Anil Chavda

Anil Chavda is a Gujarati language poet, writer and columnist from Gujarat, India.

Some of his works include Savaar Laine (Bringing the Dawn to You) (2012), a collection of ghazals (a poetic form), which won him the 2014 Yuva Puraskar literary award, instituted by the Sahitya Akademi (National Academy of Letters) in Delhi. He is also a recipient of the Shayda Award (2010) (INT-Mumbai), the Yuva Gaurav Puraskar (2013) from the Gujarat Sahitya Akademi and the Ravji Patel Award from the Gujarat Samachar and Samanvay. Along with ghazal, he has worked in other forms of poetry such as Geet (song), Achhandas (free verse poetry) and the sonnet. Ek Hati Vaarta (Once, There Was a Story) is his short-story collection. He has appeared on several television and radio programmes on All India Radio and Doordarshan.