]

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