Ravindra Parekh

Ravindra Parekh (Gujarati: રવીન્દ્ર પારેખ) is a Gujarati short story writer, novelist, playwright, poet, critic and translator from Gujarat, India. Ravindra Parekh was born on 21 November 1946 in Kalwada village (now in Valsad district, Gujarat) to Ambaben and Maganlal Parekh. He studied in Surat. He studied for a BSc in Chemistry and Physics in 1969, a BA in Gujarati and Psychology in 1977, and an MA in Gujarati and Hindi as well as an LL.B. in 1979 from Veer Narmad South Gujarat University. He worked with Union Bank of India before retiring. He has worked as a vice-chairman of Gujarati Sahitya Parishad. Ravindra Parekh is a writer whose short story collections include: Swapnavato (1986), Sandhikal (1994) and Paryay (2002). Swapnavato was awarded the Umashankar Joshi Prize while Paryay won the Saroj Pathak Memorial Prize.