Yashwant Trivedi  Yashwant Trivedi is a Gujarati poet, essayist and critic from Gujarat, India. Yashwant Trivedi was born on 16 September 1934 in Palitana (now Bhavnagar district, Gujarat) to Ramshankar and Rambhaben. His family belonged to Mahuva. He completed B. A. in Economics and Statistics from Samaldas College, Bhavnagar in 1956. He completed M. A. in Gujarati in 1965. He was awarded Ph. D. in 1979 for his thesis, "Kavyani Paribhasha". He served as a professor of Gujarati in several colleges of Mumbai. Later he served as the professor and head of the department of Gujarati in the University of Mumbai. He retired from there. He is the president of literature department of Kalagurjari institute. Yashwant Trivedi started writing in 1956. He wrote modern poetry. His first poetry collection "Kshitijne Vansvan" (1971) has songs and non-metrical poetry. It is followed by "Pariprashna" (1975). "Paridevna" (1976) and "Pashchima" has poems written on the occasion of death of his writer friend Priyakant Maniar and his foreign visit respectively. His other poetry collections are "Ashlesh" (1988), "Enu Koi Naam Hot...!" (1998), "Radhakrishna Geetika" (2000), "Gopigeet Bhramargeet" (2006), "Akhkhi Prithvi Taro Prempatra Chhe" (1996). "Parishesh" (1978) has hundred poems selected by Pramodkumar Patel. "Pralambita" (1981) has 76 poems explained by various critics and edited by Ramesh Shukla. "Grusdain Got" (1982) is his travelogue. "Thodik Vasant Todak Bhagvanna Ansu" (1982) and "Vishwa Pravasna Yadgar Prasango" (2004) are the collections of narrative essays near to poetry. "Aa Rasto Akash Sudhi Jay Chhe?" (2003) and "Anam Akash" (2003) are his other essay collections. "Ahimsanu Darshan" (1983), "Man Ane Parbrahma" (1983), "Premdharmnu Jagran" (1983), "Purnatanu Achchadan" (1983), "Dharm-Adhyatmachintan" (2004), "Aa Jindagi Paramatmae Lakheli Parikatha" (2005) shows him as a thinker and a prose writer.