Pannalal Patel

Pannalal Nanalal Patel
Born (1912-05-07)7 May 1912
Dungarpur, Rajasthan
Died 6 April 1989(1989-04-06) (aged 76)
Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
Occupation novelist
Nationality Indian

Pannalal Nanalal Patel (7 May 1912 – 6 April 1989) was a Gujarati author. He was the recipient of the Jnanpith Award in 1985.[1]

Life

He was born in an Anjana Chaudhari family at Mandli village, Dungarpur, Rajasthan. He studied up to the sixth grade in Idar, Gujarat and was a classmate of Umashankar Joshi. For a brief period, he worked as a manager in a liquor manufacturing company in Dungarpur. He wrote his first novel while working as a domestic help in Ahmedabad, Gujarat.

Works

Short Story Collections

Awards

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