Shankar Painter (born Shankarbhai Savabhai Parmar; 17 November 1946 – 8 December 2020) was a Gujarati-language poet and writer from Gujarat, India.
Shankar Painter was born on 17 November 1946 in Brahmanwada village of Patan district.
[1][3] Painter is known for his poetry based on caste-based oppression, which is written in typical Mehsani dialect, a language spoken in North Gujarat.
He modeled his poems on the folk songs of Mehsani dialect; which was his "signature style" according to writer Raju Solanki.
[2] Writer Raju Solanki has called Painter's contribution to Gujarati Dalit poetry as a "significant landmark".