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{{Infobox writer
| name = Manilal Desai
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| native_name = મણિલાલ ભગવાનજી દેસાઈ
| native_name_lang = gu
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=y|1939|7|19}}
| birth_place = Gorgam (now in [[Valsad district]], [[Gujarat]])
| death_date ={{Death date and age|df=y|1966|5|4|1939|7|19}}
| death_place = [[Ahmedabad]], Gujarat
| occupation = poet
| language = [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]]
| nationality = [[India]]n
| education = [[Master of Arts]]
| alma_mater =
| period = Modern [[Gujarati literature]]
| genres = [[geet (song)|geet]], [[ghazal]], metrical and non-metrical poetry
| subjects =
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| notableworks = ''Raneri'' (1968; posthumously)
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'''Manilal Bhagwanji Desai''' ({{lang-gu|મણિલાલ ભગવાનજી દેસાઈ}}, 1939-1966) was a [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]] poet from India.

==Life==
He was born in Gorgam (now in [[Valsad district]], [[Gujarat]]) on 19 July 1939. He completed his BA with Gujarati and MA with Sanskrit in [[Mumbai]] and served as a lecturer in Gujarati at Zhunzhunwala College, [[Ghatkopar]], [[Mumbai]]. He died at early age of 26 in [[Ahmedabad]] on 4 May 1966.<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|page=59-62|isbn=978-93-5108-247-7|language=gu}}</ref>

==Works==
He was [[experimentalism|experimentalist]] writer.<ref name="George1992">{{cite book|author=K. M. George|title=Modern Indian Literature, an Anthology: Surveys and poems|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=m1R2Pa3f7r0C&pg=PA139|year=1992|publisher=Sahitya Akademi|isbn=978-81-7201-324-0|pages=139}}</ref> He was associated with little magazine movement and modernist movement in Gujarati.

His collection ''Raneri'' (1968), edited by Jayant Parekh, was published posthumously. It includes [[geet (song)|geet]], [[ghazal]], metrical and non-metrical poetry as well as prose poetry. Darkness is recurring theme in his poetry. [[Suresh Dalal]] has called him "the poet of colour, rhythm and movement of darkness". He was modernist in his approach. ''Gandhijina Shishyo'' was his first work. His "Umbare Ubhi Sambharu Re Bol Valamna" ({{lang-gu|ઉંબરે ઊભી સાંભરું રે બોલ વાલમના}}) is very popular song across Gujarat. This song depicts a rural woman waiting for and thus remembering his husband in her everyday deeds.<ref name= "agsi"/><ref name="DT2006">{{cite book|last=Thakar|first=Dhirubhai|title=Arvachin Gujarati Sahityani Vikas Rekha: Adhunik ane Anuadhunik Pravaho|volume=5|year=2006|publisher=Gurjar Granthratna Karyalaya|location=Ahmedabad|language=gu|isbn=81-89166-36-0}}</ref>

In 2018, [[Gujarati Vishwakosh|Gujarati Vishwakosh Trust]] published his biography entitled ''Bol Valamna'', written by [[Manilal H. Patel]].<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Raval|first=Praful|author-link=Praful Raval|title=વિશ્વકોશ-પ્રકાશન|trans-title=Vishwakosh-Publications|language=gu|magazine=Vishwavihar|url=https://archive.org/stream/VishwaviharAugust2018/Vishwavihar#page/n27|date=August 2018|publisher=Gujarati Vishwakosh Trust|location=Ahmedabad|pages=28–29|issn=2321-6999}}</ref>

==Further reading==
* {{cite book |last=Patel |first=Manilal H. |title=Bol Valamna (biographical sketch of Manilal Desai) |year=2018 |publisher=[[Gujarati Vishwakosh|Gujarati Vishwakosh Trust]] |location=Ahmedabad}}

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://layastaro.com/?cat=86 Selected poems of Manilal Desai on ''Laystaro'' (in Gujarati)]

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[[Category:Gujarati-language writers]]
[[Category:Gujarati-language poets]]
[[Category:People from Valsad district|Desai]]
[[Category:1939 births]]
[[Category:1966 deaths]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian poets]]

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