Ghulam Mohammed Sheikh Artist
Gulam Mohammed Sheikh (born 1937 Surendranagar, Gujarat) is an internationally renowned painter, writer and art critic. He was awarded the prestigious Padmashri award in 1983 and Padmabhushan in 2014 for his contribution to art.His collection of surrealistic poems Athwa has won considerable critical acclaim. He has also written a prose series Gher Jatan and edited a special number of Kshitij.