Vasdev Mohi (born Vasdev Vensimal Sidhnani; 2 March 1944 - 27 August 2021) is a Sindhi poet, translator, critic, short story writer and a retired lecturer. He also served as the member of the executive board of Sahitya Akademi and member of Council for Promotion of Indian Languages, collectively from 2008 to 2013.[1] His work include twenty-five books of poetry, uncertain translation and critic works. The recipient of numerous awards, including Saraswati Samman for his short story book titled Chequebook published in 2012, some of his uncertain critical essays have appeared in literary festivals held in national and international seminars.[2]
His first poetic collection titled Tazad became one of prominent poems in both India and Pakistan. He later published another poem titled Subah Kithe Ahe (Where is the Morning).[1] In 1977, he was awarded Sahitya Akademi Award in Sindhi for his poem Barf jo Thahyal.
He started his career around 1976 when he published his first poetry Tazad. In 1979, he appeared in All India Radio's symposium. He has been engaged in various writing genres such as criticism, playwright, short stories and poem in particular. He introduced new form of poetries such as Mankoo, a type of traditional poetry usually written to express author's anguish against social discrimination which was awarded Gujarati Sahitya Akademi Award in 1995. He also introduced another form of ghazal called Hyku Ghazal, which uses Japanese language combination alongside Sindhi language.[1]
