Yagnesh Dave

Yagnesh Rameshchandra Dave (born 24 March 1954) is a Gujarati writer and poet from India. He received the 2021 Sahitya Akademi Award for his poetry collection Gandhmanjusha (2014).

Biography
Yagnesh Dave was born on 24 March 1954 in Rajkot, Gujarat, India. He completed M.Sc. and obtained his Ph.D. in experimental biology. He worked as an assistant station director at Akashvani, Vadodara.

Works
His first poetry collection, Jatismar, came out in 1992. It was followed by Jal ni Aankhe (1982), Andar Khulta Darvaja (2006) and Gandhmanjusha (2014). His essays are collected in Aaso ma Ughadto Ashadh (2000). Ghar Aangan na Pakshio and Vadadada ni Vato (1992) are his works of children literature.

Awards
He received the 2021 Sahitya Akademi Award for his poetry collection Gandhmanjusha. He is a recipient of Jayanth Pathak Poetry Award and B. K. Thakore Award. He received the 2022 Narsinh Mehta Award.