Anwar Agewan

Anwar Mohammadbhai Agewan (4 December 1936 – 6 July 1991) was a Gujarati biographer, folklorist and editor from India. Born in Akola and educated in Gujarat and Bombay, he edited several publications. He wrote on religious thought and various saints of Gujarat.

Anwar Mohammadbhai Agewan
Born(1936-12-04)4 December 1936
Akola, Maharashtra
Died6 July 1991(1991-07-06) (aged 54)
OccupationBiographer, folklorist, editor

Biography

Agewan was born on 4 December 1936 in Akola (now in Maharashtra, India). He completed his primary and secondary education in Shivrajgadh and Gondal respectively. He passed matriculation from Bombay. He obtained graduation from Agra Hindi Vidyapith. He knew Gujarati, Urdu, Marathi, Bengali, Rajasthani, Brajbhasha, Charani, Kutchi and English languages. He worked with Jay Gujarat and Rooplekha weeklies in Bombay. He also edited Aastha magazine.[1][2]

He died on 6 July 1991.[3]

Works

He wrote works on religious thoughts such as Vedsahityano Parichay (1965),  story collection Advaita (1974),  Sadhna ane Sakshatkar (1989), Chinmaya Gayatri (1989).[1][2][3]

Rahiman ane Jamal (1952), Girdhar Kaviray (1952), Sai Deendarvesh (1953), Sant Deendayalgiri (1954), Dasi Jeevan (1956), Kavi Gang (1954), Sant Dadu (1987, on Dadu Dayal) are works on saints of Gujarat while Rannade (1966), Rajasthanni Rasdhar (1974) and Kasumbino Rang (1988) are compilations of folk literature of western India.[1][2][3]

See also

References
  1. Vora, Niranjan (1990). Soni, Raman; Dave, Ramesh R.; Topiwala, Chandrakant (eds.). ગુજરાતી સાહિત્યકોશ: અર્વાચીનકાળ [Encyclopedia of Gujarati Literature: Modern Era] (in Gujarati). II (1st ed.). Ahmedabad: Gujarati Sahitya Parishad. p. 18. OCLC 312020358.
  2. "સવિશેષ પરિચય: અનવર આગેવાન , ગુજરાતી સાહિત્ય પરિષદ" [Anwar Agewan]. Gujarati Sahitya Parishad (in Gujarati). Archived from the original on 7 April 2016. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
  3. Shastri, Keshavram Kashiram (January 2013). ગુજરાતના સારસ્વતો - ૧ Gujaratna Saraswato - 1 [Who's Who in Gujarati Literature] (in Gujarati) (Updated ed.). Ahmedabad: Gujarat Sahitya Sabha. pp. 4–5. OCLC 900401455.
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