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.
 Seal of the Gujarati Sahitya Parishad | |
| Founder | Ranjitram Mehta |
|---|---|
| Established | 1905 |
| President | Harshad Trivedi |
| Location | , , |
| Coordinates | 23°02′02″N 72°34′16″E / 23.0339°N 72.5710°E |
| Website | gujaratisahityaparishad.com |
Parab is the monthly magazine of the Gujarati Sahitya Parishad and is published on the 10th of every month.[1]
Presidents
editActivities
editIt 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.[6] 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:[7]
- 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 economics.
Controversies
editGujarati Sahitya Parishad was fined by Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation in February 2022 for cutting trees illegally. Parishad did not pay attention for many months after getting notices from the corporation. Parishad also deleted this episode of illegally cutting trees from its annual report, which is again a breach by a public institution. Parishad received a lot of negative publicity in newspapers for this illegal and unethical conduct.[8][9][10]
References
edit- ^ "ગુજરાતી સાહિત્ય પરિષદ" [Gujarati Sahitya Parishad]. www.gujaratisahityaparishad.com (in Gujarati). Archived from the original on 18 March 2023. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
- ^ "Harshad Trivedi elected as President of Gujarati Sahitya Parishad". DeshGujarat. 7 November 2023. Archived from the original on 7 November 2023. Retrieved 8 November 2023.
- ^ "Prakash N Shah elected as new President of Gujarati Sahitya Parishad". DeshGujarat. 23 October 2020. Archived from the original on 26 October 2020. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
- ^ "Dhirubhai Parikh becomes new President of Gujarati Sahitya Parishad". DeshGujarat. 24 December 2013. Archived from the original on 13 May 2014. Retrieved 10 May 2014.
- ^ a b "Varsha Adalja new President of Gujarati Sahitya Parishad, Prakash Bhagwati new President of GCCI". DeshGujarat. 27 July 2012. Archived from the original on 28 June 2018. Retrieved 28 May 2014.
- ^ Joshi, Ramanlal (October–December 1974). "A Crop of Fresh Telents". Indian Literature. 17 (4). New Delhi: Sahitya Akademi: 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.
- ^ "Sahitya Parishad snubs Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation, cuts 20 trees". The Times of India. 4 February 2022. ISSN 0971-8257. Archived from the original on 11 August 2023. Retrieved 11 August 2023.
- ^ "ગુજરાતી સાહિત્ય પરિષદ ખાતે ફરીવાર કપાયા વૃક્ષો, બેસણું યોજી અર્પી "વૃક્ષાંજલિ"". GSTV (in Gujarati). 3 February 2022. Archived from the original on 11 August 2023. Retrieved 11 August 2023.
- ^ VoI, Team (4 February 2022). "Gujarat's Literature And Environment Lovers Are Angry With Gujarati Sahitya Parishad's General Secretary". Vibes Of India. Archived from the original on 11 August 2023. Retrieved 11 August 2023.