Vinod Joshi

Vinod Joshi (born 13 August 1955) is an Indian poet, writer and literary critic in Gujarati language from Gujarat, India. His notable works include ''Parantu'', a collection of Geet (lyric poetry), ''Shikhandi'', a long narrative poem based on Shikhandi, a character from the ''Mahābhārata'', ''Radio Natak: Swarup ane Siddhant'' (Radio Drama: Form and Theory, an abridged Ph.D. thesis), ''Tundil-tundika'', a form of ''padyavarta'', a Gujarati medieval literary genre, and ''Zalar Vage Zoothadi'', a collection of poems. He is the recipient of the Jayant Pathak Puraskar (1985), Critic's award (1986), Kavishwar Dalpatram Award (2013), Sahitya Gaurav Puraskar (2015), Narsinh Mehta Award (2018), Kalapi Award (2018), Darshak Sahitya Sanman Award (2021), Narmad Suvarna Chandrak (2022) and Sahitya Akademi Award (2023). Provided by Wikipedia