Kalyan Bulchand Advani

Kalyan Bulchand Advani (10 December 1911 - 17 March 1994) was an Indian poet, critic, and scholar of Sindhi literature.

Literary Contributions Kalyan Advani contributed articles to the college magazine Phuleli. He regularly contributed to the literary magazines Sindhu, Latifi Bari, and others.

His first award-winning literary contribution came in 1946. This was the translation of Kalidasa's drama Shakuntala into Sindhi Language. In 1951, his book "Shah" was published.It covered various aspects of Shah Abdul Latif Bhitai's poetry. This was followed by similar work on Sachal (1953) and Sami (1954).

Kalyan Advani was a poet himself. His poetry collection Raz-o-Niaz was published in 1960. His two English monograms, "Shah Latif" and "Sachal Sarmast" were published in 1970 and 1971, respectively. In 1973, he published a translation of Deewan Muhiuddin from Persian to Sindhi.

In 1970, he was part of the Indian delegation of writers to France, sent by the Government of India. and a member of the Board of Studies of Sindhi departments of Mumbai and Pune Universities.

Death Kalyan Advani died on 17 March 1994 in Mumbai.