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'''Kamal Vora''' ({{lang-gu|કમલ વોરા}}) is a [[Gujarati language]] poet and editor from [[Mumbai]], India. He is an editor of ''Etad'', a quarterly Guajarati literary magazine.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://balvantparekhcentre.org.in/report%20on%20Sapta%20Setu%202014-15.htm |title=Balvant Parekh Centre Nodal Centres, Sapta Setu: A Report |date= |website=balvantparekhcentre |publisher= |access-date= 22 December 2016}}</ref>

==Life==
He was born in 1950. Since 2010, He co-edits, with Naushil Mehta, a Gujarati quarterly journal ''Etad'', founded by [[Suresh Joshi]]. He was a member of the Gujarati advisory board of [[Sahitya Akademi]].<ref name="Welcome to Muse India"/><ref name="Tripathi 2018">{{cite web | last=Tripathi | first=Salil | title=A new generation of poets from Gujarat is keeping a rich poetic legacy alive | website= [[LiveMint]] | date=2018-02-16 | url=http://www.livemint.com/Leisure/WxQCScWHU7AACzKudTj58I/A-new-generation-of-poets-from-Gujarat-is-keeping-a-rich-poe.html | access-date=2018-02-16}}</ref>

==Works==
His poem started appearing in magazine from 1971. His first anthology of poem ''Arav'' was published in 1991,<ref name=AGSI>{{cite book|title=અર્વાચીન ગુજરાતી સાહિત્યનો ઈતિહાસ - આધુનિક અને અનુઆધુનિક યુગ (History of Modern Gujarati Literature – Modern and Postmodern Era)|first=Prasad|last=Brahmabhatt |publisher=Parshwa Publication|location=Ahmedabad|year=2010|pages=134|language=gu|isbn=978-93-5108-247-7}}</ref> followed by ''Anek Ek'' (2012) and ''Anekanek'' (2014). His poems have been translated in Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Kannada and English and appeared in [[Indian Literature (journal)|Indian Literature]], [[Chicago Review]], Anthology of Asian Poets, [[Muse India]] etc.<ref name="Welcome to Muse India">{{cite web | title=Welcome to Muse India | website=Welcome to Muse India | url=http://www.museindia.com/authprofile.asp?id=378 | accessdate=2016-12-22}}</ref>

==Awards==
He received [[Sahitya Akademi Award]] (2016) [[List of Sahitya Akademi Award winners for Gujarati|for Gujarati]] for his book ''Anekanek'' (2014).<ref name="dna 2016">{{cite web | title=Sahitya Akademi winners announced, Jerry Pinto among 24 writers named | website=dna | date=2016-12-21 | url=http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-sahitya-akademi-winners-announced-jerry-pinto-among-24-writers-named-2285255 | accessdate=2016-12-22}}</ref> His book ''Arav'' was awarded the Umashankar Joshi award. He has also written few short stories.<ref name="Welcome to Muse India"/>

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

== References ==
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