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{{Infobox award
| country = India
| name = Kumar Suvarna Chandrak
| image =
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| 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
| reward =
| former name = Kumar Chandrak (till 1983)
| holder_label = Most recent winner
| holder =
| award1_type = Total awarded
| award1_winner = 53
| award2_type = First winner
| award2_winner = Hariprasad Desai
| award3_type = Last winner
| award3_winner = [[Harshad Trivedi]]
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'''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 language|Gujarati]] author for his contribution in ''[[Kumar magazine|Kumar]]'' magazine published by Kumar Trust. In 1950, [[Chandravadan Mehta]] refused to accept Kumar Chandrak.<ref name=":0">{{cite book |last = Trivedi|first = Dr. Ramesh M.|date = 2015|title = Arvachin Gujarati Sahityano Itihas (History of Modern Gujarati Literature)|location = Ahmedabad|publisher = Adarsh Prakashan|page = 414|isbn = 978-93-82593-88-1}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{cite encyclopedia |title = Kumar Suvarna Chandrak|encyclopedia = Gujarati Sahitya Kosh (Encyclopedia of Gujarati Literature)|year = 1996|publisher = Gujarati Sahitya Parishad|location = Ahmedabad|volume = 3|page = 104}}</ref>

== History ==
The medal was established in 1944, by [[Yashwant Pandya]], an author contributing to ''Kumar''. Initially, Gujarati authors [[Balwantray Thakore]], [[Vishnuprasad Trivedi]] and [[Tribhuvandas Luhar|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.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://webgurjari.in/2015/09/14/91-years-old-young-kumar-deserves-eternal-care_2/|title=એકાણુ વર્ષના જુવાન ‘કુમાર’ને અમરત્વનું વરદાન આપો- ૨|last=Pandya|first=Rajnikumar|date=September 14, 2015|website=WebGurjari|language=gu|trans-title=91 years old Kumar deserves immortality|access-date=3 February 2017}}</ref>

== Recipients ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"

! Year
! Recipients
|-
| 1944
| Hariprasad Desai
|-
| 1945
| Pushkar Chandarvakar
|-
| 1946
| Yashodhar Mehta
|-
| 1947
| [[Rajendra Shah (author)|Rajendra Shah]]
|-
| 1948
| [[Balmukund Dave]]
|-
| 1949
| [[Niranjan Bhagat]]
|-
| 1950
| Vasudev Bhatt
|-
| 1951
| [[Bakul Tripathi]]
|-
|1952
| [[Shivkumar Joshi]]
|-
| 1953
| Ashok Harsh
|-
| 1954
| Shivprasad Trivedi
|-
| 1955
| Umakant Shah
|-
| 1956
| Chandravadan A. Buch
|-
| 1957
| [[Jayant Pathak]]
|-
| 1958
| Hemant Desai
|-
| 1959
| [[Ushnas]]
|-
| 1960
| Navneet Parekh
|-
| 1961
| [[Sunil Kothari]]<ref name="The Wire 2020">{{cite web |title=Eminent Artistes Receive Eviction Notices to Vacate Government Housing in Delhi|website=The Wire|date=18 November 2020|url=https://thewire.in/government/eminent-artistes-receive-eviction-notices-vacate-government-housing-delhi|access-date=26 July 2021}}</ref>
|-
| 1962
| [[Labhshankar Thakar]]
|-
| 1963
| [[Priyakant Maniar]]
|-
| 1964
| [[Chandrakant Sheth]]
|-
| 1965
| [[Raghuveer Chaudhari]]
|-
| 1966
| [[Father Vallés]]
|-
| 1967
| [[Harikrishna Pathak]]
|-
| 1968
| [[Gulabdas Broker]]
|-
| 1969
| Bhanuprasad Pandya
|-
| 1970
| [[Ramesh Parekh]]
|-
| 1971
| [[Dhiru Parikh]]
|-
| 1972
| Madhusudan Parekh
|-
| 1973
| Kanubhai Jani
|-
| 1974
| [[Madhusudan Dhaky]]
|-
| 1975
| [[Hariprasad Shastri]]
|-
| 1976
| [[Vinod Bhatt]]
|-
| 1977
| [[Bhagwatikumar Sharma]]
|-
| 1978
| Ashvin R. Desai
|-
|1979
| Shankardev Vidyalankar
|-
| 1980
| Bahadurshah Pandit
|-
| 1981
| [[Hasmukh Baradi]]
|-
| 1982
| [[Praful Raval]]
|-
| 1983
| Chandrashankar Bhatt 'Shashishivam'
|-
| 2003
| [[Rajnikumar Pandya]]
|-
| 2004
| [[Ramchandra Patel]]
|-
| 2005
| Bahadurbhai Vank
|-
| 2006
| [[Priti Sengupta]]
|-
| 2007
| Sushrut Patel
|-
| 2008
| Bhagirath Brahmbhatt
|-
| 2009
| Parantap Pathak
|-
| 2010
| [[Rajesh Vyas|Rajesh Vyas 'Miskin']]
|-
| 2011
| [[Pravin Darji]]
|-
| 2012
| [[Radheshyam Sharma]]
|-
| 2013
| [[Yoseph Macwan]]
|-
|2014
|[[Harsh Brahmbhatt]]
|-
|2015
|[[Harshad Trivedi]]<ref>{{cite magazine|script-title=gu:હર્ષદ ત્રિવેદીને 'કુમાર' ચંદ્રક|trans-title=Kumar Chandrak To Harshad Trivedi|last=Palan|first=Narottam|magazine=Parab|date=December 2017|pages=48–50|publisher=[[Gujarati Sahitya Parishad]]|location=Ahmedabad|url=https://parab.online/2017-12-પરબ-ડિસેમ્બર-2017/|language=gu|access-date=2021-10-13|archive-date=2021-01-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210116145105/https://parab.online/2017-12-%E0%AA%AA%E0%AA%B0%E0%AA%AC-%E0%AA%A1%E0%AA%BF%E0%AA%B8%E0%AB%87%E0%AA%AE%E0%AB%8D%E0%AA%AC%E0%AA%B0-2017/|url-status=live}}</ref>
|}

== References ==
{{reflist}}
{{Gujarati literary awards}}
[[Category:Awards established in 1944]]
[[Category:1944 establishments in India]]
[[Category:Gujarati literary awards]]

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