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Gujarati poets

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Balwantray Thakore

Balwantray Thakore (બળવંતરાય ઠાકોર, 1869–1952) was a Gujarati poet, critic, and historian who pioneered the sonnet in Gujarati poetry, bridging the Pandit and Gandhi eras.

Chandrakant Sheth

Chandrakant Sheth (ચંદ્રકાન્ત શેઠ) was an Indian Gujarati poet, essayist, critic, and editor who won the 1986 Sahitya Akademi Award for his childhood memoir Dhoolmani Paglio.

Dayaram

Dayaram (દયારામ), also known as Kavi Dayarambhai, was a Gujarati devotional poet of the Pushtimarg tradition, the last great medieval Gujarati poet, best known for his garbi lyrics.

Kalapi

Kalapi (કલાપી) was the pen name of Sursinhji Takhtasinhji Gohil, Thakore Saheb of Lathi in Saurashtra, and a Gujarati poet who lived from 1874 to 1900 and died by poisoning at 26.

Labhshankar Thakar

Labhshankar Thakar (લાભશંકર ઠાકર) was a Gujarati poet, playwright, and Ayurvedic physician, a leading modernist who won the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1991 and co-wrote the first absurd play in Gujarati.

Nanalal Dalpatram Kavi

Nanalal Dalpatram Kavi (ન્હાનાલાલ દલપતરામ કવિ; 1877–1946) was a Gujarati poet, playwright, and critic, son of the poet Dalpatram, who created the non-metrical dolanshaili style and wrote the epic Kurukshetra.

Niranjan Bhagat

Niranjan Bhagat (નિરંજન ભગત; 1926–2018) was an Indian poet and critic who wrote principally in Gujarati, known for urban, modernist poetry and the eight-volume critical work Swadhyaylok.

Rajendra Shah

Rajendra Shah (રાજેન્દ્ર શાહ, full name Rajendra Keshavlal Shah, 1913–2010) was a leading Gujarati poet of the post-Gandhian era who published about 28 poetry collections and won the 2001 Jnanpith Award.

Sitanshu Yashaschandra

Sitanshu Yashaschandra (born Sitanshu Yashaschandra Mehta, 1941) is an Indian Gujarati-language poet, playwright, and translator credited with establishing surrealism in Gujarati poetry, winning the Sahitya Akademi Award, Padma Shri, and Saraswati Samman.

Suresh Dalal

Suresh Dalal (Gujarati: સુરેશ દલાલ) was a Gujarati poet, essayist, and editor who won the Sahitya Akademi Award in 2005 for his collection Akhand Zalar Vage.