Premanand Suvarna Chandrak

Premanand Suvarna Chandrak
Awarded by Premanand Sahitya Sabha, Vadodara
Type Civilian
Category Literature
Description
Description Literary honour in Gujarat, India
Instituted 1983
First awarded 1983
First awardee(s) Mareez (posthumously)
Last awardee(s) Lavkumar Desai

The Premanand Suvarna Chandrak, also known by Premanand Gold Medal is a literary honour given by Premanand Sahityasabha, Vadodara in a remembrance of Gujarati poet Premanand Bhatt. On every two year and sometime annually, The gold medal is conferred to the established Gujarati literate with the purpose of to recognize and promote excellence in Gujarati writing.[1]

Recipients

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Established in 1916, The Premanand Sahityasabha started this medal in 1983. The list of the winners of this award is as below:[2]

Year Recipient
1983 Mareez (posthumously)
1985 Vishnuprasad R. Trivedi
1987 Harivallabh Bhayani
1989 Umashankar Joshi (posthumously)
1991 Dharmiklal Pandya
1992
1994 Madhu Rye
1996 Priyakant Parikh
1997 Amrut Ghayal
1998 Niranjan Bhagat
2000 Rajendra Shah
2001 Jayant Pathak
2002 Raghuvir Chaudhari
2003 Chandrakant Topiwala
2005 Pravin Darji
2003 Mohan Parmar
2013 Suman Shah

References

  1. "Premanand Sahityasabha". Gujarati Vishwakosh (Gujarati Encyclopaedia). 12. Ahmedabad: Gujarati Vishwakosh Trust. 1999.
  2. Trivedi, Dr. Ramesh M. (2015). Arvachin Gujarati Sahityano Itihas (History of Modern Gujarati Literature). Ahmedabad: Adarsh Prakashan. p. 421. ISBN 978-93-82593-88-1.
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