Gujarati Sahitya Parishad

Gujarati Sahitya Parishad (Gujarati Literary Council) is a literary organisation for the promotion of Gujarati literature located in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. It was founded by Ranjitram Mehta with the aim of creating literature appealing to all classes of society and cultivating a literary sense among the people. Many prominent people including Mahatma Gandhi and Kanaiyalal Munshi have presided over the organisation. Its headquarters, located on Ashram Road, is known as Govardhan Bhavan. It has a conference hall and library.

Gujarati Sahitya Parishad
Founder(s)Ranjitram Mehta
Established1905
PresidentPrakash N. Shah
Location, ,
Coordinates23.0339°N 72.5710°E / 23.0339; 72.5710
Websitewww.gujaratisahityaparishad.com
Gujarati Sahitya Parishad building

Parab is the monthly magazine of the Gujarati Sahitya Parishad and is published on the 10th of every month.[1]

Ramnarayan V. Pathak Auditorium

Presidents

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PresidentCityYear
Prakash N. Shah[2]Ahmedabad2020
Sitanshu YashaschandraSecunderabad2018
Chandrakant TopiwalaBhuj2016
Dhiru Parikh[3]Anand2014
Varsha Adalja[4]Ahmedabad2012
Bholabhai Patel[4]Junagadh2011
Bhagwatikumar SharmaSurat2009
Narayan DesaiAhmedabad2007
Kumarpal DesaiAhmedabad2006
Bakul TripathiMumbai2005
Dhiruben PatelMahuva2003
Raghuveer ChaudhariPatan2001
Dhirubhai ThakerVisnagar1999
Niranjan BhagatBaroda1997
Vinod BhattJamnagar1995
Rajendra ShahKolkata1993
UshnasCoimbatore1991
Jayant PathakRajkot1989
Bhogilal SandesaraBombay1987
Keshavram Kashiram ShastriPune1985
Yashwant ShuklaSurat1983
Manubhai PancholiHyderabad1981
Anantrai RavalBaroda1979
Chandravadan Mehta1978
Ramprasad BakshiPorbandar1976
Gulabdas BrokerVallabh1974
Jhinabhai Desai 'Sneharasmi'Chennai1972
Tribhuvandas Luhar 'Sundaram'Junagadh1970
Umashankar JoshiDelhi1968
Jyotindra DaveSurat1966
Rasiklal ParikhMumbai1964
Vishnuprasad TrivediKolkata1961
Kaka KalelkarAhmedabad1959
Kanaiyalal M. MunshiNadiad1955
Harasidhdhabhai V. DivetiyaNavsari1952
Kanaiyalal M. MunshiNadiad1949
Ramnarayan V. PathakRajkot1946
Vidyagauri NilkanthBaroda1943
Ardeshar KhabardarBombay1941
Kanaiyalal M. MunshiKarachi1937
Mohandas Karamchand GandhiAhmedabad1936
Krishnalal Mohanlal JhaveriLathi1931
Bhulabhai Jivanaji DesaiNadiad1931
Anandshankar DhruvNadiad1928
Ramanbhai NilkanthBombay1926
Kamlashankar Trivedi Bhavnagar1924
Ranchhodlal Udayaram DaveBaroda1921
Hargovinddas KantawalaAhmedabad1920
Narsinhrao DivetiaSurat1915
Ambalal S. DesaiRajkot1909
Keshavlal DhruvBombay1907
Govardhanram TripathiAhmedabad1905

Activities

It published seven volumes of the History of Gujarati Literature, of which the first volume covers a period of 1150 A.D to 1450 A.D.[5] A weekly poetry workshop known as Budh Sabha is held on every Wednesday at the World Poetry Center of Parishad.

It gives 30 prizes to writers in different genres of literature. The prizes given every two years are:[6]

  • Uma-Snehrashmi Prize for the best literary work
  • Shri Arvind Prize for the best book on devotional literature
  • Kakasaheb Kalelkar Prize for the best book of biography, essays, or travel
  • Bhagini Nivedita Prize is given to the best female writer
  • Batubhai Umarwadia Prize for the best one-act play
  • Jyotindra H. Dave Prize for the best humorous work
  • Parmanand Kunvarji Kapadia Prize for the best book on social education
  • P. Trivedi Prize for the best book on education
  • Ramprasad Bakshi Prize for the best book on poetic or on criticism
  • B. M. Mankad Prize for the best amongst writers first publication of poetry, drama, short story or novel
  • Harilal Maneklal Desai Prize for the best book on social philosophy or criticism
  • Ushnas Prize for the best long poem
  • Takhtasinh Parmar Prize for the best amongst writers first publication of poetry, drama, short story or novel
  • Natvar Malvi Prize for children's literature
  • Annieben Saraiya Prize for the best book on humanity
  • Mahendra Bhagat Prize for the best anthology of poem
  • Dilip Mehta Prize for the best anthology of ghazals
  • Raman Pathak Sashtipurti Prize for the best collection of short stories
  • Gopaldas Vidvans Prize for the best translation
  • Bhaskarao Vidvans Prize for the best book of sociology
  • Ramanlal Soni Prize for the best children's literature book
  • Suresh Majumdar Prize for the best female translator
  • Ramanlal Joshi Prize for the best book on criticism
  • Upendra Pandya Prize for the best Ph.D. thesis
  • Prabhashankar Teraiya Prize for the best book in linguistics or grammar
  • Pandit Bechardas Jivaraj Dhoshi Prize for the best book on Sanskrit, Prakrit and Gujarati grammar
  • Priyakant Parikh Prize for the best novel
  • Ramu Pandit Prize for the best book on human relations or economics

References

  1. "ગુજરાતી સાહિત્ય પરિષદ - Gujarati Sahitya Parishad". www.gujaratisahityaparishad.com. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
  2. "Prakash N Shah elected as new President of Gujarati Sahitya Parishad". DeshGujarat. 23 October 2020. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
  3. "Dhirubhai Parikh becomes new President of Gujarati Sahitya Parishad". DeshGujarat. 24 December 2013. Retrieved 10 May 2014.
  4. "Varsha Adalja new President of Gujarati Sahitya Parishad, Prakash Bhagwati new President of GCCI". DeshGujarat. 27 July 2012. Retrieved 28 May 2014.
  5. Joshi, Ramanlal (October–December 1974). "A Crop of Fresh Telents". Indian Literature. New Delhi: Sahitya Akademi. 17 (4): 13. JSTOR 23329892.
  6. Abichandani, Param A; Dutt, K C. (2005). Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature: Supplementary Entries and Index (2nd ed.). New Delhi: Sahitya Akademi. pp. 4690–4691. OCLC 34346409.
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