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monk, Gandhian activist and Gujarati writer from India

Swami Anand

1887–1976, born Shiyani, writes in Gujarati, writer

Swami Anand was a monk, a Gandhian activist and a Gujarati writer from India. He was the manager of Gandhi’s publications such as Navajivan and Young India and inspired Gandhi to write his autobiography, The Story of My Experiments with Truth. He wrote sketches, memoir, biographies, philosophy, travelogues and translated some works.

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On Open Library

Editions Open Library lists under this name; a namesake may slip in.

Awards

1969Sahitya Akademi Award for Kulkathao

Elsewhere

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Also writing in Gujarati

Anil Chavda

b. 1985Gujarati language poet and writer from India