| Subheader | Civilian award for contributions to literature |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | Literary honor |
| Location | Gujarat, India |
| Sponsor | Kumar Trust, Ahmedabad and Hiraben Foundation, Mumbai |
| Firstawarded | 1944 |
| Lastawarded | 2015 |
| Former name | Kumar Chandrak (till 1983) |
| Holder label | Most recent winner |
| Award1 winner | 53 |
| Award2 winner | Hariprasad Desai |
| Award3 winner | Harshad Trivedi |
Kumar Suvarana Chandrak or the Kumar Gold Medal is a literary award given by Kumar Trust, Ahmedabad, India since 1944. The medal is annually conferred to a Gujarati author for his contribution in Kumar magazine published by Kumar Trust. In 1950, Chandravadan Mehta refused to accept Kumar Chandrak.[1][2]
History
The medal was established in 1944, by Yashwant Pandya, an author contributing to Kumar. Initially, Gujarati authors Balwantray Thakore, Vishnuprasad Trivedi and Sundaram had served in a committee for the selection of awardee. Subsequently Ramnarayan V. Pathak and Anantrai Raval served on the committee. From 1983 to 2002, there is no expressed declaration of this medal, but from 2003 it has been started again. It was renamed from Kumar Chandrak (Kumar Medal) to Kumar Suvarna Chandrak (Kumar Gold Medal) in 2003.[1][2][3]
Recipients
References
- ^ Trivedi, Dr. Ramesh M. (2015). Arvachin Gujarati Sahityano Itihas (History of Modern Gujarati Literature). Ahmedabad: Adarsh Prakashan. p. 414. ISBN 978-93-82593-88-1.
- ^ "Kumar Suvarna Chandrak". Gujarati Sahitya Kosh (Encyclopedia of Gujarati Literature). Vol. 3. Ahmedabad: Gujarati Sahitya Parishad. 1996. p. 104.
- ^ Pandya, Rajnikumar (September 14, 2015). "એકાણુ વર્ષના જુવાન 'કુમાર'ને અમરત્વનું વરદાન આપો- ૨" [91 years old Kumar deserves immortality] (in gu). WebGurjari. Retrieved 3 February 2017.
- ^ "Eminent Artistes Receive Eviction Notices to Vacate Government Housing in Delhi". The Wire. 18 November 2020. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
- ^ Palan, Narottam (December 2017). "gu:હર્ષદ ત્રિવેદીને 'કુમાર' ચંદ્રક" [Kumar Chandrak To Harshad Trivedi] (in gu). Parab. Ahmedabad: Gujarati Sahitya Parishad. pp. 48–50. Archived 2021-01-16 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2021-10-13.
- ^ "મોટી ખોટ/ ગુજરાતના જાણીતા નાટ્યકાર અને લેખક ભરત દવેનું નિધન, કલાસંસ્કૃતિ ક્ષેત્રે આપેલું યોગદાન અતિમૂલ્યવાન - GSTV". Archived from the original on 2021-10-07. Retrieved 2021-10-07.