(1935-01-14)14 January 1935 Sedla village near Surendranagar, Gujarat
Died
6 January 2016(2016-01-06) (aged 80) Ahmedabad, Gujarat
Pen name
Lagharo, Vaidya Punarvasu
Occupation
Poet, playwright, novelist, short story writer, journalist
Language
Gujarati
Nationality
Indian
Education
Master of Arts
Alma mater
Gujarat University
Period
Modern Gujarati literature
Notable awards
Sahitya Akademi Award (1991)
Ranjitram Suvarna Chandrak (1980)
Sahitya Gaurav Puraskar (2002)
Labhshankar Jadavji Thakar, also known by his pen names Lagharo and Vaidya Punarvasu (14 January 1935 – 6 January 2016), was a Gujarati poet, playwright and story writer from India. Educated in languages and Ayurveda, he taught at colleges before starting practice of Ayurveda. He had a modernist approach in literature and was heavily influenced by absurd theatre and the traditions of experimental literature. He chiefly wrote plays and poetry.
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Labhshankar Jadavji Thakar, also known by his pen names Lagharo and Vaidya Punarvasu (14 January 1935 – 6 January 2016), was a Gujarati poet, playwright...
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anthology. Vol. 3. Sāhitya Akādemī. p. 579. ISBN 9788172013240. "LabhshankarThakar". Muse India ejournal. Archived from the original on 7 November 2014...
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literature." Malela Jeevni Samiksha is a criticism of it written by LabhshankarThakar with Chinu Modi and Manhar Modi. It has been reprinted several times;...
Kavio (1983) is criticism of poetry of contemporary poets including LabhshankarThakar, Sitanshu Yashaschandra, Rajendra Shukla, Ravji Patel, Adil Mansuri...
Gujarati poets including Nalin Pandya, Barin Mehta, Pravin Pandya and LabhshankarThakar. In 1998, he published his first poem in the magazine Kavilok. Chavda...
Upnishad while Gun ane Garima (1997) is a collection of 31 essays. LabhshankarThakar edited and published selected essays as Aa-nand Parva (2002). His...
including: Chinu Modi, Adil Mansuri, Sitanshu Yashaschandra, and LabhshankarThakar. His first publication was a ghazal in a Gujarati poetry journal Kavilok...
Kavio (1974) are a criticism of poetry of Manilal Desai, Ravji Patel, LabhshankarThakar and Manhar Modi. His thesis Khandkavya-Swaroop ane Vikas (1974), Krishnalal...
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