Sahitya Akademi Award for Gujarati | |
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Award for contributions to Gujarati literature | |
Awarded for | Literary award in India |
Sponsored by | Sahitya Akademi, Government of India |
Reward(s) | ₹1 lakh (US$1,200) |
First awarded | 1955 |
Last awarded | 2023 |
Highlights | |
Total awarded | 70 |
First winner | Mahadev Desai |
Most Recent winner | Vinod Joshi |
Website | Official website |
Sahitya Akademi Award to Gujarati Writers by Sahitya Akademi. No Awards were conferred in 1957, 1959, 1966 and 1972.[1] In 1969, Swami Anand, in 1983, Suresh Joshi, and in 2009 Shirish Panchal[2] refused this award.