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'''Anwar Mohammadbhai Agewan'''<ref name=":0" /> (4 December 1936 – 6 July 1991) was an Indian [[Gujarati language|Gujarati-language]] biographer, folklorist and editor. Born in [[Akola, Maharashtra|Akola]] and educated in [[Gujarat]] and [[Bombay]], he edited several publications. He wrote on religious thought and various saints of Gujarat.

==Biography==
Agewan was born on 4 December 1936 in [[Akola, Maharashtra|Akola]] (now in [[Maharashtra]], India). He completed his primary and secondary education in [[Shivrajgadh]] and [[Gondal, India|Gondal]] respectively. He passed [[matriculation]] from [[Bombay]]. He obtained a graduation from Agra Hindi Vidyapith. He worked with ''Jay Gujarat'' and ''Rooplekha'' weeklies in Bombay. He also edited ''Aastha'' magazine.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Vora |first=Niranjan |title=ગુજરાતી સાહિત્યકોશ: અર્વાચીનકાળ |publisher=[[Gujarati Sahitya Parishad]] |year=1990 |editor-last=Soni |editor-first=Raman |editor-link=Raman Soni |edition=1st |volume=II |location=Ahmedabad |pages=18 |language=gu |trans-title=Encyclopedia of Gujarati Literature: Modern Era |oclc=312020358 |editor-last2=Dave |editor-first2=Ramesh R. |editor-last3=Topiwala |editor-first3=Chandrakant |editor-link3=Chandrakant Topiwala}}</ref><ref name="gsp">{{cite web|url=http://gujaratisahityaparishad.com/prakashan/sarjako/savishesh/Savishesh-Anvar-Agewan.html|title=સવિશેષ પરિચય: અનવર આગેવાન, ગુજરાતી સાહિત્ય પરિષદ|website=[[Gujarati Sahitya Parishad]]|language=gu|trans-title=Anwar Agewan|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160407193523/http://gujaratisahityaparishad.com/prakashan/sarjako/savishesh/Savishesh-Anvar-Agewan.html|archive-date=7 April 2016|url-status=dead|access-date=2 August 2015|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

He died on 6 July 1991.<ref name=":1">{{Cite book|title=ગુજરાતના સારસ્વતો - ૧|last=Shastri|first=Keshavram Kashiram|publisher=[[Gujarat Sahitya Sabha]]|edition=Updated|location=Ahmedabad|publication-date=January 2013|pages=4–5|language=gu|script-title=gu:Gujaratna Saraswato - 1|trans-title=Who's Who in Gujarati Literature|oclc=900401455|author-link=Keshavram Kashiram Shastri}}</ref>

==Works==
He wrote works on religious thoughts such as ''Vedsahityano Parichay'' (1965), story collection ''Advaita'' (1974), ''Sadhna ane Sakshatkar'' (1989), ''Chinmaya Gayatri ''(1989).<ref name=":0" /><ref name="gsp"/><ref name=":1" />

''Rahiman Ane Jamal'' (1952), ''Girdhar Kaviray'' (1952), ''Sai Deendarvesh'' (1953), ''Sant Deendayalgiri'' (1954), ''Dasi Jeevan'' (1956), ''Kavi Gang'' (1954), ''Sant Dadu'' (1987, on [[Dadu Dayal]]) are works on saints of Gujarat while ''Rannade'' (1966), ''Rajasthanni Rasdhar'' (1974) and ''Kasumbino Rang'' (1988) are compilations of folk literature of western India.<ref name=":0" /><ref name="gsp"/><ref name=":1" />

== See also ==

* [[List of Gujarati-language writers]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{Gbooks-author|Anwar Agewan}}

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[[Category:Gujarati-language writers]]
[[Category:Indian editors]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian biographers]]
[[Category:People from Akola]]
[[Category:1936 births]]
[[Category:1991 deaths]]
[[Category:Indian folklorists]]
[[Category:Indian religious writers]]

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