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'''Hasu Yagnik''' (born Hasmukhray Vrajlal Yagnik)is a ] novelist, short story writer and researcher from ], India.
He was born on 12 February 1938 in ] (now in Gujarat). He completed his primary and secondary school education from Rajkot. He completed BA in 1960 and MA in Gujarati-Sanskrit in 1962. He received PhD for his thesis on Madhyakalin Gujarati Kamkatha in 1972.
He served as a professor of Gujarati in government colleges in ], ], ] and ] from 1963 to 1982. He served as the Mahamatra of ], ] from 1982 to 1996. He is a managing trustee of Meghani Lokvidya Sanshodhan Bhavan, Ahmedabad.
Works
He has written under various pen names: Upamanyu, Pushpadhanva, B. Kashyap, Vajranandan Jani and Shridhar. He has written twenty novels, three short story collections, two jail stories, four medieval stories, criticism of four medieval works, edited twelve folk works and six works of children's literature.
His populist novels with simple theme and language include Dagdha (1968), Highway Par Ek Rat (1981), Biji Savarno Sooraj (1982), Sol Pachhi (1986), Neera Kausani (1987). Diwal Pachhalni Duniya is a semi-fictionalised collection of 28 true stories.
Mandani Maya (1985), Ek Jubanimanthi (1985) and Pachhitna Paththaro (1985) are his short story collections.
Madhyakalin Gujarati Premkatha (1974), Madhyakalin Kathasahitya (1987), Shamal (1978) and Sanskrit Kathasahitya (1997) are his research works. Kamkatha (1987) includes stories of Gujarati females from medieval Sanskrit Prakrit works as well as Kamkatha:Suda Bahontari (1987) has stories of females.
Futati Pankhono Pahelo Fafadat (1972) is co-edited him. Gujarati Lokkathao (1996), Saurabh Vratkathao (1996), Saurabh Navrat Garba (1996), Saurabh Lagnageet, Saurabh Padabhajanavali (1999), Lagnollas (2001) are folk literature collections edited by him.
He has accentuated traditional devotional songs edited by Harivallabh Bhayani on Hari Ven Vay Chhe Re Ho Vanma (1988). He has also accentuated Gokulma Tahukya Mor (1989) and Jharmar Meh Jhabooke Veej (1989).
He has also written some works on music: Violin-Vadan (1992), Ragdarshan (1993), Harmonium-Vadan (1997), Bansari-vadan (1998). He has also published some research papers in English. His Krishnacharit and Ramkatha are translated in Marathi, Odia and Hindi.
Awards
Yagnik has received silver medal for his short stories in 1954. His Diwal Pachhalni Duniya received prize from Gujarati Sahitya Parishad. He also received an award from Skylark, London (1994); Fellowship from Gujarati Sahitya Academy, London (1997). He received first prize from Gujarati Sahitya Akademi for his work Gujaratni Lokvidya.