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{{Short description|Indian critic and translator}}
{{distinguish|Ramanlal Soni}}
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| name = Raman Soni
| image = Raman Soni.jpg
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| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1946|7|7}}
| birth_place = Chitroda, [[Idar, Gujarat|Idar]] (now in [[Sabarkantha district]] of [[Gujarat]]), India
| occupation = literary critic, editor, translator and bibliographer
| language = [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]]
| nationality = Indian
| education = PhD
| alma_mater = L. D. Arts College, [[Ahmedabad]]
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| signature = Raman Soni autograph.svg
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| doctoral_advisor = [[Chimanlal Trivedi]]
| thesis_title = Ushnasnu Sarjan Ane Vivechan
| thesis_url = http://hdl.handle.net/10603/48440
| thesis_year = 1980
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'''Raman Kantilal Soni''' (born 7 July 1946) is a [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]] literary critic and editor from [[Gujarat]], India. He taught Gujarati at various colleges in Gujarat. He edited ''Pratyaksha'', a literary criticism magazine, from 1991 to 2017. He has edited several collections of short stories and poetry as well as catalogs and writer-specific collections.

==Biography==
Raman Soni was born on 7 July 1946 in Chitroda village near [[Idar, Gujarat|Idar]] (now in [[Sabarkantha district]] of Gujarat). He completed [[Secondary School Certificate|SSC]] in 1963. He completed BA in 1967 from L. D. Arts College, [[Ahmedabad]] and MA in 1969 from [[Gujarat University]]. He served as a professor in the Arts-Science College in [[Petlad]] in 1970–71. He served as the professor of Gujarati and later the Head of the Department in Arts-Commerce College in [[Idar, Gujarat|Idar]] from 1971 to 1989. He received PhD in 1981 for his thesis ''Ushnasnu Sarjan Ane Vivechan'' on Gujarati writer [[Ushnas]]. He joined the Department of Gujarati in [[Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda]] in 1989 as a reader and retired as the professor. From 1980 to 1985, he served as an editor and co-editor of ''Gujarati Sahityakosh'' published by [[Gujarati Sahitya Parishad]].<ref name="desai 2018" /> He founded and edited ''Pratyaksha'', the only Gujarati literary criticism magazine of its time, from 1991 to its closure in 2017.<ref name="desai 2018" /><ref>{{Cite book |title=Samayik Kosh |publisher=Gurjar Sahitya Prakashan |isbn=9789394096110 |editor-last=Vyas |editor-first=Kishor |edition=1st |location=Ahmedabad |publication-date=2022-05-01 |pages=104, 187 |language=gu |script-title=gu:સામયિક કોશ}}</ref> He has worked as an honorary secretary and later as the president of Gujarati Adhyapak Sangh. He was a member of advisory committee of [[Sahitya Akademi]].<ref name="desai 2018">{{cite book|last=Desai|first=Parul Kandarp|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=306–313|language=gu}}</ref>

==Works==
Soni has published several works of literary criticism including ''Kavitanu Shikshan'' (1978, with [[Manilal H. Patel]]), ''Vivechansandarbh'' (1994), ''Sabhipray'' (1998), ''Samaksh'' (2001), ''Paroksh-Pratyakshe'' (2004), ''Mathavu Na Mithya'' (2009), ''Giridharo ane Pichchhdahroni Vachche'' (2013),<ref name="desai 2018"/> ''Pratyakshiya'' (2018) and ''Mari Nazare'' (2022).{{citation needed|date=August 2022}} He wrote three works on writer-specific criticism: ''Khabardar'' (1981) on [[Ardeshar Khabardar]], ''Ushnas: Sarjak Ane Vivechak'' (his thesis on Ushnas, 1984) and ''Krishnalal Shridharani'' (1998) on [[Krishnalal Shridharani]].<ref name="desai 2018"/>

He has edited the collections of short stories and poetry as well as catalogs and writer-specific collections. The short stories collections edited by him include Bhupesh Adhvaryu's ''Hanuman Lav Kush Milan'' (1995), [[Ramnarayan V. Pathak]]'s ''Dwirefni Uttam Vartao'' (1999) and ''2001ni Shreshth Vartao'' (The Best Stories of 2001, published in 2002). He edited poetry collections such as Krishnalal Shridharani's ''Shridharanina Uttam Kavyo'' (2000), ''Gujarati Kavitachayan 1995'' (1998) and Ushnas's ''Chahera Ane Rasto'' (1999). ''Vidyaparva'' (2002) includes the academic articles published in the remembrance conference held following deaths of [[Harivallabh Bhayani]] and [[Jayant Kothari]]. ''Nepathyethi Prakashvartulma'' (1996) is a collection of articles by 45 Gujarati editors regarding their editing activities. ''Samayik Lekhsuchi'' (2006) includes the list of articles published in 22 magazines between 1996 and 2000.<ref name="desai 2018" /> He edited [[Premanand Bhatt|Premanand]]'s three works: ''Chandrahasakhyan'' (1995), ''[[Nalakhyan]]'' (2005) and ''Okhaharan'' (2005).<ref name="desai 2018"/> Other works edited by him include ''Roopaksaptak'' (2003), ''Gujarati Sahityano Itihas'' Series 1-4 (History of Gujarati Literature, published 2001–2005) as well as ''Anuvad: Siddhant Ane Samiksha'' (2009).<ref name="desai 2018"/> He has edited ''Avalokan-vishva'' (2017), a collection of articles on 85 contemporary Indian and foreign language works.{{citation needed|date=August 2022}}

He translated two works in Gujarati: ''[[Totto-Chan: The Little Girl at the Window]]'' as ''Tottochan'' (2001)<ref name="desai 2018"/> and [[Peter Bichsel]]'s ''Kindergeschichten'' as '' America Chhe Ne, Chhe Ja Nahi'', a collection of children's stories.{{citation needed|date=August 2022}}

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

== References ==
{{reflist}}

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

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