List of Sahitya Akademi Award winners for Gujarati
Recipients

List of Sahitya Akademi Award winners for Gujarati

Section Title: Recipients
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Year	Author	Work	Type of Work

1955	Mahadev Desai	Mahadev Bhaini Diary	Memoirs

1956	Ramnarayan V. Pathak	Brihat — Pingal	Treatise on prosody

1958	Sukhlal Sanghvi	Darshan ane Chintan	Philosophical essays

1960	Rasiklal Parikh	Sharvilak	Play

1961	Ram Singhji Rathod	Kachhnun Sanskrit Darshan	Cultural survey

1962	Vishnuprasad Trivedi	Upayana	Critical writings

1963	Rajendra Shah	Shant Kolahal	Poetry

1964	Dolarrai R. Mankad	Naivedya	Essays

1965	Kakasaheb Kalelkar	Jeevan-Vyavastha	Essays

1967	Prabodh Pandit	Gujarati Bhashanum Dhwani-Swarup and Dhwani-Parivartan	Linguistic study

1968	Tribhuvandas Luhar "Sundaram"	Avalokana	Literary reviews

1969	Swami Anand (Not Accepted)	Kulkathao	Pen-portraits

1970	Nagindas Parekh	Abhinavano Rasavichar	Literary criticism

1971	Chandravadan Mehta	Natya Gathariyan	Travelogue

1973	Umashankar Joshi	Kavini Shraddha	Literary criticism

1974	Anantrai Raval	Tartamya	Literary criticism

1975	Manubhai Pancholi "Darshak"	Socrates	Novel

1976	Narwarlal Pandya 'Ushnas'	Ashwattha	Poetry

1977	Raghuveer Chaudhari	Uparvas Kathatrayi (Trilogy)	Novel

1978	Harindra Dave	Hayati	Poetry

1979	Jagdish Joshi	Vamal Na Van	Poetry

1980	Jayant Pathak	Anunaya	Poetry

1981	Harivallabh Bhayani	Rachna ane Samrachna	Criticism

1982	Priyakant Maniar	Lilero Dhal	Poetry

1983	Suresh Joshi (Not Accepted)	Chintayami Manasa	Essays

1984	Ramanlal Joshi	Vivechanni Prakriya	Literary criticism

1985	Kundanika Kapadia	Sat Paglan Aakashman	Novel

1986	Chandrakant Sheth	Dhoolmani Paglio	Reminiscences

1987	Sitanshu Yashaschandra	Jatayu	Poetry

1988	Bhagwatikumar Sharma	Asooryalok	Novel

1989	Joseph Macwan	Angaliyat	Novel

1990	Anil R. Joshi	Statue	Essays

1991	Labhshankar Thakar	Tolan Aawaz Ghonghat	Poetry

1992	Bholabhai Patel	Devoni Ghati	Travelogue

1993	Narayan Desai	Agnikundaman Ugelun Gulab	Biography

1994	Ramesh Parekh	Vitan Sud Beej	Poetry

1995	Varsha Adalja	Ansar	Novel

1996	Himanshi Shelat	Andhari Galima Safed Tapakan	Short stories

1997	Ashokpuri Goswami	Kuvo	Novel

1998	Jayant Kothari	Vank-dekham Vivechano	Criticism

1999	Niranjan Bhagat	Gujarati Sahiyta Purvardha Uttarardha	Criticism

2000	Vinesh Antani	Dhundhabhari Khin	Novel

2001	Dhiruben Patel	Agantuk	Novel

2002	Dhruv Prabodhrai Bhatt	Tattvamasi	Novel

2003	Bindu Bhatt	Akhepatar	Novel

2004	Amritlal Vegad	Saundaryani Nadi Narmada	Travelogue

2005	Suresh Dalal	Akhand Zalar Vage	Poetry

2006	Ratilal 'Anil'	Ratano Suraj	Essays

2007	Rajendra Shukla	Gazal-Samhita	Poetry

2008	Suman Shah	Fatfatiyun	Short stories

2009	Shirish Panchal	Vaat aapanaa vivechan-ni	Criticism

2010	Dhirendra Maheta	Chhavni	Novel

2011	Mohan Parmar	Anchaio	Short Stories

2012	Chandrakant Topiwala	Sakshibhasya	Criticism

2013	Chinu Modi	Khara Zaran	Poetry

2014	Ashvin Mehta	Chhabi Bhitarani	Essays

2015	Rasik Shah	Ante Aarambh (Part-I & II)	Essays

2016	Kamal Vora	Anekanek	Poetry

2017	Urmi Desai	Gujarati Vyakaranna Baso Varsh	Criticism

2018	Sharifa Vijaliwala	Vibhajan Ni Vyatha	Essay

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Labhshankar Thakar was awarded the Sahitya Akademi award in 1991 for his poetry, Tola Avaaj Ghonghat.

final_sentence: Labhshankar Thakar was awarded the Sahitya Akademi award in 1991 for his poetry, Tola Avaaj Ghonghat.