Anantrai Manishankar Raval (1 January 1912 – 18 November 1988) was a Gujarati critic and editor from India.

He wrote criticism chiefly under the pen name Shaunak and edited several works of Gujarati literature and litterateurs.

He completed Master of Arts with Gujarati and English in 1934 and was the first student in the University of Bombay to pass it with first class.

He served as Director of Language Department of Government of Gujarat for a decade and retired from the post in 1970.

He was later appointed a professor of Gujarati in School of Languages and Literature, Gujarat University.

His other works of criticism are Gandhakshat (1949), Sahityavivek (1958), Sahityanikash (1958), Samiksha (1962), Samalochna (1966), Granthastha Vabgmai (1967), Upchay (1971), Unmilan (1974).

His Gujarati Sahitya: Madhyakalin is a major work of criticism of medieval literature and litterateurs.

[2][4][5][6] He edited works of many Gujarati litterateurs, Botadkar ni Kavyasarita (1956), Nhanalal no Madhukosh (1959), Nalakhyan (1960), Gujarat no Ekakisangrah (1960), Snehmudra (1960), Madanmohna (1966), Kalapi no Kavyakalap, Chunilal V. Shah ni Shreshtha Vartao.