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{{short description|Indian Gujarati language author and journalist}}
{{infobox person
|name =Gunvantrai Acharya
|image=GunvantraiAcharyaPic.jpg
|birth_name =Gunvantrai Popatbhai Acharya
|birth_date =September 9, 1900
|birth_place =Jetalsar near Jamnagar, Gujarat, India
|occupation =novelist
|children=[[Ila Arab Mehta]], [[Varsha Adalja]]
|death_date ={{death date and age|1965|11|25|1900|9|9}}
}}
'''Gunvantrai Popatbhai Acharya''' (9 September 1900 – 25 November 1965) was a [[Gujarati language]] novelist and journalist from India. His experience with seafarers impacted his adventure and novel writings. His works include several historical fiction novels.

==Biography==
Acharya was born on 9 September 1900 in Jetalsar near [[Nawanagar State|Nawanagar]] (now [[Jamnagar]], Gujarat, India). He completed his school education from [[Mandvi]], [[Kutch district|Kutch]] where he came in contact with seafarers. His father Popatbhai was in police department. He joined college but dropped out after a brief period. He joined ''Saurashtramitra'' daily in 1927. He was also associated with several news dailies like ''Saurashtra'', ''[[Phulchhab]]'', ''Prajabandhu'' and ''[[Gujarat Samachar]]''. He was the director of ''Mojmajah'', a film weekly. He was awarded [[Ranjitram Suvarna Chandrak]] in 1945. He died on 25 November 1965.<ref name="AGSI2">{{cite book|last=Brahmabhatt|first=Prasad|title=અર્વાચીન ગુજરાતી સાહિત્યનો ઈતિહાસ (ગાંધીયુગ અને અનુગાંધી યુગ)|publisher=Parshwa Publication|year=2007|location=Ahmedabad|pages=84–87|language=gu|script-title=gu:Arvachin Gujarati Sahityano Itihas (Gandhiyug Ane Anugandhi Yug)|trans-title=History of Modern Gujarati Literature (Gandhi Era & Post-Gandhi Era)}}</ref><ref name=gsp>{{cite web|url=http://www.gujaratisahityaparishad.com/prakashan/photo-gallery/sahitya-sarjako/Gunvantrai-Acharya.html|title=કર્તા પરિચય: ગુણવંતરાય પોપટભાઈ આચાર્ય '' Gunvatrai Popatlal Acharya|work =[[Gujarati Sahitya Parishad]]|date=12 September 2014|language =gu}}</ref><ref name="Datta1987">{{cite book|author=Amaresh Datta|title=Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature: A-Devo|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ObFCT5_taSgC&pg=PA15|year=1987|publisher=Sahitya Akademi|isbn=978-81-260-1803-1|page=15}}</ref><ref name="Acharya2000">{{cite book|author=Gunvantrai Popatbhai Acharya|title=Dariyalal|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aZBjAAAAMAAJ|year=2000|publisher=Thema Books|isbn=978-81-86017-20-3|page=vii}}</ref>

His daughters, [[Ila Arab Mehta]] and [[Varsha Adalja]], are also authors.<ref name="TharuLalita1993">{{cite book|author1=Susie J. Tharu|author2=Ke Lalita|title=Women Writing in India: The twentieth century|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OjZYf9Xf9bcC&pg=PA465|year=1993|publisher=Feminist Press at CUNY|isbn=978-1-55861-029-3|pages=465–466}}</ref><ref name="NatarajanNelson1996">{{cite book|author1=Nalini Natarajan|author2=Emmanuel Sampath Nelson|title=Handbook of Twentieth-century Literatures of India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1lTnv6o-d_oC&pg=PA127|year=1996|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|isbn=978-0-313-28778-7|page=127}}</ref>

==Works==
Acharya wrote 169 books including fictional novels, historical novels, short story collections, adventure novels, teen stories, humor and mystery novels. His novels about seafarers and their adventure were widely popular. His ''Dariyalal'' (The Beloved Sea, 1934), an adventure novel about seafarers of Gujarat and their settlement in [[East Africa]] based on [[oral history]], won him popularity.<ref name=gsp/><ref name="Datta1987"/><ref name="Acharya2000"/><ref name="Ojwang2012">{{cite book|author=Dan Ojwang|title=Reading Migration and Culture: The World of East African Indian Literature|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nQoGH1Vm15sC&pg=PA50|date=15 December 2012|publisher=Palgrave Macmillan|isbn=978-1-137-26295-0|page=50}}</ref><ref name="Nagendra1988">{{cite book|author=Nagendra|title=Indian Literature|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dqGojPpe8DIC&pg=PA317|year=1988|publisher=Prabhat Prakashan|page=317}}</ref> His ''Kalpavruksha'' was focused on caste issues of the time.<ref name="PrasadGaijan2007">{{cite book|author1=Amar Nath Prasad|author2=M. B. Gaijan|title=Dalit Literature: A Critical Exploration|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Bg0rOOqvBMkC&pg=PA213|date=1 January 2007|publisher=Sarup & Sons|isbn=978-81-7625-817-3|page=213}}</ref> His ''Haji Kasam Tari Vijali'' (1954) was based on the sinking of the {{SS|Vaitarna}} in 1888 off the coast of [[Kathiawar]]. His other novels include ''Bhagavo Nejo'' (1937), ''Sarfarosh'' (1953), ''Ratnakar Maharaj'' (1964). His historical novels include ''Girnarne Khole'' (1946), ''Senapati'' (1947), ''Gurjarlaxmi'' (1952), ''Shridhar Mehta'' (1957), ''Karad Kal Jage'' Part 1 and 2 (1957), ''Bhoot Rade Bhenkar'' (1961). His historical novel series on [[Vaghela dynasty]] of Gujarat includes ''Vishaldev'' (1960), ''Arjundev'' (1961), ''Idariyo Gadh'' (1962). His notable social novels are ''Kori Kitab'' (1935), ''Viratno Zabbo'' (1938), ''Putrajanma'' (1940), ''Ramkahani'' (1941). ''Chhelli Salam'' (1962) and ''Kedi ane Kanta'' (1962) are [[spy fiction]]s. ''Otana Pani'' (1938), ''Shri ane Saraswati'' (1956), ''Neelrekha'' (1962), ''Jobanpagi'' (1964) are his [[novella]] collections.

His wrote plays also. ''Allabeli'' (The God is the Protector, 1946),<ref name="Datta1987"/> ''Jogmaya ane Sheelalekh'' (1949), ''Akhovan'' (1957), ''Maar Raj'' (1957) are his play collections.

His other works are ''Hu Bavo ne Mangaldas'' (1936), ''Subhashchandra Bose'' (1946), ''Munjhavata Prashno'' (1947), ''Aapne Fari Na Vichariye ?'' (1959).

==Bibliography ==
* {{cite book|author=Gunvantrai Popatbhai Acharya|title=Dariyalal|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aZBjAAAAMAAJ|year=2000|publisher=Thema Books|isbn=978-81-86017-20-3}}

==See also==
* [[List of Gujarati-language writers]]

==References ==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Gbooks-author|Gunvantrai Popatbhai Acharya}}

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[[Category:Gujarati-language writers]]
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[[Category:Indian male novelists]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian novelists]]
[[Category:Gujarati people]]
[[Category:People from Jamnagar district]]
[[Category:Novelists from Gujarat]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Ranjitram Suvarna Chandrak]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian male writers]]

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