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 (now in Valsad district, Gujarat) to Ambaben and Maganlal Parekh. He studied in Surat. He studied for 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.

His one-act play collections Ghar Vagarna Dwar (1993) and Hu Tamaro Hu Chhu (2003) were awarded by Gujarat Sahitya Akademi. They also contain children's plays. His son Dhwanil Parekh is also a poet and a writer.