Uma-Snehrashmi Prize

Uma-Snehrashmi Prize
Uma-Snehrashmi Paritoshik
Awarded forLiterary honor in Gujarat, India
Sponsored bySnehrashmi
Date1963 (1963)
LocationAhmedabad
CountryIndia
Presented byGujarati Sahitya Parishad
First awarded1963
Last awarded2013
Currently held byHarsh Brahmbhatt

Uma-Snehrashmi Prize, also known as Uma-Snehrashmi Paritoshik (Gujarati: ઉમા-સ્નેહરશ્મિ પારિતોષિક) is a literary award in Gujarat, India founded by Snehrashmi in 1963 in a remembrance of his deceased daughter Uma. Presented by Gujarati Sahitya Parishad, the award has been conferred every two years to the author of the most outstanding book in Gujarati language.[1]

  1. ^ "Uma-Snehrashmi Paritoshik". Gujarati Sahitya Kosh (Encyclopedia of Gujarati Literature). Vol. 3. Ahmedabad: Gujarati Sahitya Parishad. 1996. p. 63. OCLC 26636333.