Mafat Oza

Mafat Jivram Oza was a Gujarati poet, novelist, short story writer, literary critic, and editor from Gujarat, India. In addition to his own literary output, he founded a literary organisation, a publication house, and Tadarthya, a literary magazine. Mafat Oza was born on 1 March 1944 in Jamla village (now part of Mehsana district, Gujarat). He completed his primary education in Jamla and secondary education in Soja village, Mehsana district. He obtained his S.S.C. in 1962 and a B. A. in Gujarati and Hindi in 1967 followed by a M. A. in Gujarati and Sanskrit in 1969 from the Gujarat University. He was awarded a Ph.D. in 1977 for his thesis Swatantryottar Gujarati Kavita (Post-independence Gujarati Poetry) from the Saraspur Arts and Commerce College, Ahmedabad.