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	'''Ramanlal Jethalal Joshi''' (22 May 1926 – 10 September 2006) was [[Gujarati language]] literary critic and editor from [[India]]. He studied and later taught at Gujarat University in Ahmedabad. He served at several literary and educational institutions. He edited, authored and published criticism in more than forty-two books. He was awarded the Sahitya Akademi ~~award~~ in 1984.		'''Ramanlal Jethalal Joshi''' (22 May 1926 – 10 September 2006) was [[Gujarati language]] literary critic and editor from [[India]]. He studied and later taught at Gujarat University in Ahmedabad. He served at several literary and educational institutions. He edited, authored and published criticism in more than forty-two books. He was awarded the [[Sahitya Akademi Award]] in 1984.

	==Biography==		==Biography==
	Ramanlal was born on 22 May 1926 in Heerpura near [[Vijapur]] in north [[Gujarat]] to Jethalal and Maniben. His family belonged to [[Vadnagar]] village. He completed primary education from [[Vadnagar]], and secondary education from [[Pilvai]] in north Gujarat. He completed Bachelor of Arts in Gujarati and Sanskrit in 1950 from [[Vadodara]] and Master of Arts in same subjects in 1954 from the [[University of Bombay]]. He was a research fellow at School of Languages, Gujarat University from 1954 to 1959. He taught at GLS Arts College from 1959 to 1962. He completed PhD under [[Umashankar Joshi]] in 1962 from [[Gujarat University]]. He joined the School of Languages in Gujarat University and served as a professor from 1962 to 1968, as a reader from 1969 to 1979, a lecturer of Gujarati from 1979. In 1986, he retired from the post of Director of the School of Languages and Literature, Gujarat University. He later served as the director of College Development Council of Gujarat University.<ref name="AGSI2">{{cite book\|last=Brahmabhatt\|first=Prasad\|title=અર્વાચીન ગુજરાતી સાહિત્યનો ઈતિહાસ (ગાંધીયુગ અને અનુગાંધી યુગ)\|publisher=Parshwa Publication\|year=2007\|location=Ahmedabad\|pages=~~372-373~~\|language=gu\|script-title=gu:Arvachin Gujarati Sahityano Itihas (Gandhiyug Ane Anugandhi Yug)\|trans-title=History of Modern Gujarati Literature (Gandhi Era & Post-Gandhi Era)}}</ref><ref name="Dutt1999">{{cite book\|author=Kartik Chandra Dutt\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QA1V7sICaIwC&pg=PA534\|title=Who's who of Indian Writers, 1999: A-M\|date=1 January 1999\|publisher=Sahitya Akademi\|isbn=978-81-260-0873-5\|page=534\|access-date=5 October 2016\|archive-date=3 February 2021\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210203202504/https://books.google.com/books?id=QA1V7sICaIwC&pg=PA534\|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=gsp>{{cite web\|url=http://www.gujaratisahityaparishad.com/prakashan/sarjako/savishesh/Savishesh-Ramanlal-Joshi.html\|language =gu\|title=રમણલાલ જેઠાલાલ જોશી \|work =[[Gujarati Sahitya Parishad]] \|access-date =12 October 2014}}</ref><ref name="toi">{{cite news\|date=12 September 2006\|title=Author Ramanlal Joshi dead\|work=The Times of India\|url=~~http~~://m.~~timesofindia~~.com/city/ahmedabad/Author-Ramanlal-Joshi-dead/articleshow/1985006.cms\|access-date=11 October 2014\|archive-date=3 February 2021\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210203202501/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/Author-Ramanlal-Joshi-dead/articleshow/1985006.cms?from=mdr\|url-status=live}}</ref>		Ramanlal was born on 22 May 1926 in Heerpura near [[Vijapur]] in north [[Gujarat]] to Jethalal and Maniben. His family belonged to [[Vadnagar]] village. He completed primary education from [[Vadnagar]], and secondary education from [[Pilvai]] in north Gujarat. He completed Bachelor of Arts in Gujarati and Sanskrit in 1950 from [[Vadodara]] and Master of Arts in same subjects in 1954 from the [[University of Bombay]]. He was a research fellow at School of Languages, Gujarat University from 1954 to 1959. He taught at GLS Arts College from 1959 to 1962. He completed PhD under [[Umashankar Joshi]] in 1962 from [[Gujarat University]]. He joined the School of Languages in Gujarat University and served as a professor from 1962 to 1968, as a reader from 1969 to 1979, a lecturer of Gujarati from 1979. In 1986, he retired from the post of Director of the School of Languages and Literature, Gujarat University. He later served as the director of College Development Council of Gujarat University.<ref name="AGSI2">{{cite book\|last=Brahmabhatt\|first=Prasad\|title=અર્વાચીન ગુજરાતી સાહિત્યનો ઈતિહાસ (ગાંધીયુગ અને અનુગાંધી યુગ)\|publisher=Parshwa Publication\|year=2007\|location=Ahmedabad\|pages=372–373\|language=gu\|script-title=gu:Arvachin Gujarati Sahityano Itihas (Gandhiyug Ane Anugandhi Yug)\|trans-title=History of Modern Gujarati Literature (Gandhi Era & Post-Gandhi Era)}}</ref><ref name="Dutt1999">{{cite book\|author=Kartik Chandra Dutt\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QA1V7sICaIwC&pg=PA534\|title=Who's who of Indian Writers, 1999: A-M\|date=1 January 1999\|publisher=Sahitya Akademi\|isbn=978-81-260-0873-5\|page=534\|access-date=5 October 2016\|archive-date=3 February 2021\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210203202504/https://books.google.com/books?id=QA1V7sICaIwC&pg=PA534\|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=gsp>{{cite web\|url=http://www.gujaratisahityaparishad.com/prakashan/sarjako/savishesh/Savishesh-Ramanlal-Joshi.html\|language =gu\|title=રમણલાલ જેઠાલાલ જોશી \|work =[[Gujarati Sahitya Parishad]] \|access-date =12 October 2014}}</ref><ref name="toi">{{cite news\|date=12 September 2006\|title=Author Ramanlal Joshi dead\|work=The Times of India\|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/Author-Ramanlal-Joshi-dead/articleshow/1985006.cms\|access-date=11 October 2014\|archive-date=3 February 2021\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210203202501/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/Author-Ramanlal-Joshi-dead/articleshow/1985006.cms?from=mdr\|url-status=live}}</ref>

	He served as the chairman of the [[Gujarat Sahitya Akademi]] from 1986 to 1987. He also served as the vice president of [[Gujarati Sahitya Parishad]] from 1984 to 1988. He was a member of General Council of [[Sahitya Akademi]], New Delhi from 1983 to 1987. He was the Emeritus Fellow of [[University Grant Commission (India)\|University Grant Commission]] from 1988 to 1998. He was also adviser of Gujarati for ''Encyclopedia of Indian Literature''. He was a founder editor of literary magazine, ''Uddesh'' from August 1990. He died on 10 September 2006 at [[Ahmedabad]].<ref name="AGSI2" /><ref name="Dutt1999" /><ref name="gsp" /><ref name="toi" />		He served as the chairman of the [[Gujarat Sahitya Akademi]] from 1986 to 1987. He also served as the vice president of [[Gujarati Sahitya Parishad]] from 1984 to 1988. He was a member of General Council of [[Sahitya Akademi]], New Delhi from 1983 to 1987. He was the Emeritus Fellow of [[University Grant Commission (India)\|University Grant Commission]] from 1988 to 1998. He was also adviser of Gujarati for ''[[Encyclopedia of Indian Literature]]''. He was a founder editor of literary magazine, ''Uddesh'' from August 1990. He died on 10 September 2006 at [[Ahmedabad]].<ref name="AGSI2" /><ref name="Dutt1999" /><ref name="gsp" /><ref name="toi" />

	==Works==		==Works==
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'''Ramanlal Jethalal Joshi''' (22 May 1926 – 10 September 2006) was [[Gujarati language]] literary critic and editor from [[India]]. He studied and later taught at Gujarat University in Ahmedabad. He served at several literary and educational institutions. He edited, authored and published criticism in more than forty-two books. He was awarded the Sahitya Akademi award in 1984.

==Biography==
Ramanlal was born on 22 May 1926 in Heerpura near [[Vijapur]] in north [[Gujarat]] to Jethalal and Maniben. His family belonged to [[Vadnagar]] village. He completed primary education from [[Vadnagar]], and secondary education from [[Pilvai]] in north Gujarat. He completed Bachelor of Arts in Gujarati and Sanskrit in 1950 from [[Vadodara]] and Master of Arts in same subjects in 1954 from the [[University of Bombay]]. He was a research fellow at School of Languages, Gujarat University from 1954 to 1959. He taught at GLS Arts College from 1959 to 1962. He completed PhD under [[Umashankar Joshi]] in 1962 from [[Gujarat University]]. He joined the School of Languages in Gujarat University and served as a professor from 1962 to 1968, as a reader from 1969 to 1979, a lecturer of Gujarati from 1979. In 1986, he retired from the post of Director of the School of Languages and Literature, Gujarat University. He later served as the director of College Development Council of Gujarat University.<ref name="AGSI2">{{cite book|last=Brahmabhatt|first=Prasad|title=અર્વાચીન ગુજરાતી સાહિત્યનો ઈતિહાસ (ગાંધીયુગ અને અનુગાંધી યુગ)|publisher=Parshwa Publication|year=2007|location=Ahmedabad|pages=372-373|language=gu|script-title=gu:Arvachin Gujarati Sahityano Itihas (Gandhiyug Ane Anugandhi Yug)|trans-title=History of Modern Gujarati Literature (Gandhi Era & Post-Gandhi Era)}}</ref><ref name="Dutt1999">{{cite book|author=Kartik Chandra Dutt|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QA1V7sICaIwC&pg=PA534|title=Who's who of Indian Writers, 1999: A-M|date=1 January 1999|publisher=Sahitya Akademi|isbn=978-81-260-0873-5|page=534|access-date=5 October 2016|archive-date=3 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210203202504/https://books.google.com/books?id=QA1V7sICaIwC&pg=PA534|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=gsp>{{cite web|url=http://www.gujaratisahityaparishad.com/prakashan/sarjako/savishesh/Savishesh-Ramanlal-Joshi.html|language =gu|title=રમણલાલ જેઠાલાલ જોશી |work =[[Gujarati Sahitya Parishad]] |access-date =12 October 2014}}</ref><ref name="toi">{{cite news|date=12 September 2006|title=Author Ramanlal Joshi dead|work=The Times of India|url=http://m.timesofindia.com/city/ahmedabad/Author-Ramanlal-Joshi-dead/articleshow/1985006.cms|access-date=11 October 2014|archive-date=3 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210203202501/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/Author-Ramanlal-Joshi-dead/articleshow/1985006.cms?from=mdr|url-status=live}}</ref>

He served as the chairman of the [[Gujarat Sahitya Akademi]] from 1986 to 1987. He also served as the vice president of [[Gujarati Sahitya Parishad]] from 1984 to 1988. He was a member of General Council of [[Sahitya Akademi]], New Delhi from 1983 to 1987. He was the Emeritus Fellow of [[University Grant Commission (India)|University Grant Commission]] from 1988 to 1998. He was also adviser of Gujarati for ''Encyclopedia of Indian Literature''. He was a founder editor of literary magazine, ''Uddesh'' from August 1990. He died on 10 September 2006 at [[Ahmedabad]].<ref name="AGSI2" /><ref name="Dutt1999" /><ref name="gsp" /><ref name="toi" />

==Works==
His five decades works of criticism, research and editing are published in 42 books. His works of criticism are ''Govardhanram: Ek Adhyayan'' (1963, updated 1978), ''Abhipsa'' (1968–78), ''Pariman'' (1969), ''Shabdasetu'' (1970), ''Pratyaya'' (1970), ''Bharatiya Naval Katha'' Vol I (1974), ''Samantar'' (1976), ''Viniyog'' (1977), ''Gujarati Sahitya Sabhani Katyavahi : 1963'' (1977), ''Vivechanni Prakriya'' (1981), ''Pragnyamurti Govardhanram'' (1986), ''Nishpatti'' (1988), ''Parivesh'' (1988), ''Vivechan ni Abohava'' (1989), ''Aadivachan'' (1995), ''Nirupan'' (1999) and ''Granthno Panth'' (1999).<ref name="AGSI2" />

His books in English are ''Govardhanram'' (1979), ''Variation on a Theme: Essays on Gujarati Literature'' (1993). ''Govardhanram'' is a [[monograph]] on [[Govardhanram Tripathi]]. ''Sva. Sakshar [[Navalram]] Laxmiram nu Jivanvrutant ane Kavijivan'' (1966), ''Shabdalok na Yatrio'' 1–2 (1983) and ''Akshatna Aradhako'' 1''–''2 (1998) are his biographical works.<ref name="AGSI2" />

He coedited ''Akhegeeta'' (1967, 1978, with Umashankar Joshi) and ''Akha na Kavyo'' (1995), the collection of poetry by medieval poet, [[Akho]]. He also coedited ''Kavyasanchay-3'' (1981, with [[Jayant Pathak]]), ''Uttamlal ni Gadyasiddhi'' (1972, with Ramprasad Bakshi), ''Govardhan Pratibha'' (1983), ''Phool Zare Gulmahor'' (1982, 1984, selected stories of [[Gulabdas Broker]]), ''Gurushishya Samvad'' (with [[Dhiru Parikh]]), ''Sundaramna Kavyoi,'' Jyotirekha, Sundaramni Pratinidhi Vartao (1989). He edited ''Gujarati Granthkar Shreni'', a short biographical series on Gujarati litterateurs published by Gujarati Sahitya Parishad, from 1976 to his death in 2006.<ref name="AGSI2" /><ref name="Dutt1999" /><ref name="gsp" /><ref name="toi" /><ref name="NatarajanNelson1996">{{cite book|author1=Nalini Natarajan|author2=Emmanuel Sampath Nelson|title=Handbook of Twentieth-century Literatures of India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1lTnv6o-d_oC&pg=PA121|date=1 January 1996|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|isbn=978-0-313-28778-7|page=121|access-date=5 October 2016|archive-date=3 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210203202522/https://books.google.com/books?id=1lTnv6o-d_oC&pg=PA121|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Awards==
[[File:Ramanlal Jethalal Joshi Road signboard.jpg|thumb|Ramanlal Jethalal Joshi Road in Navrangpura, Ahmedabad, was named after him]]
He was awarded [[Sahitya Akademi award]] in 1984 for his work on process of criticism, ''Vivechanni Prakriya''. He also received [[Anantrai Raval]] Criticism Award in 1993 for his contribution in field of criticism. He was also awarded [[Gujarat Sahitya Akademi]]'s [[Sahitya Gaurav Puraskar]] (in a collaboration with [[Raghuveer Chaudhari]]) in 2001.<ref name="AGSI2" /><ref name="Dutt1999"/><ref name=gsp/><ref name="toi"/>

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

==References==
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==External links==
* {{Internet Archive author|search=Ramanlal Joshi}}
* {{Gbooks-author|Ramanlal Joshi}}

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