Joseph Ignas Macwan (9 October 1936 – 28 March 2010) was a Gujarati language novelist, short story writer and essayist from India.

His significant works include: Vyathana Vitak (Agony of Suffering; 1985), Angaliyat (The Step Child; 1986) and Mari Paranetar (1988).

Macwan was born on 9 October 1936 in Tranol, a small village of Kheda taluka, Anand district, Gujarat.

Due to poverty, he joined the Christian Missionary School at Khamloj as a teacher when he was fourteen.

Later he was transferred to Missionary School, Nadiad as a Deputy PTC (Primary Teacher's Collage) in 1955.

He passed a Master of Arts in Hindi by studying in weekend classes while working as a teacher.

Later he resigned from his visiting lecturer posts and continued to teach at the St. Xavier's School until his retirement in 1994.

[3] His first novel Angaliyat (The Stepchild) was published in 1986, followed by Lakshman Ni Agni Pariksha (1986), Mari Parnetar (1988), Manakhani Mirat (1992), Bij-Trij Na Tej (1995), Ajanma Aparadhi (1995), Dada Na Deshma (1996), Mavatar (1996), Amar Chandalo (2002), Dariya (2006), Sangavato, Bhini Mati Kora Man (2004), Apano Paras Aap (2005) and Charushila (2011).