page_title: Rajendra Shah (author)
section_title: Awards
hierarchical_section_title: Rajendra Shah (author) / Awards
caption_attribution_description: English: Kavi Rajendra Keshavlal Shah Library located near Himmatlal Park, Ahmedabad, Gujarat.
context_page_description: Rajendra Keshavlal Shah was a lyrical poet who wrote in Gujarati. Born in Kapadvanj, he authored more than 20 collections of poems and songs, mainly on the themes of the beauty of nature, and about the everyday lives of indigenous peoples and fisherfolk communities. In his poems using Sanskrit metrics, he was influenced by Rabindranath Tagore. He is considered as one of the giants of post Gandhi-era in Gujarati literature.
  Among his various professions, Shah was also a publisher in Mumbai, where he launched the poetry magazine Kavilok in 1957. The press itself became an important Sunday meeting-place for Gujarati poets. Apart from writing poetry, Shah also translated into Gujarati Tagore's poetry collection Balaaka; Jayadeva's Gita Govinda; Coleridge's The Rime of the Ancient Mariner; and Dante's The Divine Comedy.
  Shah won the Jnanpith Award for 2001.
context_section_description: He won Kumar Chandrak in 1947, Ranjitram Suvarna Chandrak in 1956.
  He received Sahitya Akademi Award (1963) for his book Shant Kolahal. He is also a recepiant of Aurobindo Suvarna Chandrak presented (1980) by Gujarati Sahitya Parishad, Sahitya Gaurav Puraskar (1992) and Narsinh Mehta Award 1999. He received Jnanpith Award, considered to be India's highest literary award, in 2001.  The judges noted, "his intensity of emotion and innovation in form and expression which set him apart as a poet of great significance. The mystical tone of his poetry stems from the tradition of great medieval masters like Narsinh Mehta, Kabir and Akho."
caption: Kavi Rajendra Keshavlal Shah Library located near Himmatlal Park in Ahmedabad
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