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About Joseph Macwan
- Joseph Ignas Macwan (Gujarati: ????? ?????? ??????; 9 October 1936 – 28 March 2010) was a Gujarati language novelist, short story writer and essayist from India.
- He received a Sahitya Akademi Award for Gujarati in 1989 for his novel Angaliyat (1986).
- He was also a recipient of the Dhanji Kanji Gandhi Suvarna Chandrak award in 1990.
- His significant works include: Vyathana Vitak (Agony of Suffering; 1985), Angaliyat (The Step Child; 1986) and Mari Paranetar (1988).
- He died on 28 March 2010, in Nadiad following kidney failure.
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