11 Facts About Jayant Pathak

Jayant Himmatlal Pathak was a Gujarati poet and literary critic from Gujarat, India.

Jayant Pathak was raised by his grandfather Joitaram, because his father Himmatram died when he was about ten years old.

Jayant Pathak joined the MTB Arts College in Surat in 1953 as a professor and retired from there in 1980.

Jayant Pathak was appointed president of the Gujarati Sahitya Parishad from 1989 to 1991.

Jayant Pathak served as the president of the Narmad Sahitya Sabha in 1992 and of the Kavi Narmad Yugavarta Trust in 1992.

Jayant Pathak died on 1 September 2003 at his home in Nanpura, Surat.

Jayant Pathak was acquainted with literary personalities and was influenced by them when he was young.

Jayant Pathak was influenced by the Gujarati poets Umashankar Joshi and Sundaram.

Jayant Pathak's poems are characterized by nostalgia for his lost childhood spent in his village, as he finds city life uneasy and unbearable.

Jayant Pathak received the Narmad Suvarna Chandrak for his book Vananchal, the Sahitya Akademi Award for Anunaya, the Uma-Snehrashmi Prize for Mrugaya, and the Dhanji Kanji Gandhi Suvarna Chandrak for Shooli Upar Sej.

Jayant Pathak shared the Premanand Suvarna Chandrak with Raghuveer Chaudhari.