Sahitya Gaurav Puraskar
The Sahitya Gaurav Puraskar, 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. In 1985, Umashankar Joshi rejected the Sahitya Gaurav Award.
Recipients
Following is the list of recipients:Year | Recipients |
1983 | Vishnuprasad Trivedi |
1984 | Sundaram |
1985 | Umashankar Joshi |
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 |
2016 | Madhav Ramanuj |
2017 | Dinkar Joshi |
2018 | Mohammad Mankad |