Narsinh Mehta Award | |
Subheader: | Civilian award for contributions to Literature |
Awarded For: | Presented for the contribution in Gujarati literature |
Sponsor: | Narsinh Mehta Shahitya Nidhi Trust |
Firstawarded: | 1999 |
Lastawarded: | 2019 |
Reward: | 1,51,000 |
Holder Label: | Most recent winner |
Award1 Type: | Total awarded |
Award1 Winner: | 26 |
Award2 Type: | First winner |
Award2 Winner: | Rajendra Shah |
Award3 Type: | Last winner |
Award3 Winner: | Kamal Vora |
Narsinh Mehta Award (Gujarati: નરસિંહ મહેતા પુરસ્કાર) is one of the highest awards of Gujarati literature. The award is conferred upon Gujarati language author by Adyakavi Narsinh Mehta Sahitya Nidhi, Junagadh, Gujarat. The award is held at corpuscle of Sharad Purnima, mostly at Rupayatan, Junagadh. The award was instituted in 1999. The recipient is presented the idol of Narsinh Mehta and 1,51,000.[1]
The award of 2013 was conferred upon Nalin Raval and Harikrushna Pathak on 18 October 2013 at Rupayatan.[2]
Year | Recipients | |
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1999 | Rajendra Shah | |
2000 | Makarand Dave | |
2001 | Niranjan Bhagat | |
2002 | Amrut Ghayal | |
2003 | Jayant Pathak | |
2004 | Ramesh Parekh | |
2005 | Chandrakant Sheth | |
2006 | Rajendra Shukla | |
2007 | Suresh Dalal | |
2008 | Chinu Modi | |
2009 | Bhagwatikumar Sharma | |
2010 | Anil Joshi | |
2011 | Bhanuprasad Pandya | |
2012 | Madhav Ramanuj | |
2013 | Nalin Raval and Harikrishna Pathak[3] | |
2014 | Harish Meenashru | |
2015 | Manohar Trivedi | |
2016 | Jalan Matari[4] | |
2017 | Dalpat Padhiyar & Gulam Mohammed Sheikh | |
2018 | Vinod Joshi | |
2019 | Khalil Dhantejvi[5] | |
2020 | Jawahar Bakshi[6] | |
2021 | Rajesh Vyas 'Miskin' | |
2022 | Yagnesh Dave | |
2023 | Udayan Thakker | |
2024 | Kamal Vora[7] |