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{{short description|Gujarati novelist from India}}
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{{Use Indian English|date=February 2020}}
{{Infobox writer
| name = Hasu Yajnik
| image = Hasu_Yagnik.jpg
| image_upright =
| caption = Hasu Yajnik in November 2018 at Amdavad National Book Fair
| pseudonym = Upamanyu, Pushpadhanva, B. Kashyap, Vajranandan Jani and Shridhar
| birth_name = Hasmukhray Vrajlal Yajnik
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1938|2|12|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Rajkot]], [[Rajkot State]], [[British India]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|2020|12|10|1938|2|12|df=y}}<ref name="d1"/>
| death_place = [[Ahmedabad]], Gujarat, India
| occupation = Novelist, short story writer, critic, editor, folklorist, children's writer
| language = [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]]
| residence =
| nationality = Indian
| education = MA, PhD
| alma_mater = Dharmendrasinhji College, Rajkot
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| notableworks =
| spouse = {{marriage|Hasumati|1964}}
| children = Yuva Aiyer<br>Nayan Yajnik<ref name="tej"/>
| awards =
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'''Hasmukhray Vrajlal Yajnik''' (12 February 1938{{spnd}}10 December 2020), better known as '''Hasu Yajnik''', also spelled '''Hasu Yagnik''' was an Indian [[Gujarati language]] novelist, short story writer, critic, editor, folklorist and children's writer. Born and educated in [[Rajkot]], he served as a professor of Gujarati in various government colleges in Gujarat. He had written twenty novels, three short story collections, two jail stories, four medieval story collections, criticism of four medieval works, and edited twelve folk works and six works of children's literature.

==Biography==
Yagnik was born on 12 February 1938 in [[Rajkot]] (now in Gujarat) to Vrajlal Yajnik and Pushpaben (Prasannaben). He was their eighth child.<ref name="Shodh1">{{cite thesis|last=Prajapati|first=Hetal C.|script-title=gu:હસુ યાજ્ઞિકનું સમગ્ર સાહિત્ય: એક અધ્યયન|title=Hasu Yajniknu Samagra Sahitya: Ek Adhyayan|trans-title=Hasu Yajnik's Complete Works: A Study|language=gu|publisher=Department of Gujarat, [[Gujarat University]]|date=2018|type=PhD|hdl=10603/254212|chapter=1: અભ્યાસભૂમિકા, જીવન અને કાર્યની રૂપરેખા|pages=1–20}}</ref><ref name=":1"/> His father was clerk in British Agency in Rajkot while his grandfather Govindalal was a survey officer in [[Palitana State]]. He was raised by his grandfather and was heavily influenced by him.<ref name="Shodh1"/> He completed his primary and secondary school education from Rajkot. Frem 1950 to 1954, he studied in [[Dhrangadhra]].<ref name="Shodh1" /> He completed BA in 1960 and MA in Gujarati-Sanskrit in 1962 from Dharmendrasinhji Arts College in Rajkot. He received PhD for his thesis on ''Madhyakalin Gujarati Kamkatha'' in 1972.<ref name="Shodh1" /><ref name=":1">{{Cite book|title=ગુજરાતી વિશ્વકોશ|last=Kanijiya|first=Baldevbhai|publisher=Gujarati Vishwakosh Trust, Ahmedabad|date=April 2003|editor-last=Thaker|editor-first=Dhirubhai|editor-link=Dhirubhai Thaker|volume=XVII|location=[[Ahmedabad]]|pages=77-78|language=gu|trans-title=Gujarati Encyclopaedia|oclc=551875907}}</ref>

After MA, he joined M. P. Shah College in [[Surendranagar]] as a professor of Gujarati in 1963. He moved to M. N. College in [[Visnagar]] in 1964 and later joined [[Gujarat College]] in [[Ahmedabad]] in 1965 and served there till 1973. He also served as a professor with DKB College in Jamnagar from 1965 to 1979. He then moved to M. P. Shah College in Surendranagar in 1979 to 1982.<ref name="Shodh1" /><ref name=":1" /> He served as the registrar of the [[Gujarat Sahitya Akademi]], [[Gandhinagar]] from 1982 to 1996 and retired.<ref name="Shodh1" /><ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XkraAAAAMAAJ&q=hasu+yajnik&dq=hasu+yajnik&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiq7sOx_bPgAhUIWysKHWnxCzQQ6AEIUjAI|title=Indian Folklore Research Journal|last=Bardi|first=Pietro|publisher=National Folklore Support Centre|year=2002|pages=78|language=en|issue=2-5|access-date=16 August 2019|archive-date=14 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201214193302/https://books.google.com/books?id=XkraAAAAMAAJ&q=hasu+yajnik&dq=hasu+yajnik&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiq7sOx_bPgAhUIWysKHWnxCzQQ6AEIUjAI|url-status=live}}</ref> He was a founder and managing trustee of the Meghani Lokvidya Sanshodhan Bhavan, Ahmedabad from 1996 to 2005.<ref name="Shodh1" /><ref name=":1"/>

He died on 10 December 2020 in Ahmedabad due to [[COVID-19]].<ref name="d1">{{Cite web|last=Pandya|first=Pravin|author-link=Pravin Pandya|date=11 December 2020|title=સાહેબની વિદાય|url=https://opinionmagazine.co.uk/details/6683/sahebnee-vidaay?fbclid=IwAR1h37I7bogCEcJBewQW3ATk2ChbeuzAPRKDDsVKQ1tezNYHkiH5txj3DGU|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201214193317/https://opinionmagazine.co.uk/details/6683/sahebnee-vidaay|archive-date=14 December 2020|access-date=13 December 2020|website=Opinion Magazine|language=gu}}</ref><ref name="tej">{{Cite web|date=2020-12-11|title=વાર્તાકાર.નવલકથાકાર,વિવેચક,લોકસાહિત્યકાર,મધ્યકાલીન સાહિત્ય,આદિવાસી સાહિત્યના સર્જક હસુ યાજ્ઞિકનું 83 વર્ષની વયે દુઃખદ અવસાન.|url=https://tejgujarati.com/?p=63011|access-date=2020-12-15|website=Tej Gujarati|language=gu}}</ref>

== Works ==
Yajnik had written under various pen names: Upamanyu, Pushpadhanva, B. Kashyap, Vajranandan Jani and Shridhar. He had written twenty novels, three short story collections, two jail stories, four medieval stories, criticism of four medieval works, edited twelve folk works and six works of children's literature.<ref name=":1"/> His first short story "Lapsi" was published in 1954.<ref name="Shodh1" />

His populist novels with simple themes and language include ''Dagdha'' (1968), ''Highway Par Ek Rat'' (1981), ''Biji Savarno Sooraj'' (1982), ''Sol Pachhi'' (1986), ''Neera Kausani'' (1987). ''Diwal Pachhalni Duniya'' is a collection of 28 semi-fictionalised true stories.<ref name=":1"/> ''Mandani Maya'' (1985), ''Ek Jubanimanthi'' (1985) and ''Pachhitna Paththaro'' (1985) are his short story collections.<ref name=":1" />

''Madhyakalin Gujarati Premkatha'' (1974), ''Madhyakalin Kathasahitya'' (1987), ''Shamal'' (1978, on [[Shamal Bhatt]]) and ''Sanskrit Kathasahitya'' (1997) are his research works. ''Kamkatha'' (1987) includes stories of Gujarati females from medieval Sanskrit Prakrit works while ''Kamkatha:Suda Bahontari'' (1987) has stories of females characters.<ref name=":1"/>

''Futati Pankhono Pahelo Fafadat'' (1972) is co-edited by him. ''Gujarati Lokkathao'' (1996), ''Saurabh Vratkathao'' (1996), ''Saurabh Navrat Garba'' (1996), ''Saurabh Lagnageet Sangrah'' (1999), ''Saurabh Padabhajanavali'' (1999), ''Lagnollas'' (2001) are folk literature collections edited by him.<ref name=":1"/>

He had notated traditional devotional songs edited by [[Harivallabh Bhayani]] in ''Hari Ven Vay Chhe Re Ho Vanma'' (1988). He has also notated ''Gokulma Tahukya Mor'' (1989) and ''Jharmar Meh Jhabooke Veej'' (1989).<ref name=":1"/><ref name="Thakar1999">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=H3NjAAAAMAAJ|title=Glimpses of Gujarati literature|last=Thaker|first=Dhirubhai|publisher=Gujarat Sahitya Akademy|year=1999|page=35|author-link=Dhirubhai Thaker|isbn=81-7227-061-5|access-date=11 February 2019|archive-date=14 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201214193308/https://books.google.com/books?id=H3NjAAAAMAAJ|url-status=live}}</ref>

He had also written some works on music: ''Violin-vadan'' (1992), ''Ragdarshan'' (1993), ''Harmonium-vadan'' (1997), ''Bansari-vadan'' (1998). His ''Krishnacharit'' and ''Ramkatha'' are translated in [[Marathi language|Marathi]], [[Odia language|Odia]] and [[Hindi language|Hindi]].<ref name=":1"/>

== Awards ==
Yajnik had received a silver medal from Dharmendrasinhji College for his short stories in 1954. His ''Diwal Pachhalni Duniya'' received a prize from the [[Gujarati Sahitya Parishad]]. He also received an award from the Skylark, London (1994) and a fellowship from the Gujarati Sahitya Academy, London (1997). He also received the first prize from the Gujarat Sahitya Akademi for his work ''Gujaratni Lokvidya''.<ref name=":1"/><ref name="Shodh1" />

==Personal life==
Yajnik married Hasumati Vanravandas Dave in 1964. Their daughter Yuva Aiyer was born in the same year.<ref name="Shodh1" /> Nayan Yajnik is their son.<ref name="tej"/>

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

== References ==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Gbooks-author|Hasu Yājñika}}

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