18 Facts About Chandrakant Sheth

Chandrakant Sheth was an Indian Gujarati poet, essayist, critic, translator and editor from Gujarat.

Chandrakant Sheth won the Sahitya Akademi Award for Gujarati in 1986 for his book Dhoolmani Paglio.

In January 2025, Sheth was honored with the Padma Shri, India's fourth-highest civilian award, by the Government of India.

Chandrakant Sheth was born on 3 February 1938 in Kalol, a village in Panchmahal district to Trikamlal.

Chandrakant Sheth's family is native to Thasra village of Kheda.

Chandrakant Sheth matriculated in 1954, completed BA in 1958, and MA in 1961 from Gujarat University with Gujarati and Sanskrit as his core subjects.

Chandrakant Sheth served as a professor at different colleges in Gujarat including Kapadvanj College, Gujarat Vidyapith, Bhakta Vallabh Dhola College and again Gujarat Vidyapith.

Chandrakant Sheth again joined Gujarat Vidyapith and retired as the head of Gujarati Department.

Chandrakant Sheth served as an honorary at Gujarati Vishwkosh Trust, Ahmedabad.

Chandrakant Sheth died in Ahmedabad on 2 August 2024, at the age of 86.

Chandrakant Sheth published several poetry collections, Pavan Rooperi and Ughadati Diwalo are his early collections of poetry.

Chandrakant Sheth's Nand Samvedi is a collection of modernist essays; Chehra Bhitar Chehra is a collection of 21 biographical essays; Het ane Halvash and Vahal ane Vinod have 33 and 24 essays respectively with light humour; Vaninu Sat, Vanini Shakti is a collection of short essays on words of Veda and Upnishad while Gun ane Garima is a collection of 31 essays.

Chandrakant Sheth translated and adapted many works which include Pandit Bhatkhande, Malayalam Sahityani Rooprekha, Athamni Rat, Anu Naam Zindagi and Lakhmi.

Chandrakant Sheth edited Brihad Gujarati Kavya Parichay Part I and II, Brihad Gujarati Gadya Parichay Part I and II and Bhasha Sahitya Dwara Rashtriy Ekta with Mohanbhai Patel.

Chandrakant Sheth edited Priyakant Maniar na Kavyo, Chunteli Kavita: Sundaram, Manhariyat and Amargeeto.

Chandrakant Sheth edited, with others, Dampatyamangal, Matrudarshan, Pushtidarshan, Hemchandracharya, Yugdrashta Umashankar Joshi, Adhit: Pramukhiy Pravachano, Pratyayan: Swatantrya Suvarna Jayanti Visheshank, Gurjar Adyatan Kavya Sanchay, Gurjar Pranay Kavya Sanchay, Gurjar Geet Sanchay, Gurjar Gazal Sangrah and Gurjar Kavya Vaibhav.

Chandrakant Sheth 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.

Chandrakant Sheth has received the Chandrashekhar Thakkur Prize, Ramprasad Bakshi Prize, Anantrai Raval Vivechan Award and Natwarlal Malvi Prize.