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Hasu Yajnik | |
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 Hasu Yajnik in November 2018 at Amdavad National Book Fair | |
| Born | Hasmukhray Vrajlal Yajnik 12 February 1938 Rajkot, Rajkot State, British India |
| Died | 10 December 2020 (aged 82)[1] Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India |
| Pen name | Upamanyu, Pushpadhanva, B. Kashyap, Vajranandan Jani and Shridhar |
| Occupation | Novelist, short story writer, critic, editor, folklorist, children's writer |
| Language | Gujarati |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Education | MA, PhD |
| Alma mater | Dharmendrasinhji College, Rajkot |
| Spouse |
Hasumati (m. 1964) |
| Children | Yuva Aiyer Nayan Yajnik[2] |
Hasmukhray Vrajlal Yajnik (12 February 1938 – 10 December 2020), better known as Hasu Yajnik, also spelled Hasu Yagnik was an Indian Gujarati language novelist, short story writer, critic, editor, folklorist and children's writer. Born and educated in Rajkot, he served as a professor of Gujarati in various government colleges in Gujarat. He had written twenty novels, three short story collections, two jail stories, four medieval story collections, criticism of four medieval works, and edited twelve folk works and six works of children's literature.
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