Jayant Heerji Khatri (1909-1968) was a Gujarati short story writer.

[3] His son Kirti Khatri is an editor of Gujarati daily, Kutchmitra.

Varsadni Vadali was his first short story[6] while Dead End was his last.

He was also painter and painted symbols and images for his short stories.

[8][9][10][11] He received Uma-Snehrashmi Prize for the year 1968-69 for his work Khara Bapor.