Rajesh Vankar is a

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writer from

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, India. He won the

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in 2015 for his story collection ''Maalo''. He is currently an editor of ''

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''.

Early life

Rajesh Vankar was born on 4 September 1981 in Bahi, village in Shehra of Panchmahal district. He is native of Rampura Jodka near

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. He took his primary education from Prathamik Shala Rampura and Prathamik Shala Jodka. He completed his Std. 12 in 1999 from Shri G.D. Shah and Pandya High School, Mahelol. He started his college from J.L.K. Kotecha and Gardi College, Kankanpur in 2000 but failed in exam of first year. Then, he took admission in Gujarati department of

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and graduated in 2004. He obtained his

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degrees in 2009 from the same university for his research '' Gujarati Tunki Vartama Pariveshni Karyasadhakta'' (Function of Setting in Gujarati short stories). His guide for Ph.D. Degree was Jayesh Bhogayta, a Gujarati writer. In 2012, he earned M.Phil. from Gujarati Department of

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for his research ''Vicharti Vimukta Jatini Vartao'' (Stories of nomadic communities). Vankar married Hetal in 2013, and they have a son, Bhargav.

Career

He has been writing poetry from a young age and was first published at the age of fifteen. In 2003, his short story came out for first time in ''Tadarthya'', a Gujarati language monthly journal. Subsequently, his writing has also been published in ''Tadarthya'', ''Kavi'', ''Tamanna'', ''Hayati'', '' Dalitchetna'', ''

Shabdasrishti ''Shabdasrishti'' ( gu, શબ્દસૃષ્ટિ, Śabdasr̥ṣṭi, World of Words), the journal of the Gujarat Sahitya Akademi, is a Gujarati literary magazine, published on the fifth of every month. The magazine was started in 1983, a ye ...

'', and ''Tathapi''. He has served as assistant professor at the Government Arts and Science College, Morva (Hadaf) near

since 2015. Before that, he taught at graduate and postgraduate level at M.S. University,

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. He is a member in a committee of Kabir Dalit Sahitya Award since 2012 and also serving as a secretary of Panchmahal Pradesh Yuva Vikas Sanstha.

Works

His works include a collection of poetry, ''Tarbheto'' (2009) and a collection of short stories, ''Malo'' (2009). ''Pidapratyayant'' (2012) and ''Tunki Vartani Vaat'' (2021) are works of literary criticism by him.

Research

* '' Gujarati Tunki Vartama Pariveshni Karyasadhakta'' (Ph.D. theses; 2012) * ''Dalit Chetna Kendri Tunki Vartama Parivesh'' (2012) * ''Vicharti Vimukta Jatinu Sahitya'' (M.Phil. theses; 2015) * ''Turi Barot Samaajno Abhyas''

Compilation

* ''Kalapina Kavyono Aswad'' (2014) * ''Navi Dharti Navo Mol'' (Poems of contemporary new poets)"Sahitya Akademi Yuva Puraskar 2015" published by Sahitya Akademi, Rabindra Bhavan, New Delhi - 110001

Recognition

His research work '' Gujarati Tunki Vartama Pariveshni Karyasadhakta'' (Function of setting in Gujarati Short Stories) has won The Best Book Prize (2012) instituted by Gujarat Sahitya Akademi. In 2015, he was awarded

for his short story collection ''Maalo''.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Vankar, Rajesh Gujarati-language writers Gujarati-language poets Poets from Gujarat 1981 births Indian magazine editors People from Panchmahal district Living people Indian male short story writers Recipients of the Sahitya Akademi Yuva Puraskar