# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/labhshankar-thakar
# Generated: 2026-08-14T01:04:06.301Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/labhshankar-thakar"
name: "Labhshankar Thakar"
slug: "labhshankar-thakar"
description: "Labhshankar Jadavji Thakar, also known by his pen names Lagharo and Vaidya Punarvasu, was a Gujarati poet, playwright and story writer from India. Educated in languages and Ayurveda, he taught at colleges before starting practice of Ayurveda. He had a modernist approach in literature and was heavily influenced by absurd theatre and the traditions of experimental literature. He chiefly wrote plays and poetry."
tagline: "Gujarati language author from India"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Labhshankar_Thaker.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "India"
  isoCode: "IN"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1935-01-14"
deathDate: "2016-01-06"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           38.42
  momentum:             15
  historical:           5.736357333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "लाभशङ्कर ठाकर"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Labhshankar Thakar"
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    title: "Labhshankar Thakar"
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    title: "Labhshankar Thakar"
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    title: "લાભશંકર ઠાકર"
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    title: "ਲਾਭਸ਼ੰਕਰ ਠਾਕਰ"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump