page_title: Anil R. Joshi
section_title: Early life
hierarchical_section_title: Anil R. Joshi / Early life
caption_attribution_description: English: Harivallabhdas Kalidas Arts College, popularly known as H. K. Arts College, located at Ashram Road, Ahmedabad, India.
context_page_description: Anil Joshi is a Gujarati language poet and essayist from Gujarat, India. He won Sahitya Akademi Award for Gujarati in 1990 for his essay collection Statue. His significant works includes Kadach, Barafna Pankhi and Pavan Ni Vyaspithe.
context_section_description: Joshi was born on 28 July 1940 in Gondal to Ramanath and Tarabahen. His father was a high level officer in education department. He completed his schooling in Gondal and Morbi. He completed his Bachelor of Arts in 1964 from U.N Mehta Arts College, Morbi and H.K Arts College, Ahmedabad with Gujarati and Sanskrit literature. He got his Master of Arts in 1966 from Arts and Commerce College, Modasa and School of Language located at Gujarat University, Ahmedabad.
  Joshi married Bharatiben on 15 July 1975, and they have a son and daughter, Sanket and Rachna.
caption: H K Arts College in Ahmedabad where Joshi studied
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