List of Sahitya Akademi Award winners for Gujarati

Sahitya Akademi Award for Gujarati
Sahitya Akademi Award for Gujarati
Award for contributions to Gujarati literature
Awarded for	Literary award in India
Sponsored by	Sahitya Akademi, Government of India
Reward(s)	₹1 lakh (US$1,100)
First award	1955
Final award	2024
Highlights
Total awarded	66
First winner	Mahadev Desai
Most Recent winner	Dileep Jhaveri
Website	Official website

Last updated March 18, 2025

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Recipients

Year	Author	Work	Type of Work
1955	Mahadev Desai	Mahadev Bhaini Diary	Memoirs
1956	Ramnarayan V. Pathak	Brihat — Pingal	Treatise on prosody
1958	Sukhlal Sanghvi	Darshan ane Chintan	Philosophical essays
1960	Rasiklal Parikh	Sharvilak	Play
1961	Ram Singhji Rathod	Kachhnun Sanskrit Darshan	Cultural survey
1962	Vishnuprasad Trivedi	Upayana	Critical writings
1963	Rajendra Shah	Shant Kolahal	Poetry
1964	Dolarrai R. Mankad	Naivedya	Essays
1965	Kakasaheb Kalelkar	Jeevan-Vyavastha	Essays
1967	Prabodh Pandit	Gujarati Bhashanum Dhwani-Swarup and Dhwani-Parivartan	Linguistic study
1968	Tribhuvandas Luhar "Sundaram"	Avalokana	Literary reviews
1969	Swami Anand (Not Accepted)	Kulkathao	Pen-portraits
1970	Nagindas Parekh	Abhinavano Rasavichar	Literary criticism
1971	Chandravadan Mehta	Natya Gathariyan	Travelogue
1973	Umashankar Joshi	Kavini Shraddha	Literary criticism
1974	Anantrai Raval	Tartamya	Literary criticism
1975	Manubhai Pancholi "Darshak"	Socrates	Novel
1976	Natwarlal Pandya 'Ushnas'	Ashwattha	Poetry
1977	Raghuveer Chaudhari	Uparvas Kathatrayi (Trilogy)	Novel
1978	Harindra Dave	Hayati	Poetry
1979	Jagdish Joshi	Vamal Na Van	Poetry
1980	Jayant Pathak	Anunaya	Poetry
1981	Harivallabh Bhayani	Rachna ane Samrachna	Criticism
1982	Priyakant Maniar	Lilero Dhal	Poetry
1983	Suresh Joshi (Not Accepted)	Chintayami Manasa	Essays
1984	Ramanlal Joshi	Vivechanni Prakriya	Literary criticism
1985	Kundanika Kapadia	Sat Paglan Aakashman	Novel
1986	Chandrakant Sheth	Dhoolmani Paglio	Reminiscences
1987	Sitanshu Yashaschandra	Jatayu	Poetry
1988	Bhagwatikumar Sharma	Asooryalok	Novel
1989	Joseph Macwan	Angaliyat	Novel
1990	Anil R. Joshi	Statue	Essays
1991	Labhshankar Thakar	Tolan Aawaz Ghonghat	Poetry
1992	Bholabhai Patel	Devoni Ghati	Travelogue
1993	Narayan Desai	Agnikundaman Ugelun Gulab	Biography
1994	Ramesh Parekh	Vitan Sud Beej	Poetry
1995	Varsha Adalja	Ansar	Novel
1996	Himanshi Shelat	Andhari Galima Safed Tapakan	Short stories
1997	Ashokpuri Goswami	Kuvo	Novel
1998	Jayant Kothari	Vank-dekham Vivechano	Criticism
1999	Niranjan Bhagat	Gujarati Sahiyta Purvardha Uttarardha	Criticism
2000	Vinesh Antani	Dhundhabhari Khin	Novel
2001	Dhiruben Patel	Agantuk	Novel
2002	Dhruv Prabodhrai Bhatt	Tattvamasi	Novel
2003	Bindu Bhatt	Akhepatar	Novel
2004	Amritlal Vegad	Saundaryani Nadi Narmada	Travelogue
2005	Suresh Dalal	Akhand Zalar Vage	Poetry
2006	Ratilal 'Anil'	Aatano Suraj	Essays
2007	Rajendra Shukla	Gazal-Samhita	Poetry
2008	Suman Shah	Fatfatiyun	Short stories
2009	Shirish Panchal (refused)	Vaat aapanaa vivechan-ni	Criticism
2010	Dhirendra Maheta	Chhavni	Novel
2011	Mohan Parmar	Anchalo	Short Stories
2012	Chandrakant Topiwala	Sakshibhasya	Criticism
2013	Chinu Modi ^[3]	Khara Zaran	Poetry
2014	Ashvin Mehta	Chhabi Bhitarani	Essays
2015	Rasik Shah	Ante Aarambh (Part-I & II)	Essays
2016	Kamal Vora ^[4]	Anekanek	Poetry
2017	Urmi Desai	Gujarati Vyakaranna Baso Varsh	Criticism
2018	Sharifa Vijaliwala	Vibhajan Ni Vyatha	Essays
2019	Ratilal Borisagar ^[5]	Mojma Revu Re	Essays
2020	Harish Meenashru	Banaras Diary	Poetry
2021	Yagnesh Dave ^[6]	Gandhmanjusha	Poetry
2022	Gulam Mohammed Sheikh ^[7]	Gher Jatan	Autobiographical Essays
2023	Vinod Joshi ^[8]	Sairandhri	Poetry
2024	Dileep Jhaveri ^[9]	Bhagwan-ni Vato	Poetry

References

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↑ "'Will returning award help?'". Ahmedabad Mirror. 13 October 2015. Archived from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 15 February 2021.
↑ "Gujarati poet Chinu Modi gets Sahitya Akademi Award". The Times of India. 4 January 2014. Archived from the original on 12 March 2016. Retrieved 15 July 2014.
↑ "Sahitya Akademi winners announced, Jerry Pinto among 24 writers named". dna. 21 December 2016. Archived from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 21 December 2016.
↑ Shah, Hitanshi (19 December 2019). "Borisagar wins Sahitya Akademi award". The Indian Express. Archived from the original on 20 December 2019. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
↑ "Sahitya Akademi Award goes to Rajkotian after 27-year wait". First India. 15 February 2022. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
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[Ahmedabad_Mirror_2015-2] "'Will returning award help?'". Ahmedabad Mirror. 13 October 2015. Archived from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 15 February 2021.

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[dna_2016-4] "Sahitya Akademi winners announced, Jerry Pinto among 24 writers named". dna. 21 December 2016. Archived from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 21 December 2016.

[Shah_2019-5] Shah, Hitanshi (19 December 2019). "Borisagar wins Sahitya Akademi award". The Indian Express. Archived from the original on 20 December 2019. Retrieved 1 August 2021.

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v t e Sahitya Akademi Award for Gujarati
1955–1975	Mahadev Desai (1955) Ramnarayan V. Pathak (1956) Sukhlal Sanghvi (1958) Rasiklal Parikh (1960) Ram Singhji Rathod (1961) Vishnuprasad Trivedi (1962) Rajendra Shah (1963) Dolarrai Mankad (1964) Kakasaheb Kalelkar (1965) Prabodh Pandit (1967) Tribhuvandas Luhar 'Sundaram' (1968) Swami Anand (1969) (Not Accepted) Nagindas Parekh (1970) Chandravadan Mehta (1971) Umashankar Joshi (1973) Anantrai Raval (1974) Manubhai Pancholi 'Darshak' (1975)
1976–2000	Natwarlal Pandya 'Ushnas' (1976) Raghuveer Chaudhari (1977) Harindra Dave (1978) Jagdish Joshi (1979) Jayant Pathak (1980) Harivallabh Bhayani (1981) Priyakant Maniyar (1982) Suresh Joshi (1983) (Not Accepted) Ramanlal Joshi (1984) Kundanika Kapadia (1985) Chandrakant Sheth (1986) Sitanshu Yashaschandra (1987) Bhagwatikumar Sharma (1988) Joseph Macwan (1989) Anil R. Joshi (1990) Labhshankar Thakar (1991) Bholabhai Patel (1992) Narayan Desai (1993) Ramesh Parekh (1994) Varsha Adalja (1995) Himanshi Shelat (1996) Ashokpuri Goswami (1997) Jayant Kothari (1998) Niranjan Bhagat (1999) Vinesh Antani (2000)
2001–present	Dhiruben Patel (2001) Dhruv Bhatt (2002) Bindu Bhatt (2003) Amritlal Vegad (2004) Suresh Dalal (2005) Ratilal 'Anil' (2006) Rajendra Shukla (2007) Suman Shah (2008) Shirish Panchal (2009) (Refused) Dhirendra Mehta (2010) Mohan Parmar (2011) Chandrakant Topiwala (2012) Chinu Modi (2013) Ashvin Mehta (2014) Rasik Shah (2015) Kamal Vora (2016) Urmi Desai (2017) Sharifa Vijaliwala (2018) Ratilal Borisagar (2019) Harish Meenashru (2020) Yagnesh Dave (2021) Gulam Mohammed Sheikh (2022) Vinod Joshi (2023) Dileep Jhaveri (2024)