21 Facts About Joseph Macwan

Joseph Ignas Macwan was a Gujarati language novelist, short story writer and essayist from India.

Joseph Macwan received the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1989 for his novel Angaliyat.

Joseph Macwan was a recipient of the Dhanji Kanji Gandhi Suvarna Chandrak.

Joseph Macwan died on 28 March 2010, in Nadiad following kidney failure.

Joseph Macwan was born on 9 October 1936 in Tranol, a small village of Kheda taluka, Anand district, Gujarat.

Joseph Macwan's family were natives of Oad, a small village nearby.

Joseph Macwan was born there because his father Ignas, or Dahyalal was working with a Christian mission there.

Joseph Macwan's father was known as a master in his village.

Joseph Macwan's childhood passed in poverty and lack of maternal care.

Joseph Macwan was admitted to school when he was five years old because of his reading and writing skills.

Joseph Macwan had good memory skills and he could remember poems by listening to his brother who used to recite poems to his ill mother.

Joseph Macwan studied in the Missionary School of Oad village until fourth grade, then he did two grades at a local board school.

Joseph Macwan passed the vernacular final exam at the I P Mission School of Nadiad in 1950.

Joseph Macwan completed Vinit Visharad and Rashtrabhasha Ratna during the same period.

Joseph Macwan passed a Master of Arts in Hindi by studying in weekend classes while working as a teacher.

Joseph Macwan served as a visiting lecturer of Hindi at the College of Dakor from 1971 to 1972 and at M B College, Vidyanagar from 1972 to 1977.

Joseph Macwan married Reginaben in November 1955, and they had four daughters and four sons.

Joseph Macwan died on 28 March 2010, in Nadiad following kidney failure.

Joseph Macwan depicted the life of the Charotar region in his novels.

Joseph Macwan won Sahitya Akademi Award for Gujarati language in 1989 for his novel Angaliyat.

Joseph Macwan won Dhanji Kanji Gandhi Suvarna Chandrak in 1990.