About Yagnesh Dave
Born 1954. Yagnesh Dave is an Indian poet.
Yagnesh Rameshchandra Dave (born 24 March 1954) is a Gujarati writer and poet from India. He received the 2021 Sahitya Akademi Award for his poetry collection Gandhmanjusha.
Biography Yagnesh Dave was born on 24 March 1954 in Rajkot, Gujarat, India. He completed M.Sc. and obtained his Ph.D. in experimental biology. He worked as an assistant station director at Akashvani, Vadodara.
Works His first poetry collection, Jatismar, came out in 1992. It was followed by Jal ni Aankhe (1982), Andar Khulta Darvaja (2006) and Gandhmanjusha (2014). His essays are collected in Aaso ma Ughadto Ashadh (2000). Ghar Aangan na Pakshio and Vadadada ni Vato (1992) are his works of children literature.
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