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Joseph Macwan

1936–2010, writes in Gujarati, writer

Joseph Ignas Macwan was an Indian Gujarati-language novelist, short story writer and essayist from Gujarat, India. He received the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1989 for his novel Angaliyat (1986). He was also a recipient of the Dhanji Kanji Gandhi Suvarna Chandrak (1990). His significant works include: Vyathana Vitak, Angaliyat and Mari Paranetar (1988). He died on 28 March 2010, in Nadiad following kidney failure.

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Books on record

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Awards

1990Dhanji Kanji Gandhi Suvarna Chandrak
1989Sahitya Akademi Award for Angaliyat

Elsewhere

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Also writing in Gujarati

Anil Chavda

b. 1985Gujarati language poet and writer from India