Gujarati Sahitya Parishad (lit.'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.
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]
^"Prakash N Shah elected as new President of Gujarati Sahitya Parishad". DeshGujarat. 23 October 2020. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
^"Dhirubhai Parikh becomes new President of Gujarati Sahitya Parishad". DeshGujarat. 24 December 2013. Retrieved 10 May 2014.
^ ab"Varsha Adalja new President of Gujarati Sahitya Parishad, Prakash Bhagwati new President of GCCI". DeshGujarat. 27 July 2012. Retrieved 28 May 2014.
^Joshi, Ramanlal (October–December 1974). "A Crop of Fresh Telents". Indian Literature. New Delhi: Sahitya Akademi. 17 (4): 13. JSTOR 23329892.
^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.
March 05, 2023
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Gujarati Sahitya Parishad lit 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 ParishadSeal of the Gujarati Sahitya ParishadFounder s Ranjitram MehtaEstablished1905 118 years ago 1905 PresidentPrakash N ShahLocationAhmedabad Gujarat IndiaCoordinates23 02 02 N 72 34 16 E 23 0339 N 72 5710 E 23 0339 72 5710 Coordinates 23 02 02 N 72 34 16 E 23 0339 N 72 5710 E 23 0339 72 5710Websitegujaratisahityaparishad comGujarati 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 AuditoriumPresidents Edit Chimanlal Mangaldas Library President City YearPrakash N Shah 2 Ahmedabad 2020Sitanshu Yashaschandra Secunderabad 2018Chandrakant Topiwala Bhuj 2016Dhiru Parikh 3 Anand 2014Varsha Adalja 4 Ahmedabad 2012Bholabhai Patel 4 Junagadh 2011Bhagwatikumar Sharma Surat 2009Narayan Desai Ahmedabad 2007Kumarpal Desai Ahmedabad 2006Bakul Tripathi Mumbai 2005Dhiruben Patel Mahuva 2003Raghuveer Chaudhari Patan 2001Dhirubhai Thaker Visnagar 1999Niranjan Bhagat Baroda 1997Vinod Bhatt Jamnagar 1995Rajendra Shah Kolkata 1993Ushnas Coimbatore 1991Jayant Pathak Rajkot 1989Bhogilal Sandesara Bombay 1987Keshavram Kashiram Shastri Pune 1985Yashwant Shukla Surat 1983Manubhai Pancholi Hyderabad 1981Anantrai Raval Baroda 1979Chandravadan Mehta 1978Ramprasad Bakshi Porbandar 1976Gulabdas Broker Vallabh 1974Jhinabhai Desai Sneharasmi Chennai 1972Tribhuvandas Luhar Sundaram Junagadh 1970Umashankar Joshi Delhi 1968Jyotindra Dave Surat 1966Rasiklal Parikh Mumbai 1964Vishnuprasad Trivedi Kolkata 1961Kaka Kalelkar Ahmedabad 1959Kanaiyalal M Munshi Nadiad 1955Harasidhdhabhai V Divetiya Navsari 1952Kanaiyalal M Munshi Nadiad 1949Ramnarayan V Pathak Rajkot 1946Vidyagauri Nilkanth Baroda 1943Ardeshar Khabardar Bombay 1941Kanaiyalal M Munshi Karachi 1937Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi Ahmedabad 1936Krishnalal Mohanlal Jhaveri Lathi 1931Bhulabhai Jivanaji Desai Nadiad 1931Anandshankar Dhruv Nadiad 1928Ramanbhai Nilkanth Bombay 1926Kamlashankar Trivedi Bhavnagar 1924Ranchhodlal Udayaram Dave Baroda 1921Hargovinddas Kantawala Ahmedabad 1920Narsinhrao Divetia Surat 1915Ambalal S Desai Rajkot 1909Keshavlal Dhruv Bombay 1907Govardhanram Tripathi Ahmedabad 1905Activities Edit Budh Sabha 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 economicsReferences Edit ગ જર ત સ હ ત ય પર ષદ Gujarati Sahitya Parishad www gujaratisahityaparishad com Retrieved 25 October 2020 Prakash N Shah elected as new President of Gujarati Sahitya Parishad DeshGujarat 23 October 2020 Retrieved 25 October 2020 Dhirubhai Parikh becomes new President of Gujarati Sahitya Parishad DeshGujarat 24 December 2013 Retrieved 10 May 2014 a b Varsha Adalja new President of Gujarati Sahitya Parishad Prakash Bhagwati new President of GCCI DeshGujarat 27 July 2012 Retrieved 28 May 2014 Joshi Ramanlal October December 1974 A Crop of Fresh Telents Indian Literature New Delhi Sahitya Akademi 17 4 13 JSTOR 23329892 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 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Gujarati Sahitya Parishad amp oldid 1142979195, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
