Kalapi Award

The Kalapi Award (Gujarati:કલાપી ઍવોર્ડ) is an annual award given to Gujarati ghazal poets. It was founded by the INT Aditya Birla Centre for Performing Arts and Research. The award is named after Gujarati poet Kalapi, circa 1900 Thakor (prince) Sursinhji Takhtasinhji Gohil of Lathi state in Gujarat.. The amount of 25000 is awarded to recognize and promote Gujarati ghazal poets.Trivedi, Ramesh. M. (2005) Gujarati Sahityano Itihaas. (History of Gujarati Literature). Ahmedabad: Adarsh Prakashan

Recipients The Kalapi Award has been granted annually since 1997 to the following people: YearRecipient1997Amrut Ghayal1998Adil Mansuri1999Manoj Khanderia2000Chinu Modi2001Rajendra Shukla2002Manhar Modi2003Bhagwatikumar Sharma2004Khalil Dhantejvi2005Asim Randeri2006Jawahar Bakshi2007Asharaf Dabawala2008Ratilal 'Anil'2009Rajesh Vyas 'Miskin'2010Harish Meenashru2011Adam Tankaravi2012Harsh Brahmbhatt2013Nayan Desai2014Mukul Choksi2015Hemen Shah2016Raeesh Maniar2017Hemant Dhorda2018Vinod Joshi2019Udayan Thakker

See also Kalapi Shayda Award

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