Mohan Parmar

Mohan Parmar (born 15 March 1948) is a Gujarati language short story writer, novelist and critic. Parmar won the Sahitya Akademi Award for Gujarati in 2011 for his short story collection Anchalo. He was earlier editor of Hayati, an organ of Gujarati Dalit Sahitya Akademi, along with Harish Mangalam. He served as deputy editor of Parab, a monthly journal of Gujarati Sahitya Parishad.^[1]

Mohan Parmar
at ATMA Hall, Ahmedabad, March 2017
Born	Mohan Ambalal Parmar (1948-03-15) 15 March 1948 (age 77) Bhasariya, Mahesana, Gujarat
Occupation	Short story writer, Novelist, Critic
Language	Gujarati
Nationality	Indian
Education	Master of Arts Ph.D.
Alma mater	Gujarat University
Period	Postmodern Gujarati literature
Genres	Short story, Novel
Literary movement	Gujarati Dalit literature
Years active	1975–present
Notable works	Poth (2001) Anchalo (2008)
Notable awards	Uma-Snehrashmi Prize (2000–2001) Premanand Suvarna Chandrak (2011) Sahitya Akademi Award (2011)
Spouse	Jashoda Parmar (1972–present)
Children	Manoj Parmar (son)
Signature
Academic background
Thesis	The Distinguishable Dimensions of Short Story after Suresh Joshi Particularly in Reference to Kishor Jadav, Madhu Rai, Radheshyam Sharma and Jyotish Jani
Doctoral advisor	Chandrakant Topiwala

Early life

Parmar was born in Bhasariya, a village in Mahesana district of Gujarat, India to Ambalal and Manchhiben. He completed his primary education from Bhasariya Primary School, and took his secondary education at Linch and Aambaliyasan villages, earning his S.S.C. in 1966. He completed his B.A. in 1982 from Mahesana college with Gujarati literature. He completed M.A. in 1984 as an external student from Gujarat University, earning a Ph.D. in 1994 under Chandrakant Topiwala. His doctoral thesis was The Distinguishable Dimensions of Short Story after Suresh Joshi.^[2]

Works

Kolahal, his first short story collection, was published in 1980, followed by Vaayak (1995) and Anchalo (2008). His novels include Bhekhad (1982), Vikriya, Kaalgrasta, Prapti (1990), Neliyu (1992), and Luptavedh (2006). His critical works are published as Sanvitti (1984), Ansaar (1989), and Vartarohan (2005). His research work Suresh Joshi Pachhini Vartana Vishesh Parinamo was published in 2001.^[3]

He edited Jyotish Janini Vartasrishti (2013), a collection of selected stories of Jyotish Jani.^{[citation needed]}

Recognition

He won the Sahitya Akademi Award of 2011 for his short story collection Anchalo (2008).^[4] He received the Uma-Snehrashmi Prize (2000–01), Sant Kabir Award (2003) and Premanand Suvarna Chandrak (2011).^[2]

Personal life

Parmar is a retired administrative officer of Gujarat Maritime Board, Gandhinagar.^[3]

See also

• List of Gujarati-language writers