Kumarpal Desai

Kumarpal Desai

Desai at Gujarati Sahitya Parishad in 2014
Native name કુમારપાળ બાલાભાઈ દેસાઈ
Born Kumarpal Balabhai Desai
(1942-08-30) August 30, 1942[1]
Ranpur, Botad district, Gujarat[1]
Occupation writer, critic, columnist, translator
Language Gujarati
Nationality Indian
Education
Alma mater Gujarat University
Notable awards
Website
kumarpaldesai.com

Kumarpal Balabhai Desai (Gujarati: કુમારપાળ બાલાભાઈ દેસાઈ born 30 August 1942) is an author, critic,columnist and translator[2] from Indian state of Gujarat.[3] He has written over 100 books. He is Director of Gujarat University's School of Languages and Dean of Faculty of Arts. He is the Managing Trustee for the Institute of Jainology, India and Director of Gujarati Vishwakosh.[2] He was awarded Padma Shri by Government of India in 2004.[4] He has also been conferred with many other awards including Gujarat Ratna award. Desai regularly delivers lectures on Jainism in other countries.

References

  1. 1 2 Dalal, Yasin (1990). "Desai Kumarpal Balabhai". In Topiwala, Chandrakant. Gujarati Sahityakosh (Encyclopedia of Gujarati Literature) (in Gujarati). 2. Ahmedabad: Gujarati Sahitya Parishad. p. 248.
  2. 1 2 admin. "Dr Kumarpal Desai Bags Yet Another Award". Institute of Jainology. Retrieved 2016-07-29.
  3. Kartik Chandra Dutt (1999). Who's who of Indian Writers, 1999: A-M. Sahitya Akademi. pp. 310–. ISBN 978-81-260-0873-5. Retrieved 5 August 2014.
  4. "Padma Awards" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2015. Retrieved July 21, 2015.
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