Praful Raval

Praful Raval (Gujarati: પ્રફુલ રાવલ) is a Gujarati poet, essayist and short story writer from Gujarat, India. He is a co-editor of Kavilok and Kumar and working as a general secretary of Gujarati Sahitya Parishad. He received Kumar Suvarna Chandrak in 1982.

He was born on 5 September 1948 in Viramgam to Jagjivandas and Subhadraben. He completed SSC from Sheth M. J High School, Viramgam. He completed Bachelor of Arts from C. M Desai Arts and Commerce College, Viramgam in Gujarati and joined School of Language, Gujarat University from where he completed Master of Arts, Master of Philosophy and Ph.D. He taught at L. C Kanya Vidyalaya, Viramgam from 1970 to 1983 and Sheth M. J High School, Viramgam from 1983 to 1984. In 1984, he founded Kruti Prakashan, a book publication. In 1992, he founded a primary school namely Shishu Niketan, later known as Setu Vidyalay. In 1995, he founded another school namely Sarjan Vidyamandir and served there as principal till 2006. He works as co-editor of Kumar from 2012. He works as general secretary of Gujarati Sahitya Parishad

Aavtikalni Shodh ma (2011) and Minoee Sachu Kaheti'ti (2014) are two of his collections of poems. Nokha-Anokha (1985), Ba Etle (2001) and Manas Ae To Manas (2014) are the collections of biographical essays written by him. Pakelo Andhkar, a collection of his short stories, was published in 2014.

He received Kumar Suvarna Chandrak in 1982.