Kamal Vora

Kamal Vora (Gujarati: કમલ વોરા) is a Gujarati language poet and editor from Mumbai, India. He is an editor of Etad, a quarterly Guajarati literary magazine.[1]

Kamal Vora
Native name
કમલ વોરા
Born1950 (age 70–71)
Occupationpoet, editor
LanguageGujarati
NationalityIndian
Notable awardsSahitya Akademi Award (2016)

Life

He was born in 1950. Since 2010, He co-edits, with Naushil Mehta, a Gujarati quarterly journal Etad, founded by Suresh Joshi. He was a member of the Gujarati advisory board of Sahitya Akademi.[2][3]

Works

His poem started appearing in magazine from 1971. His first anthology of poem Arav was published in 1991,[4] followed by Anek Ek (2012) and Anekanek (2014). His poems have been translated in Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Kannada and English and appeared in Indian Literature, Chicago Review, Anthology of Asian Poets, Muse India etc.[2]

Awards

He received Sahitya Akademi Award (2016) for Gujarati for his book Anekanek (2014).[5] His book Arav was awarded the Umashankar Joshi award. He has also written few short stories.[2]

See also

References
  1. "Balvant Parekh Centre Nodal Centres, Sapta Setu: A Report". balvantparekhcentre. Retrieved 22 December 2016.
  2. "Welcome to Muse India". Welcome to Muse India. Retrieved 22 December 2016.
  3. Tripathi, Salil (16 February 2018). "A new generation of poets from Gujarat is keeping a rich poetic legacy alive". LiveMint. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
  4. Brahmabhatt, Prasad (2010). અર્વાચીન ગુજરાતી સાહિત્યનો ઈતિહાસ - આધુનિક અને અનુઆધુનિક યુગ (History of Modern Gujarati Literature – Modern and Postmodern Era) (in Gujarati). Ahmedabad: Parshwa Publication. p. 134. ISBN 978-93-5108-247-7.
  5. "Sahitya Akademi winners announced, Jerry Pinto among 24 writers named". dna. 21 December 2016. Retrieved 22 December 2016.


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