Sahitya Gaurav Puraskar

Sahitya Gaurav Award
Civilian award for contributions to Literature
Award plaque
Awarded for	Literary honour
Sponsored by	Gujarat Sahitya Akademi
Location	Gujarat, India
Reward(s)	₹100,000
First awarded	1983
Last awarded	2021
Highlights
Total awarded	38
First winner	Vishnuprasad Trivedi
Last winner	Madhu Rye

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]

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	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

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. 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.