Sahitya Gaurav Puraskar

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 the 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 100,000.[1] In 1985, Umashankar Joshi rejected the Sahitya Gaurav Award.[2]

Sahitya Gaurav Award
Civilian award for contributions to Literature
Award plaque
Awarded forLiterary honour
Sponsored byGujarat Sahitya Akademi
LocationGujarat, India
Reward(s)100,000
First awarded1983
Last awarded2021
Highlights
Total awarded38
First winnerVishnuprasad Trivedi
Last winnerMadhu Rye

Recipients

edit

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 Hiraben 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]
2017 Dinkar Joshi
2018 Mohammad Mankad[5]
2019 Manilal H. Patel[6]
2020 Madhu Rye[7]
2021 Mohan Parmar[8]

References

edit
  1. ^ "11 littérateurs awarded Sahitya Gaurav Puraskar in Ahmedabad". dna. 2011-07-11. Archived from the original on 2016-12-01. Retrieved 2016-04-17.
  2. ^ a b 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. Archived from the original on 2016-06-17. Retrieved 2016-04-22.
  4. ^ "Madhav Ramanuj gets Guj Gaurav Puraskar". DNA. 2016-05-25. Archived from the original on 2016-08-07. Retrieved 2016-05-26.
  5. ^ "Mohammad Mankad conferred with award". Ahmedabad Mirror. 29 November 2019. Archived from the original on 9 December 2019. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
  6. ^ "યુવા અને સાહિત્ય ગૌરવ પુરસ્કાર અપાશે". Divya Bhaskar (in Gujarati). 28 January 2020. Archived from the original on 27 July 2021. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
  7. ^ Dave, Vishvesh (15 July 2021). "'ગુજરાત સાહિત્ય અકાદમી'ના વિવિધ એવોર્ડ જાહેર". GSTV (in Gujarati). Archived from the original on 27 July 2021. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
  8. ^ "ગુજરાત સાહિત્ય અકાદમી દ્વારા સાહિત્ય ગૌરવ પુરસ્કારની જાહેરાત, આ લેખકોને મળ્યા પુરસ્કાર". thechabuk (in Gujarati). 14 December 2022. Retrieved 27 January 2023.