Kanhaiyalal Maneklal Munshi,popularly known by his pen name Ghanshyam Vyas,was an Indian independence movement activist,politician,writer and educationist from Gujarat state. A lawyer by profession,he later turned to author and politician. He is a well-known name in Gujarati literature. He founded Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan,an educational trust,in 1938.
Tarasankar Bandyopadhyay was an Indian novelist who wrote in the Bengali language. He wrote 65 novels,53-story-books,12 plays,4 essay-books,4 autobiographies,2 travel stories and composed several songs. He was awarded Rabindra Puraskar,Sahitya Akademi Award,Jnanpith Award,Padma Shri and Padma Bhushan.
Umashankar Jethalal Joshi was an Indian poet,scholar and writer known for his contribution to Gujarati literature.
Govardhanram Madhavram Tripathi was an Indian Gujarati language novelist of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He is known for his four volume novel,Saraswatichandra,acclaimed as one of the masterpieces of Gujarati literature. The novel represents the life of Gujarat during the early part of 19th-century.
Varsha Mahendra Adalja is an Indian Gujarati language feminist novelist,playwright and negotiator who won the 1995 Sahitya Akademi Award for Gujarati language for her novel Ansar. She is also a dramatist,writing for stage plays,screenplays,and radio.
Dhiruben Gordhanbhai Patel is an Indian novelist,playwright and translator.
Hansa Jivraj Mehta was a reformist,social activist,educator,independence activist,feminist and writer from India.
Swami Anand was a monk,a Gandhian activist and a Gujarati writer from India. He is remembered as the manager of Gandhi's publications such as Navajivan and Young India and for having inspired Gandhi to pen his autobiography,The Story of My Experiments with Truth. He wrote sketches,memoir,biographies,philosophy,travelogues and translated some works.
Jyotindra Hariharshankar Dave was a Gujarati humourist writer from India. Born and educated at Surat,he is regarded as a great humourist writer in Gujarati literature.
Raghuveer Chaudhari is a novelist,poet and critic from Gujarat,India. He has also worked as a columnist for numerous newspapers,such as Sandesh,Janmabhumi,Nirikshaka and Divya Bhaskar. He was a teacher at the Gujarat University until his retirement in 1998. His most significant contributions have been in Gujarati language but he has also written Hindi articles. He received the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1977,for his novel trilogy Uparvas. He received Jnanpith Award,considered to be India's highest literary award,in 2015. In 2019,he was awarded a D.Lit. by Gujarat University.
Ramanlal Vasantlal Desai was an Indian Gujarati language writer. He is considered as an important figure of the Gujarati literature as well as Gujarati novel writing. He wrote 27 novels,among which,Bharelo Agni and Gramalakshmi are considered to be his magnum opus. His other notable and massive work is Apsara,essays divided in five volumes which is based on the life of prostitutes. He was awarded Ranjitram Suvarna Chandrak in 1932.
Vidyagauri Nilkanth was an Indian social reformer,educationist,and writer. She was also one of the first two women graduates in Gujarat.
Ila Arab Mehta is a Gujarati novelist and story writer from Gujarat,India.
Kundanika Kapadia was an Indian novelist,story writer and essayist from Gujarat.
Ramnarayan Vishwanath Pathak was a Gujarati poet and writer from India. Profoundly influenced by Gandhian thought,Pathak wrote criticism,poetry,drama,metrics and short stories. He edited and translated literary works. He was appointed the president of Gujarati Sahitya Parishad in 1946. He was awarded the Gujarati literary prizes Narmad Suvarna Chandrak for Prachin Gujarati Chhando in 1949 and Sahitya Akademi Award for Bruhat Pingal in 1956.
Dhansukhlal Krishnalal Mehta was a Gujarati writer from Gujarat,India. He is considered a pioneer of Gujarati short stories. He is known for his humorous novel Ame Badha,co-written with Jyotindra Dave. He received the Gujarati literary awards Ranjitram Suvarna Chandrak in 1940 and the Narmad Suvarna Chandrak in 1957.
Vinodini Ramanbhai Nilkanth was a Gujarati writer,translator,and academic. She wrote novels,essays,short stories,journalist columns,and children's literature.
Sharda Mehta was an Indian social worker,proponent of women's education,and a Gujarati writer. Born to a family of social reformers,she was one of the first two women graduates in the modern-day Gujarat state of India. She established institutes for women's education and women's welfare. She wrote several essays and an autobiography as well as translated some works.
Kanchanlal Vasudev Mehta,better known by his pen name Malayanil,was a Gujarati short story writer from British India known for his humorous pieces. He was a pioneer of modern short story writing in Gujarati.
Kishorlal Ghanshyamlal Mashruwala was an Indian independence activist as well as biographer,essayist and translator. Educated in Bombay and Agra,he completed BA and LLB. He was an associate of Mahatma Gandhi and was deeply influenced by him. He extensively wrote on education,religion and philosophy as well as translated some works in Gujarati.
