Narsinh Mehta Award

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Narsinh Mehta Award
Civilian award for contributions to Literature
Narsinh Mehta Award Chinu Modi.JPG
The idol of Narsinh Mehta presented as an award
Awarded forPresented for the contribution in Gujarati literature
Sponsored byNarsinh Mehta Shahitya Nidhi Trust
Reward(s)₹1,51,000
First awarded1999
Last awarded2019
Highlights
Total awarded21
First winnerRajendra Shah
Last winnerKhalil Dhantejvi

Narsinh Mehta Award (Gujarati: નરસિંહ મહેતા પુરસ્કાર) is one of the highest awards of Gujarati literature. The award is conferred upon Gujarati language author by Adyakavi Narsinh Mehta Sahitya Nidhi, Junagadh, Gujarat. The award is held at corpuscle of Sharad Purnima, mostly at Rupayatan, Junagadh. The award was instituted in 1999. The recipient is presented the idol of Narsinh Mehta and ₹1,51,000.[1]

The award of 2013 was conferred upon Nalin Raval and Harikrushna Pathak on 18 October 2013 at Rupayatan.[2]

Recipients[]

Year Recipients
1999 Rajendra Shah
2000 Makarand Dave
2001 Niranjan Bhagat
2002 Amrut Ghayal
2003 Jayant Pathak
2004 Ramesh Parekh
2005 Chandrakant Sheth
2006 Rajendra Shukla
2007 Suresh Dalal
2008 Chinu Modi
2009 Bhagwatikumar Sharma
2010 Anil Joshi
2011 Bhanuprasad Pandya
2012 Madhav Ramanuj
2013 Nalin Raval and Harikrushna Pathak[3]
2014 Harish Meenashru
2015 Manohar Trivedi
2016 [4]
2017 & Gulam Mohammed Sheikh
2018 Vinod Joshi
2019 Khalil Dhantejvi[5]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ NMA 2011, Narinh Mehta Award 2011 information on Rupayatan's Blog.
  2. ^ Narsinh Mehta Award 2013 Rupayatan Blog: Narsinh Mehta Award 2013
  3. ^ "જૂનાગઢમાં પુ.મોરારીબાપુના હસ્‍તે કવિ નલિન રાવળ અને હરિકૃષ્‍ણ પાઠકને નરસિંહ મહેતા એવોર્ડ એનાયત". Akilanews.com (in Gujarati). 2015-05-02. Retrieved 2015-05-02.
  4. ^ "આ વર્ષનો નરસિંહ મહેતા એવોર્ડ જલન માતરીને મળશે". Gujarat Samachar (in Gujarati). Retrieved 19 September 2016.
  5. ^ "2019નો નરસિંહ મહેતા એવોર્ડ લોકપ્રિય શાયર ખલીલ ધનતેજવીને…." chitralekha (in Gujarati). 2017-09-12. Retrieved 2019-09-09.
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