Kumar Suvarna Chandrak

Kumar Suvarna Chandrak
Awarded by Kumar Trust, Ahmedabad And Hiraben Foundation, Mumbai.
Type Civilian
Category Literature
Description
Description Literary honor in Gujarat, India
Statistics
Instituted 1944
First awarded 1944
Last awarded 2014
Total awarded 52
Previous name(s) Kumar Chandrak (till 1983)
First awardee(s) Hariprasad Desai
Last awardee(s) Harsh Brahmbhatt

Kumar Suvarana Chandrak or Kumar Gold Medal is a literary award given by Kumar Trust, Ahmedabad, India since 1944. The medal is annually conferred to Gujarati author for his contribution in Kumar magazine published by Kumar Trust. In the year 1950, Chandravadan Mehta refused to accept Kumar Chandrak. [1] [2]

History

Medal was established in 1944, by Yashavant Pandya, an author contributing to Kumar. Initially Gujarati authors Balwantray Thakore, Vishnuprasad R. Trivedi and Sundaram had served in a committee for selection of awardee. Subsequently Ramnarayan V. Pathak and Anantrai Raval served on the committee. From 1983 to 2002, there is no expressed declaration of this medal, but from 2003 it have been started again. It was known as Kumar Chandrak (Kumar Medal) formerly but was renamed Kumar Suvarna Chandrak (Kumar Gold Medal) in 2003.[1][2]

Recipients

Year Recipients
1944 Hariprasad Desai
1945 Pushkar Chandarvakar
1946 Yashodhar Mehta
1947 Rajendra Shah
1948 Balmukund Dave
1949 Niranjan Bhagat
1950 Vasudev Bhatt
1951 Bakul Tripathi
1952 Shivkumar Joshi
1953 Ashok Harsh
1954 Shivprasad Trivedi
1955 Umakant Shah
1956 Chandravadan A. Buch
1957 Jayant Pathak
1958 Hemant Desai
1959 Ushnas
1960 Navneet Parekh
1961 Sunil Kothari
1962 Labhshankar Thakar
1963 Priyakant Maniar
1964 Chandrakant Sheth
1965 Raghuveer Chaudhari
1966 Father Vallés
1967 Harikrushna Pathak
1968 Gulabdas Broker
1969 Bhanuprasad Pandya
1970 Ramesh Parekh
1971 Dhiru Parikh
1972 Madhusudan Parekh
1973 Kanubhai Jani
1974 Madhusudan Dhaky
1975 Hariprasad Shastri
1976 Vinod Bhatt
1977 Bhagwatikumar Sharma
1978 Ashvin R. Desai
1979 Shankardev Vidyalankar
1980 Bahadurshah Pandit
1981 Hasmukh Baradi
1982 Prafull Raval
1983 Chandrashankar Bhatt 'Shashishivam'
2003 Rajnikumar Pandya
2004 Ramchandra Patel
2005 Bahadurbhai Vank
2006 Priti Sengupta
2007 Sushrut Patel
2008 Bhagirath Brahmbhatt
2009 Parantap Pathak
2010 Rajesh Vyas 'Miskin'
2011 Pravin Darji
2012 Radheshyam Sharma
2013 Yosef Macwan
2014 Harsh Brahmbhatt

References

  1. 1 2 Trivedi, Dr. Ramesh M. (2015). Arvachin Gujarati Sahityano Itihas (History of Modern Gujarati Literature). Ahmedabad: Adarsh Prakashan. p. 414. ISBN 978-93-82593-88-1.
  2. 1 2 "Kumar Suvarna Chandrak". Gujarati Sahitya Kosh (Encyclopedia of Gujarati Literature) 3. Ahmedabad: Gujarati Sahitya Parishad. 1996. p. 104.
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