Mohammad Mankad

Mohammad Valibhai Mankad (13 February 1928 – 5 November 2022) was a Gujarati language novelist, story writer, columnist, translator and children's author from India. Mankad was born on 13 February 1928 at Paliyad village of Bhavnagar district, Gujarat, India. He studied for a B. A. and worked as a teacher in highschool at Botad. Later he settled at Surendranagar and took freelance writing. He served as the first chairman of Gujarat Sahitya Akademi from 1982 to 1984. He was a member of Gujarat Public Service Commission from 1984 to 1990. He was also a member of Senate of Gujarat University. He died on 5 November 2022 at the age of 93 at Gandhinagar. Mankad wrote column titled Kaleidoscope in Gujarat Samachar for several years.