Ushnas Prize

Ushnas Prize
Ushnas Prize
Shri Ushanas Paritoshik
Location	Ahmedabad
Country	India
Presented by	Gujarati Sahitya Parishad
First awarded	1982
Last awarded	2013
Currently held by	Chandrakant Desai
Website	gujaratisahityaparishad.com

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Ushnas Prize, also known as the Shri Ushnas Paritoshik (Gujarati: શ્રી ઉશનસ્ પારિતોષિક), is a literary award presented in Gujarat, India, by the Gujarati Sahitya Parishad (Gujarati Literary Council). The award is named after the Gujarati poet Ushnas. The Ushnas Prize is conferred every two years to the poet who has authored the most outstanding long narrative poem or series of sonnets published during the previous two year period.^[1]^[2]

Recipients[edit]

Following is the list of recipients.^[3]

Year	Recipient	Poem
1982-83	Chinu Modi	Bahuk
1984-85	Sitanshu Yashaschandra	Pralay
1986-87	Chandrakant Sheth	Padgha Ni Pele Paar
1988-89	Yagnesh Dave	Jatismar
1990-91	Ramprasad Shukla	Samay Najarayo
1992-93	not awarded	not awarded
1994-95	Pravin Pandya	Ajavasnan Matsya
1996-97	Manilal H. Patel	Dungar Kori Ghar Karya
1998-99	Bhanuprasad Pandya	Shabde Korya Shilp
2000-01	Nalin Raval	Mery Go Round
2002-03	Udayan Thakker	Sellara
2004-05	not awarded	not awarded
2006-07	Yogesh Joshi	Jesalmer
2008-09	Rajesh Pandya	Samudra Kavyo
2010-11	Urvish Vasavda	Girnar Saad Pade
2012-13	Chandrakant Desai	Sonetanjali

References[edit]

↑ Trivedi, Dr. Ramesh M. (2015). Arvachin Gujarati Sahityano Itihas (History of Modern Gujarati Literature). Ahmedabad: Adarsh Prakashan. p. 386. ISBN 978-93-82593-88-1.
↑ 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.
↑ Desai, Parul (2013). Gujarati Sahitya Parishad Prize. Ahmedabad: Gujarati Sahitya Parishad. p. 40.

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[1] Trivedi, Dr. Ramesh M. (2015). Arvachin Gujarati Sahityano Itihas (History of Modern Gujarati Literature). Ahmedabad: Adarsh Prakashan. p. 386. ISBN 978-93-82593-88-1.

[Abichandani2005-2] 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.

[3] Desai, Parul (2013). Gujarati Sahitya Parishad Prize. Ahmedabad: Gujarati Sahitya Parishad. p. 40.

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