About The Author

Chandrakant Sheth (Gujarati: ચંદ્રકાન્ત શેઠ) is a Gujarati language poet, essayist, critic, translator and compiler from Gujarat, India. ‘Aryaputra’, ‘Nand Samavedi’, ‘Baalchadra’ and ‘Daksh Prajapati’ are his pen-name. He won Sahitya Akademi Award for Gujarati in 1986 for his book Dhoolmani Paglio’. He started his career as a part-time lecturer at St. Xevier’s College, Ahmedabad in 1961. After that, he served as a professor at different colleges of Gujarat including Kapadvanj College (1962-63), Gujarat Vidyapith (1963-66), Bhakta Vallabh Dhola College (1972-1979) and again Gujarat Vidyapith (in 1979). From 1979 to 1984, he served as a Niyamak of K. L. Swadhyay Mandir, run by Gujarati Sahitya Parishad, and also worked as a co-editor of Gujarati Sahityakosh. Currently, he is serving at Gujarati Vishwkosh Trust, Ahmedabad.