Shirish Jagjivandas Panchal, (born 7 March 1943),[1] is a Gujarati critic, fiction writer, translator and editor who won the 2009 Sahitya Akademi Award for Gujarati language for his criticism Vaat Aapanaa Vivechan-ni;[1][2] he refused the award.[3] He done his Ph.D under Gujarati writer Suresh Joshi. He taught Gujarati language and literature at M. S. University, Baroda. He edited Etad, a Gujarati quarterly.[4]

Shirish Panchal
at his home in Vadodara, December 2017
Born	Shirish Jagjivandas Panchal (1943-03-07) 7 March 1943 (age 79) Vadodara, Baroda State, British Raj
Occupation	Critic, Editor
Language	Gujarati
Nationality	Indian
Notable works	Vaat Aapanaa Vivechanni
Notable awards	Sahitya Academy Award
Signature
Academic background
Thesis	Kavyavivechan Ni Samasyao (1979)
Doctoral advisor	Suresh Joshi
Academic work
Doctoral students	Sharifa Vijaliwala

Shirish Panchal's voice

recitation of "Chakravaka Mithun" written by Kant

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His Vaidehee Etle Ja Vaidehee is an experimental novel, which tell a love-story of Kirat and Vaidehee.[5] He edited and published Maniti Anamaniti (1982), 21 seletected short stories by Suresh Joshi, with discourse.[6]

See also

• List of Gujarati-language writers

References

External links

• Shirish Panchal on GujLit

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