Ranjitram Suvarna Chandrak, also known as the Ranjitram Gold Medal, was founded by

Gujarat Sahitya Sabha Gujarat Sahitya Sabha, originally called the Social and Literary Association is a literary institution for the promotion of Gujarati literature located in the city of Ahmedabad, India. It was founded by Ranjitram Vavabhai Mehta in 1898. Its name ...

and is considered the highest literary award in Gujarati literature. The award is named after renowned Gujarati writer

Ranjitram Mehta Ranjitram Vavabhai Mehta (25 October 1881 – 4 June 1917) was a Gujarati language writer from British India. Biography Mehta was born on 25 October 1881 in Surat to Vavabhai. He completed his schooling in Ahmedabad where his father was the ...

. It is awarded since 1928.

Recipients

List of recipients: * 1928

Jhaverchand Meghani Jhaverchand or Zaverchand Kalidas Meghani ( – ) was an Indian poet, writer, social reformer and freedom fighter. He is a well-known name in the field of Gujarati literature. He was born in Chotila where the Government College has been rename ...

* 1929 Gijubhai Badheka * 1930

Ravishankar Raval Ravishankar Raval (1892–1977) was a painter, art teacher, art critic, journalist and essayist from Gujarat, India. He worked for the magazine ''Vismi Sadi'' until it closed in 1921, and then founded the cultural magazine '' Kumar''. Life Ravi ...

* 1931

Vijayray Vaidya Vijayray Kalyanray Vaidya was a Gujarati critic, biographer and essayist. After studying languages, he was engaged in Gujarati literary journalism and later criticism. He edited several magazines and wrote works of criticism, biography and essays. ...

* 1932 Ramanlal Desai * 1933 Ratnamanirao Jote * 1934 Tribhuvandas Luhar 'Sundram' * 1935

Vishwanath Bhatt Vishwanath Maganlal Bhatt (20 March 1898 – 27 November 1968) was a Gujarati literary critic and lexicographer from Gujarat, India. He had published 22 works. He was awarded the Ranjitram Suvarna Chandrak in 1935. Biography Bhatt was born on 20 ...

* 1936 Chandravadan Mehta * 1937 Chunilal Shah * 1938 Kanu Desai * 1939

Umashankar Joshi Umashankar Jethalal Joshi () (21 July 1911 – 19 December 1988) was an Indian poet, scholar and writer known for his contributions to Gujarati literature. He wrote most of his works in Gujarati. Biograpy Early years Umashankar Joshi was ...

* 1940

Dhansukhlal Mehta Dhansukhlal Krishnalal Mehta was a Gujarati writer from Gujarat, India. He is considered a pioneer of Gujarati short stories. He is known for his humorous novel '' Ame Badha'', co-written with Jyotindra Dave. He received the Gujarati literary aw ...

* 1941 Jyotindra Dave * 1942

Rasiklal Parikh Rasiklal Chhotalal Parikh (1897–1982) was a 20th-century Gujarati poet, playwright, literary critic, Indologist, historian, and editor from Gujarat, India. He was the president of Gujarat Sahitya Sabha and was appointed the president of Gujar ...

* 1943

Omkarnath Thakur Pandit Omkarnath Thakur (24 June 1897 – 29 December 1967), was an Indian music teacher, musicologist and Hindustani classical singer. A disciple of classical singer Vishnu Digambar Paluskar of Gwalior gharana, he became the principal of Gand ...

* 1944 Vishnuprasad Trivedi * 1945

Gunvantrai Acharya Gunvantrai Popatbhai Acharya (9 September 1900 – 25 November 1965) was a Gujarati language novelist and journalist from India. His experience with seafarers impacted his adventure and novel writings. His works include several historical fict ...

* 1946

Dolarrai Mankad Dolarrai Mankad, ( hi, डोलरराय मांकद gu, ડોલરરાય માંકડ; 23 January 1902 – 29 August 1970), full name Dolarrai Rangildas Mankad, was a Gujarati critic, researcher and poet who won the 1964 Sah ...

* 1947 Harinarayan Aacharya * 1948 Bachubhai Ravat * 1949 Somalal Shah * 1950 Pannalal Patel * 1951

Jaishankar Bhojak Jaishankar Bhudhardas Bhojak, (30 January 1889 – 22 January 1975) better known by his theatre name Jaishankar Sundari , was an Indian actor and director of Gujarati theatre. Starting at the young age, he rose to fame for his roles of female imp ...

'Sundari' * 1952 Keshavram Kashiram Shastri * 1953

Bhogilal Sandesara Bhogilal Jayachandbhai Sandesara (13 April 1917 – 18 January 1995) was a literary critic, scholar and editor from Gujarat, India. He was a scholar of Sanskrit, Prakrit, Apabhramsha and Old Gujarati language. He also contributed to the fie ...

* 1954 Chandulal Patel * 1955 Anantrai Raval * 1956 Rajendra Shah * 1957 Chunilal Madia * 1958 Krishnalal Shridharani * 1959 Jayanti Dalal * 1960

Hariprasad Shastri Hariprasad Gangashankar Shastri (17 October 1919 – 9 August 2014) was an Indian scholar, historian, epigraphist, Indologist and editor primarily known for his work on the political and cultural history of Gujarat state. He spent much of his car ...

* 1961

Ishwar Petlikar Ishwar Motibhai Patel (9 May 1916 - 22 November 1983), better known by his pen name Ishwar Petlikar, was an Indian Gujarati language author and journalist. Born and educated in villages of Gujarat, he taught in schools of villages before settling ...

* 1962 Ramsinhji Rathod * 1963 Harivallabh Bhayani * 1964 Manubhai Pancholi * 1965 Bapalal Vaidya * 1966 Hasmukh Sankaliya * 1967

Jhinabhai Desai Jhinabhai Ratanji Desai (16 April 1903 – 6 January 1991), better known by his pen name Snehrashmi, was a Gujarati language author and Indian independence activist. Life Jhinabhai was born on 16 April 1903 at Chikhli, Bombay Presidency. He l ...

'Snehrashmi' * 1968 Manjulal Majmudar * 1969

Niranjan Bhagat Niranjan Narhari Bhagat (18 May 1926 – 1 February 2018) was an Indian Gujarati language poet and commentator who won the 1999 Sahitya Akademi Award for Gujarati language for his critical work ''Gujarati Sahiyta – Purvardha Uttarardha''. He ...

* 1970 Shivkumar Joshi * 1971 Suresh Joshi * 1972 Natvarlal Pandya 'Ushnas' * 1973 Prabodh Pandit * 1974 Hiraben Pathak * 1975

Raghuveer Chaudhari Raghuveer ChaudhariSpelling of name is based on his signaturArchived herOther alternative spellings are Raghuvir Chaudhary and Raghuvir Chaudhari. is a novelist, poet and critic from Gujarat, India. He has also worked as a columnist for numerou ...

* 1976

Jayant Pathak Jayant Himmatlal Pathak (20 October 1920 – 1 September 2003) was a Gujarati poet and literary critic from Gujarat, India. He was the president of the Gujarati Sahitya Parishad from 1990 – 1991. He received several awards, including ...

* 1977 Jashwant Thaker * 1978 Father Carlos G. Vallés * 1979 Makarand Dave * 1980

Dhiruben Patel Dhiruben Gordhanbhai Patel ( gu, ધીરુબેન પટેલ) is an Indian novelist, playwright and translator. Life Dhiruben Gordhanbhai Patel is born on 29 May 1926 in Baroda (now Vadodara, Gujarat) to Gordhanbhai Patel, a journalist ...

* 1981

Labhshankar Thakar Labhshankar Jadavji Thakar, also known by his pen names Lagharo and Vaidya Punarvasu (14 January 1935 – 6 January 2016), was a Gujarati poet, playwright and story writer from India. Educated in languages and Ayurveda, he taught at colleges bef ...

* 1982 Harindra Dave * 1983 Suresh Dalal * 1984 Bhagwatikumar Sharma * 1985

Chandrakant Sheth Chandrakant Sheth (born 3 February 1938) is a Gujarati poet, essayist, critic, translator and compiler from Gujarat, India. His pen names include Aryaputra, Nand Samavedi, Balchadra and Daksh Prajapati. He won the Sahitya Akademi Award for Gujar ...

* 1986

Ramesh Parekh Ramesh Parekh (1940-2006) was a Gujarati poet and lyricist from Gujarat, India. He was one of the most popular poets of modern Gujarati poetry. Though government servant by profession, he had deep interest in literature and music. He contributed ...

* 1987 Sitanshu Yashaschandra * 1988 Bakul Tripathi * 1989

Vinod Bhatt Vinod Bhatt (14 January 1938 – 23 May 2018) was a Gujarati humour essayist and biographer from Gujarat, India. Biography Vinod Bhatt was born on 14 January 1938 at Nandol near Dehgam (now in Gujarat) to Jashvantlal and Jayabahen. He mat ...

* 1990 Nagindas Parekh * 1991 Ramanlal Nagarji Mehta * 1992 Yashwant Shukla * 1993 Amrut 'Ghayal' * 1994

Dhirubhai Thaker Dhirubhai Premshankar Thaker (27 June 1918 – 22 January 2014) was an Indian Gujarati writer, who was best known for creating the ''Gujarati Vishwakosh'', a 25-volume encyclopedia of the Gujarati language. Life Thaker was born on 27 June 1918 ...

* 1995

Bholabhai Patel Bholabhai Patel () was an Indian Gujarati author. He taught numerous languages at Gujarat University and did comparative studies of literature in different languages. He translated extensively and wrote essays and travelogues. He was awarded the ...

* 1996 Ramanlal Soni * 1997 Gunvant Shah * 1998

Gulabdas Broker Gulabdas Broker was a Gujarati language writer from India. He is primarily known for his short stories and one-act plays in Gujarati literature. Biography Broker was born at Porbandar on 20 September 1909. He completed his education in Gujarat ...

* 1999 Madhu Rye * 2000 C. N. Patel * 2001

Narayan Desai Narayan Desai (24 December 1924 – 15 March 2015) was an Indian Gandhian and author. Early life The son of Mahatma Gandhi's personal secretary and biographer Mahadev Desai, he was born in Bulsar (now Valsad), Gujarat on 24 December 1924. Broug ...

* 2002

Chandrakant Topiwala Chandrakant Amritlal Topiwala is a Gujarati language poet and critic from Gujarat, India. Early life Topiwala was born on 7 August 1936 at Vadodara, to Amritlal and Lilavati. He completed his Bachelor of Arts in Gujarati from the University o ...

* 2003 Madhusudan Parekh * 2004

Radheshyam Sharma Radheshyam Sharma (5 January 1936 – 9 September 2021) was a Gujarati language poet, novelist, short story writer, critic and compiler from the state of Gujarat, India. He is known in Gujarati literature for his experimental novels ''Fero'' ...

* 2005

Varsha Adalja Varsha Mahendra Adalja is an Indian Gujarati language feminist novelist, playwright and negotiator who won the 1995 Sahitya Akademi Award for Gujarati language for her novel ''Ansar''. She is also a dramatist, writing for stage plays, screenp ...

* 2006 Rajendra Shukla * 2007 Mohammad Mankad * 2008

Dhiru Parikh Dhiru Ishwarlal Parikh (31 August 1933 – 9 May 2021) was an Indian Gujarati poet, short story writer and critic. He was an editor of ''Kavilok'' and ''Kumar'', Gujarati literary magazines. Biography Dhiru Parikh was born on 31 August 1933 at ...

* 2009

Chimanlal Trivedi Chimanlal Shivshankar Trivedi (2 June 1929 – 30 January 2015) was a Gujarati critic and editor from Gujarat, India. Life Chimanlal Trivedi was born on 2 June 1929 at Mujpur village (now in Patan district, Gujarat, India). He completed BA in 1 ...

* 2010 Madhusudan Dhaky * 2011 Dhirendra Mehta * 2012

Sunil Kothari Sunil Kothari (20 December 1933 – 27 December 2020) was a noted Indian dance historian, scholar and critic. He was also former Uday Shankar Professor at Ravindra Bharti University, Kolkata. Career He completed M. A. in 1964 and PhD in 197 ...

* 2013 Nalin Raval * 2014

Pravin Darji Pravin Darji is Gujarati essayist, poet, critic and editor from India. ''Spand'' (1976), ''Charvana'' (1976), ''Dayarama'' (1978) and ''Pratyagra'' (1978) are some of his known works. He was awarded Padma Shri in 2011. Life Pravin Darji was born ...

* 2015

Kumarpal Desai Kumarpal Balabhai Desai is an author, critic, editor, journalist, columnist and translator from Gujarat, India. He studied and later taught at the Gujarat University. He is associated with several social and Gujarati literary organisations such ...

References

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