The Sahitya Gaurav Puraskar (Gujarati: સાહિત્ય ગૌરવ પુરસ્કાર), also known as Sahitya Gaurav Award, is a literary honour in Gujarat, India. The award is conferred by Gujarat Sahitya Akademi and the Government of Gujarat to the Gujarati authors for their significant contribution in Gujarati literature. Established in 1983, the award comprises a plaque, shawl and a cash prize of . In 1985, Umashankar Joshi rejected the Sahitya Gaurav Award.
Recipients Following is the list of recipients: Year Recipients 1983 Vishnuprasad Trivedi 1984 Sundaram 1985 Umashankar Joshi (not accepted) 1986 Pannalal Patel 1987 Snehrashmi 1988 Chandravadan Mehta 1989 Harivallabh Bhayani 1990 not awarded 1991 Nagindas Parekh 1992 Rajendra Shah 1993 Niranjan Bhagat 1994 Gulabdas Broker 1995 Hiraben Pathak 1996 Keshavram Kashiram Shastri 1997 Makarand Dave 1998 Dhirubhai Thaker 1999 Manubhai Pancholi 'Darshak' 2000 Ushanas 2001 Ramanlal Joshi Raghuvir Chaudhari 2002 Labhshankar Thakar Dhiruben Patel 2003 Madhusudan Parekh 2004 Bholabhai Patel 2005 Vinod Bhatt 2006 Chandrakant Sheth 2007 Amritlal Vegad 2008 Varsha Adalja 2009 Kumarpal Desai 2010 Vinesh Antani 2011 Taarak Mehta 2012 Bhagvatikumar Sharma 2013 Sitanshu Yashaschandra 2014 Suman Shah 2015 Vinod Joshi 2016 Madhav Ramanuj 2017 Dinkar Joshi 2018 Mohammad Mankad2019Manilal H. Patel 2020 Madhu Rye 2021Mohan Parmar
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