Vali Gujarati Gazal Award

Vali Gujarati Gazal Award
Awarded for Significant contribution in the field of Gujarati ghazal
Sponsor Government of Gujarat
Location Gandhinagar
Country India
Presented by Vali Gujarati Gazal Kendra
Reward 1,00,000
First awarded 2005
Last awarded 2014
Currently held by Rajesh Vyas

Vali Gujarati Gazal Award is a literary honour in Gujarat, India. The award was instituted in 2005 by Vali Gujarati Gazal Kendra, run by Government of Gujarat, to perpetuate the memory of 17th century poet Vali Gujarati. The Award is conferred annually to the Gujarati ghazal poets.[1][2]

Recipients

Year Recipients
2005 Asim Randeri[3]
2006 Ratilal Anil[4]
2007 Jalan Matari
2008 Adil Mansuri
2009 Rajendra Shukla
2010 Chinu Modi[5]
2011 Bhagvatikumar Sharma
2012 Harish Meenashru
2013 Khalil Dhantejvi
2014 Rajesh Vyas

References

  1. "Maatri, Masuri chosen for Vali Gujarati awards". www.oneindia.com. 2008-04-26. Retrieved 2016-03-01.
  2. DeshGujarat (2015-09-30). "Khalil Dhantejvi to be presented Vali Gujarati Award". DeshGujarat. Retrieved 2016-03-01.
  3. "Gujarati ghazal poet Asim Randeri dies". The Times of India. 2009-02-06. Retrieved 2016-03-01.
  4. "Poet Ratilal Anil passes away". The Times of India. 2013-08-30. Retrieved 2016-03-01.
  5. "ચીનુ મોદીને વલી ગુજરાતી એવોર્ડ". divyabhaskar (in Gujarati). 2010-10-29. Retrieved 2016-03-01.
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