Premanand Suvarna Chandrak

The Premanand Suvarna Chandrak or Premanand Gold Medal is a literary honour awarded every two years, though sometimes annually, to an established Gujarati writer in order to recognize and promote excellence in Gujarati writing. It is given by an institute of literature, the Premanand Sahitya Bhavan of Vadodara, in remembrance of the Gujarati poet with which it shares its name, Premanand Bhatt.[1] Established in 1916 as the Gujarati Sahitya Sabha and renamed to be the Premanand Sahitya Bhavan in 1944,[2] the organization and institute started this medal in 1983.

Premanand Suvarna Chandrak
Civilian award for contributions to Literature
Award plaque
Awarded forExcellence in writing by a Gujarati writer
Sponsored byPremanand Sahitya Bhavan, Vadodara
LocationGujarat, India
First awarded1983
Last awarded2016
Highlights
First winnerMareez (posthumously)
Last winnerChandrakant Sheth

Recipients

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Premanand Sahitya Sabha in Vadodara

List of recipients:[3][4]

Year Recipient
1983 Mareez (posthumously)
1985 Vishnuprasad 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
2003 Chandrakant Topiwala
2005-2006 Pravin Darji
2007-2008 Dhiru Parikh
2009-2010 Mohan Parmar
2011-2012 Suman Shah
2013-2014 Lovekumar Desai (posthumously)[5]
2015-2016 Chandrakant Sheth

References

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  1. ^ "Premanand Sahityasabha". Gujarati Vishwakosh (Gujarati Encyclopaedia). Vol. 12. Ahmedabad: Gujarati Vishwakosh Trust. 1999.
  2. ^ "History of Vadodara". 6 January 2015. Archived from the original on 14 July 2018. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ "File:List of winners of Premanand Gold Medal.jpg". Wikimedia Commons. 2017-03-01. Archived from the original on 2017-03-02. Retrieved 2017-03-01.
  5. ^ "સ્વ.લવકુમાર દેસાઈ પ્રેમાનંદ સુવર્ણ ચંદ્રક". Divya Bhaskar (in Gujarati). 23 February 2015. Archived from the original on 26 July 2021. Retrieved 26 July 2021.