Pravin Pandya

Pravin Pandya (born 16 February 1957) is a Gujarati language poet, writer, playwright and dramatist from Gujarat, India.

His significant works include Ajavasnan Matsya (1994), India Lodge (2003), Hathiraja Ane Bija Natako (2004) and Barda Na Dungar (2009).

He is noted in Gujarati literature for his theatre activism and his dramatized adaptations of Hindi poet Shamser Bahadur Singh's works.

[4] Ajavasnan Matsya, his first anthology of poems, was published in 1994, followed by Barda Na Dungar (2009) and Aa Kaurav Pandavna Samayma (2014).

In 2008, he won Best Book Prize (2004) of Gujarat Sahitya Academy for his collection of plays India Lodge.