Ushnas Prize | |
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Shri Ushanas Paritoshik | |
Awarded for | Literary honour in Gujarat, India |
Location | Ahmedabad |
Country | India |
Presented by | Gujarati Sahitya Parishad |
First awarded | 1982 |
Last awarded | 2013 |
Currently held by | Chandrakant Desai |
Website | gujaratisahityaparishad |
Ushnas Prize, also known as Shri Ushnas Paritoshik (Gujarati: શ્રી ઉશનસ્ પારિતોષિક) is a literary award in Gujarat, India and presented by Gujarati Sahitya Parishad. The award is named after Gujarati poet Ushnas. Ushnas Prize is conferred every two year to the poet of the most outstanding long narrative poem or the series of sonnet published during that two years.
The Ushnas Prize has been granted on every two year since 1982 to the following people: