Nayan Desai

Nayan Desai (born 22 February 1946) is a Gujarati language poet from Gujarat, India. His significant work includes Manas Urfe Reti Urfe Dariyo (1979), Mukam Post Manas (1983), and Dhoop Ka Saya (ghazals in Urdu). He received the Kalapi Award in 2013 and the Kavishwar Dalpatram Award in 2016. Desai was born on 22 February 1946 in Kathodara, a town now in the Surat district, to Harshadray and Indumatiben. His family belonged to Valod. After completing his SSC in 1965, he worked in a diamond factory for 14 years. In 1980, he joined Gujarat Mitra, a Gujarati daily, as a sub-editor. He has retired. He married Shashi in 1990.