Sahitya Gaurav Puraskar

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

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]

  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.