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{{Infobox writer
| name = Kalyan Bulchand Advani
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| birth_date = {{birth date|1911|12|10|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Hyderabad, Sindh|Hyderabad]], [[Bombay Presidency]], [[British India]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|1994|03|17|1911|12|10|df=yes}}
| death_place = [[Bombay]], [[Maharashtra]], India
| occupation = Scholar, researcher, poet
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| alma_mater = [[D.G. National College]]
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| genre = Prose, poetry
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| notableworks = Edition of [[Shah Jo Risalo]], translation of [[Shakuntala (play)|Shakuntala]], books on [[Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai|Shah]], [[Sachal Sarmast|Sachal]] and [[Sami (poet)|Sami]]
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| awards = Gold Medal (1958) from [[Sahitya Akademi]]<br/>[[Sahitya Akademi Award]] (1968)
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'''Kalyan Bulchand Advani''' (10 December 1911 - 17 March 1994) was an Indian poet, critic, and scholar of [[Sindhi literature]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=Jotwani|first=Motilal|author-link=Motilal Jotwani|title=A Dictionary of Sindhi Leterature|publisher=Nilum Printing Press|year=1996|location=[[Lajpat Nagar]], [[New Delhi]], India|pages=6–7}}</ref> He compiled an edition of the [[Shah Jo Risalo]] in 1958 and translated [[Kalidas]]’s masterpiece [[Shakuntala (play)|Shakuntala]] in [[Sindhi language|Sindhi]]. He was awarded the [[List of Sahitya Akademi Award winners for Sindhi|Sahitya Akademi Award]] by the [[Government of India]] in 1968.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|title=Sindhi Sahitya Academy Awards|url=https://thesindhuworld.com/sindhi-sahitya-academy-awards/|website=The Sindhu World|access-date=2020-05-19}}</ref>

== Biography ==
Kalyan Advani was born on 10 December 1911 at [[Hyderabad, Sindh|Hyderabad]], [[Sindh]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Kalyan Advani|url=https://thesindhuworld.com/kalyan-advani/|website=The Sindhu World |access-date=2020-05-19}}</ref> His father's name was Bulchand Ajumal Advani. He studied at D.G. National College Hyderabad (now [[Government College University Hyderabad|Government College University]]). After receiving a master's degree from the college in English and Persian literature, he joined the same college as a lecturer. After retirement of the eminent educationist and writer Jethmal Parsram in 1942, he was elevated as Head of the Sindhi Department. After the partition of the subcontinent, he migrated to India in 1948 and joined [[Jai Hind College]] Bombay (now [[Mumbai]]). There, he retired as a Professor of English and Persian in 1976.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Datta|first=Amaresh|author-link=Amaresh Datta|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ObFCT5_taSgC&q=Kalyan+Bulchand+Advani&pg=PA87|title=Encyclopedia of Indian Literature|publisher=South Asia Books|year=1988|isbn=978-8172016494|location=[[New Delhi]]|pages=87–88}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|author=[[Sahitya Akademi]]|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=56PWDwAAQBAJ&q=Kalyan+Bulchand+Advani&pg=PA3|title=Whos Who Of Indian Writers|publisher=Dalcassian Publishing Company|language=en}}</ref>

== Literary Contributions ==
Kalyan Advani started his literary activities when he was a college student. He used to contribute articles to the college magazine Phuleli. After joining as a lecturer, he started a magazine ''Latifi Bari'', named after the great saint and poet [[Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai|Shah Abdul Latif Bhitai]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.encyclopediasindhiana.org/article.php?Dflt=شاهه%20عبداللطيف%20ڀٽائيءَ%20جا%20پارکو%20شارح%20۽%20مترجم1|title=شاهه عبداللطيف ڀٽائيءَ جا پارکو شارح ۽ مترجم1|website=[[Encyclopedia Sindhiana]]|language=sd|access-date=2020-04-24}}</ref> He regularly contributed to the well-known literary magazines Sindhu, Latifi Bari, and others<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=http://www.encyclopediasindhiana.org/article.php?Dflt=آڏواڻي%20ڪلياڻ|title=آڏواڻي ڪلياڻ|website=[[Encyclopedia Sindhiana]]|language=sd|access-date=2020-04-24}}</ref> The main focus of his articles was the poetry of Shah Abdul Latif Bhitai and other Sufi poets.

His first award-winning literary contribution came in 1946. This was the translation of Kalidasa's drama Shakuntala into Sindhi Language.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Raghavan|first=B.|date=1968|title=A Bibliography of Translations of Kalidasa's Works in Indian Languages|journal=[[Indian Literature (journal)|Indian Literature]]|volume=11|issue=1|pages=5–35|jstor=23329605}}</ref> In 1951, his book "Shah" was published. This book covered various aspects of Shah Abdul Latif Bhitai's poetry. This was followed by similar work on Sachal (1953) and Sami (1954).<ref name=":0" /> His most praiseworthy and most significant work was "Shah Jo Risalo" which appeared in 1958.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.encyclopediasindhiana.org/article.php?Dflt=شاهه%20جا%20رسالا%20قلمي%20ڇپيل%20۽%20ترجما|title=شاهه جا رسالا قلمي ڇپيل ۽ ترجما|website=[[Encyclopedia Sindhiana]]|language=sd|access-date=2020-04-24}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Junejo|first=Abdul Jabbar|author-link=Abdul Jabbar Junejo|url=http://www.sindhiadabiboard.org/Catalogue/Litrature/Book43/Book_page1.html|title=(ببلوگرافي (شاھ تي لکيل ڪتابن جي|publisher=[[Sindhi Adabi Board]]|year=2000|location=[[Jamshoro]]}}</ref> In this Risalo, he has given the meaning of difficult words, explanation of every verse, and has told the background story of every dastaan (chapter).

Kalyan Advani was a poet himself. His poetry collection Raz-o-Niaz was published in 1960.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|url=https://sindhsalamat.com/threads/11286/|title=شاهه جي رسالي جو نالي وارو مرتبي عالم ۔۔۔۔پروفيسر ڪلياڻ آڏواڻي|last=Mukhtiar|first=Sumera|date=2010|website=Sindh Salamat|access-date=2020-04-24}}</ref> His two English monograms, "Shah Latif" and "[[Sachal Sarmast]]" were published in 1970 and 1971, respectively.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Advani|first=Kalyan B|title=Sachal|date=1971|publisher=[[Sahitya Akademi]]|location=[[New Delhi]]|language=en|oclc=481143}}</ref> In 1973, he published a translation of Deewan Muhiuddin from Persian to Sindhi.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web|title=Advani, Kalyan B. 1911-1994|url=http://worldcat.org/identities/lccn-no2007127490/|website=WorldCat Identities|access-date=May 19, 2020}}</ref>

In 1970, he was part of the Indian delegation of writers to France, sent by the [[Government of India]].<ref name=":2"/> He was a member of Sindhi Advisory Board of the prestigious [[Sahitya Academy]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=Bhagchandani|first=Bhagwan|url=https://www.sindhisangat.com/images/promotersebook.pdf|title=Promotors and Preservers of Sindhiyat|year=2003|isbn=81-901711-0-0|location=[[Mumbai]], India|pages=82–83}}</ref> and a member of the Board of Studies of Sindhi departments of [[Mumbai University|Mumbai]] and [[Pune University|Pune Universities]].<ref name=":3" />

== Awards ==
He received [[List of Sahitya Akademi Award winners for Sindhi|Sahitya Academy Award]] for his compilation of the Shah Jo Risalo in 1968.<ref name=":2" /> He also received a Gold Medal from the [[Sahitya Akademi]] for the same work in 1958.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.sindhisangat.com/(late)prof.kalyan_bulchand.php|title=(Late) Prof. Kalyan Bulchand|website=Sindhi Sangat|access-date=2020-04-24}}</ref>

== Death ==
Kalyan Advani died on 17 March 1994 in [[Mumbai]].<ref name=":1" />

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