Raam Mori


Raam Mori is a Gujarati language short story writer and columnist from Gujarat, India, primarily known for his short stories depicting the rural life of Saurashtra. Mahotu is an anthology of his short stories, which received Sahitya Akademi's Yuva Puraskar.

Early life

He was born on 2 February 1993 at Mota Surka, a village in Sihor, Gujarat. His parents were Tejalba and Bhavsangbhai Mori. His family is native to Lakhavad, a village near Palitana. He completed his studies in fabrication engineering.
He started writing short stories at age 17. His stories have been published in Gujarati literary magazines such as Shabdasrishti, Navneet Samarpan, Etad, Tathapi and Shabdasar.
He lives in Ahmedabad.

Career

He worked with TV9 and then joined Colors Gujarati. He works with Vijaygiri Filmos. He wrote the weekly column, "Mukam Varta", in Divya Bhaskar, and "The Confession Box", in Mumbai Samachar. He wrote the column Love You Zindagi for Gujarati magazine Cocktail Zindagi and #We, in Phulchhab. He serves as visiting faculty at the National Institute of Mass Communication and Journalism, Ahmedabad.
In 2016, he published his short story collection Mahotu, which was critically acclaimed by Gujarati writers and critics including Raghuveer Chaudhary and Kirit Doodhat. His short stories are centered around women of rural Saurashtra. His second short story collection, Coffee Stories, came out in December 2018.
He debuted in Gujarati cinema with Gujarati film "Montu Ni Bittu", directed by Vijaygiri Bava.

Recognition

He was invited to the All Indian Young Writers Meet in 2016 by Sahitya Akademi, Delhi. In 2017, he received Yuva Puraskar for Gujarati language for Mahotu. In 2018, the Bharatiya Bhasha Parishad awarded him the Yuva Puraskar. In the same year, he received Nanabhai Jebalia Smriti Sahitya Puraskar. He received third prize in 2016 from Gujarat Sahitya Akademi for his book Mahotu.