Ravindra Parekh


Ravindra Parekh is a Gujarati short story writer, novelist, playwright, poet, critic and translator from Gujarat, India.

Life

Ravindra Parekh was born on 21 November 1946 in Kalwada village to Ambaben and Maganlal Parekh. He studied in Surat. He studied a BSc in Chemistry and Physics in 1969, a BA in Gujarati and Psychology in 1977, and an MA in Gujarati and Hindi as well as an LL.B. in 1979 from Veer Narmad South Gujarat University. He worked with Union Bank of India before retiring. He has worked as a vice-chairman of Gujarati Sahitya Parishad.

Works

Ravindra Parekh is a writer who's short story collections include: Swapnavato, Sandhikal and Paryay. Swapnavato was awarded the Umashankar Joshi Prize while Paryay won the Saroj Pathak Memorial Prize.
Jaldurg was his first novel which was a suspense story dealing with the psychological view of a relationship between a man and a woman. Atikram was first serialized in Kadambari magazine and later as a book. His other two novels Crosswire and Lathukam were serialized in Gujarat Mitra daily. Lathukam is based on his unpublished radio play. His next novel Man Pravesh was published in 2008.
His one-act play collections Ghar Vagarna Dwar and Hu Tamaro Hu Chhu were awarded by Gujarat Sahitya Akademi. They also contain children's plays.
His first poetry collection E To Ravindra Chhe contains only ghazals. Harisamvad has devotional songs. Saral is made up of forty songs and sixty ghazals.
Hasya Parishadma Jata is a collection of humorous essays. Anyokti, Nishpati are his works of criticism.
He has translated Laxman Gaikwad’s autobiography Uchalaya from Marathi to Gujarati as Uthaugeer. Deshvidesh is a collection of translations of short stories from India and abroad. He adapted Mahesh Elkunchwar’s play Vada Chirebandi in Gujarati as Tirade Futi Kumpal. He has edited Gujarati Navlikachayan published by Gujarati Sahitya Parishad.

Personal life

He married Pushpa S. Kavatkar in 1972. They had two sons and a daughter. His son Dhwanil Parekh is also a poet and a writer.