Narsinh Mehta Award

Narsinh Mehta Award
Civilian award for contributions to Literature
The idol of Narsinh Mehta presented as an award
Awarded for Presented for the contribution in Gujarati literature
Sponsored by Narsinh Mehta Shahitya Nidhi Trust
Reward(s) ₹1,51,000
First awarded 1999
Last awarded 2018
Highlights
Total awarded 21
First winner Rajendra Shah
Last winner Vinod Joshi

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]

Recipients

YearRecipients
1999Rajendra Shah
2000Makarand Dave
2001Niranjan Bhagat
2002Amrut Ghayal
2003Jayant Pathak
2004Ramesh Parekh
2005Chandrakant Sheth
2006Rajendra Shukla
2007Suresh Dalal
2008Chinu Modi
2009Bhagwatikumar Sharma
2010Anil Joshi
2011Bhanuprasad Pandya
2012Madhav Ramanuj
2013Nalin Raval and Harikrushna Pathak[3]
2014Harish Meenashru
2015Manohar Trivedi
2016Jalan Matari[4]
2017Dalpat Padhiyar & Gulam Mohamad Shaikh
2018Vinod Joshi

See also

References

  1. ↑ NMA 2011, Narinh Mehta Award 2011 information on Rupayatan's Blog.
  2. ↑ Narsinh Mehta Award 2013 Rupayatan Blog: Narsinh Mehta Award 2013
  3. ↑ "જૂનાગઢમાં પુ.મોરારીબાપુના હસ્‍તે કવિ નલિન રાવળ અને હરિકૃષ્‍ણ પાઠકને નરસિંહ મહેતા એવોર્ડ એનાયત". Akilanews.com (in Gujarati). 2015-05-02. Retrieved 2015-05-02.
  4. ↑ "આ વર્ષનો નરસિંહ મહેતા એવોર્ડ જલન માતરીને મળશે". Gujarat Samachar (in Gujarati). Retrieved 19 September 2016.
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