Janak Trivedi was a Gujarati short story writer, essayist and novelist.
He was born on 10 June 1946 in Kothi, a village near Jasdan, Rajkot district, Gujarat, India.
He was a station manager in Indian Railways at Bhavnagar division.
[1] He published his short story collection Baval Vavnar Ane Biji Vartao in 1995.
[1][2] His short stories are characterised by non-urban Gujarat's life style as well as its culture, language and dialects.