Kishorsinh Solanki

Kishorsinh Hinduji Solanki is a Gujarati poet and novelist from Gujarat, India. He is an editor of Shabdasar, a Gujarati literary magazine.

Life Kishorsinh Solanki was born on 1 April 1949 at Magarwada village in Banaskantha district. He completed his S. S. C. in 1969. He completed BA in Gujarati in 1973 and MA from School of Languages, Gujarat University in 1975. He later received PhD.

He taught at Arts College, Modasa and later joined Arts College, Mahudha where he served as the professor and later the Head of the Department. He was the principal of Samarpan Arts and Commerce College, Gandhinagar from 1996. He is an editor of Shabdasar magazine. Bheeni Matini Mahek (1988), Pankhini Pankhma Padar (1997) and Shabdasar (1997) are his collections of essays. Kala Panina Kinare (Andaman and Nicobar Islands, 1989) and Desh Re Joya Pardesh Joya (1989) are his travelogues. He has edited Vikalpani Vistari Kshitijo (1982), Manavi Marjeeva (1987), Janpadi Navalkatha, Vibhavna Ane Vikas (1994), Eksath Sonnett (2000), Gujarati Nimbandh Shrishti (2006), Gujarati Bhasha Sahityanu Adhyapan (2006), Ghooghara Ghamake Se (2017).

Awards He has received the Critics Award (1984) and the Balwantray K. Thakor Prize (1989).