Yashwant Trivedi

Yashwant Trivedi (16 September 1934 – 3 May 2024) was an Indian Gujarati poet, essayist and critic.

Early life and career Yashwant Trivedi was born on 16 September 1934 in Palitana (now Bhavnagar district, Gujarat) to Ramshankar and Rambhaben. His family belonged to Mahuva. He completed B. A. in Economics and Statistics from Samaldas College, Bhavnagar in 1956. He completed M. A. in Gujarati in 1965. He was awarded Ph.D. in 1979 for his thesis, Kavyani Paribhasha. He served as a professor of Gujarati in several colleges of Mumbai. He retired from there. He was the president of literature department of Kalagurjari institute.

Works Trivedi started writing in 1956. He wrote modern poetry. His first poetry collection Kshitijne Vansvan E Sooraj Uge Chhe (1956), Chir Vasant (1960) and Surdasi (1962) are his short story collections. Ashesh Akash (on poets, 1988) and Vishwani Amar Vibhutio (2004) are biographical works.

Awards Trivedi was awarded Soviet Land Nehru Award in 1978 for Pratiyuddh Kavyo. He was felicitated with Amruta Sahitya Sanman. He was also awarded Kaka Kalelkar Award for the best essays of the decade. He has also received Best Journalist Award, Chandulal Selarka Sahitya-Kala Gaurav Puraskar, Saraswati Samman, National Award of Sursingar Sansad's National Award for post-independence poetry, five Sahitya Akademi Prizes, Kanaiyalal Munshi Award (2010).