Chandrakant Sheth

Poet

Chandrakant Sheth

Born: 3 February 1938

He is a Gujarati poet, essayist, critic, translator and compiler from Gujarat, India.
His pen names include Aryaputra, Nand Samavedi, Balchadra and Daksh Prajapati.
He won the Sahitya Akademi Award for Gujarati in 1986 for his book Dhoolmani Paglio.
He served as a part-time lecturer at St. Xavier’s College, Ahmedabad in 1961–62.
He served as a professor at different colleges in Gujarat including Kapadvanj College (1962–63), Gujarat Vidyapith (1963–1966), Bhakta Vallabh Dhola College (1966–1972) and again Gujarat Vidyapith (1972–1979).
From 1979 to 1984, he served as the manager of K. L. Swadhyay Mandir, run by Gujarati Sahitya Parishad, and also worked as a co-editor of Gujarati Sahityakosh.
He again joined Gujarat Vidyapith and retired as the head of Gujarati Department.
He serves as an honorary at Gujarati Vishwkosh Trust, Ahmedabad.
He won Kumar Chandrak in 1964, Narmad Suvarna Chandrak in 1964, Ranjitram Suvarna Chandrak in 1985, Narsinh Mehta Award in 2005 and Sahitya Gaurav Puraskar in 2006.
His book Dhoolmani Paglio (1984) was awarded the Uma-Snehrashmi Prize (1984–85) and Sahitya Akademi Award (1986).
In 1986, he received Dhanji Kanji Gandhi Suvarna Chandrak which he shared with Rajendra Shah, a Gujarati poet.
He has also received the Chandrashekhar Thakkur Prize (1973), Ramprasad Bakshi Prize (1998), Anantrai Raval Vivechan Award (2000) and Natwarlal Malvi Prize (2001).
In 2018, the Sahitya Akademi awarded him Balsahitya Puraskar for his contribution in Gujarati children’s literature.