Sahitya Gaurav Puraskar

Sahitya Gaurav Award
Awarded by Gujarat Sahitya Akademi and Government of Gujarat
Type Civilian
Category Literature
Description
Description Literary honour in Gujarat, India
Statistics
Instituted 1983
First awarded 1983
Last awarded 2016
Total awarded 32
Cash award 1,00,000 (1 lakh)
First awardee(s) Vishnuprasad R. Trivedi
Last awardee(s) Madhav Ramanuj

The Sahitya Gaurav Puraskar (Gujarati: સાહિત્ય ગૌરવ પુરસ્કાર), also known as Sahitya Gaurav Award, is a literary honour in Gujarat, India. The award is conferred by Gujarat Sahitya Akademi and Government of Gujarat to the Gujarati authors for their significant contribution in Gujarati literature. Established in 1983, the award comprises a plaque, shawl and a cash prize of Rs. 1,00,000 (one lakh).[1] In 1985, Umashankar Joshi did not accepted the Sahitya Gaurav Award.[2]

Recipients

Following is the list of recipients:[2]

Year Recipients
1983 Vishnuprasad Trivedi
1984 Sundaram
1985 Umashankar Joshi (not accepted)
1986 Pannalal Patel
1987 Snehrashmi
1988 Chandravadan Mehta
1989 Harivallabh Bhayani
1990 not awarded
1991 Nagindas Parekh
1992 Rajendra Shah
1993 Niranjan Bhagat
1994 Gulabdas Broker
1995 Hirabahen Pathak
1996 Keshavram Kashiram Shastri
1997 Makarand Dave
1998 Dhirubhai Thaker
1999 Manubhai Pancholi 'Darshak'
2000 Ushanas
2001 Ramanlal Joshi

Raghuvir Chaudhari

2002 Labhshankar Thakar

Dhiruben Patel

2003 Madhusudan Parekh
2004 Bholabhai Patel
2005 Vinod Bhatt
2006 Chandrakant Sheth
2007 Amritlal Vegad
2008 Varsha Adalja
2009 Kumarpal Desai
2010 Vinesh Antani
2011 Taarak Mehta
2012 Bhagvatikumar Sharma
2013 Sitanshu Yashaschandra
2014 Suman Shah
2015 Vinod Joshi[3]
2016 Madhav Ramanuj[4]

References

  1. "11 littérateurs awarded Sahitya Gaurav Puraskar in Ahmedabad". dna. 2011-07-11. Retrieved 2016-04-17.
  2. 1 2 Trivedi, Dr. Ramesh M. (2015). Arvachin Gujarati Sahityano Itihas (History of Modern Gujarati Literature). Ahmedabad: Adarsh Prakashan. p. 419. ISBN 978-93-82593-88-1.
  3. "Pro.Dr. Vinod Joshi Got Gaurav Award to the Sahitya Akademi- m.divyabhaskar.co.in". Divya Bhaskar (in Gujarati). 2015-06-27. Retrieved 2016-04-22.
  4. "Madhav Ramanuj gets Guj Gaurav Puraskar". DNA. 2016-05-25. Retrieved 2016-05-26.
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