Ramnarayan V. Pathak
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| Native name | રામનારાયણ વિશ્વનાથ પાઠક |
| Born | Ramnarayan Vishwanath Pathak 9 April 1887 Ganol, Dholka Taluka, Ahmedabad district |
| Died | 21 August 1955 (aged 68) Bombay (now Mumbai) |
| Pen name | Dwiref, Shesh, Shairvihari |
| Occupation | Poet, Critic, Short story writer, Prosodist, Essayist |
| Language | Gujarati |
| Nationality | Indian |
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| Alma mater | Wilson College, Mumbai |
| Period | Gandhian Era |
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| Spouse | Heera Pathak |
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Ramnarayan Vishwanath Pathak (Gujarati: રામનારાયણ વિશ્વનાથ પાઠક) was a Gujarati poet and writer from India. Profoundly influenced by Gandhian thought, Pathak wrote criticism, poetry, drama, metrics and short stories. He had edited some works and translated few. He was appointed as the president of Gujarati Sahitya Parishad in 1946. He was awarded Narmad Suvarna Chandrak for Prachin Gujarati Chhando in 1949 and Sahitya Akademi Award for Bruhat Pingal in 1956.
He was born on 8 April 1887 in Ganol, a village (now in Dholka Taluka, Ahmedabad district, Gujarat). He completed primary and secondary education from Jetpur, Rajkot, Jamkhambhaliya and Bhavnagar. In 1904, he matriculated with good score and joined Shamaldas College, Bhavnagar. He was ranked first in the first year of the college and received scholarship. Then he joined Wilson College, Mumbai (then Bombay) and completed Bachelor of Arts in 1908 with Logic and Moral Philosophy subjects with first class which received him a fellowship. He taught Sanskrit for a year there. In 1911, he completed LL.B from Bombay University and worked as Pleader at Ahmedabad and Sadra for seven years. Later, when he diagnosed with tuberculosis, he left the practice and settled in Sadra in 1919. On invitation by Indulal Yagnik, he briefly worked as the principal of J. L. New English School of Gujarat Kelvani Mandal in 1920. During the non-cooperation movement in 1920, he was influenced by Mahatma Gandhi which, eventually, led him to join Gujarat Vidyapith along with Rasiklal Parikh as a professor in 1921. He taught logic, epistemology and literature there till 1928. During this time, his articles on education and literature were published in the magazines like Sabarmati, Puratatva, Yugdharma and Gujarat. He left Gujarat Vidyapith and served as an editor of Prasthan, a Gujarati magazine founded in 1926. He participated in different movements led by Gandhi and was jailed as well. From 1935, he joined SNDT University, Bombay as a professor. He also taught at L. D. Arts College, Ahmedabad; Bhavan's College and Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Bombay and the post graduate department of Gujarat Vidhya Sabha till 1952. He was engaged with teaching and research activities at Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Bombay till his death. In 1953, he served as an adviser to Gujarati department in Bombay Radio Station. He served as the president of Gujarati Sahitya Parishad in 1946.
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