1. Sitanshu Yashaschandra was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award given by Sahitya Akademi, India's National Academy of Letters, in 1987 for his poetry collection Jatayu.
22 Facts About Sitanshu Yashaschandra
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Sitanshu Yashaschandra was born on 19 August 1941 at Bhuj, Cutch State.
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Sitanshu Yashaschandra completed BA in Gujarati and Sanskrit from St Xavier's College, Mumbai and later MA from University of Bombay in 1965.
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Sitanshu Yashaschandra went to France for a year under Ford West European Fellowship where he studied, translated in Gujarati and did comparative study of Eugene Ionesco's Macbett and Shakespeare's Macbeth.
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Sitanshu Yashaschandra completed PhD in 1977 from University of Mumbai under Ramprasad Bakshi.
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Sitanshu Yashaschandra's daughter, Vipasha, was born in 1971, while his son, Aranyak, in 1978.
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Sitanshu Yashaschandra has taught Gujarati at Mithibai College from 1972 to 1975 and later at Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda from 1983.
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Sitanshu Yashaschandra served as a visiting professor at the Sorbonne University, Loyola Marymount University, and Jadavpur University.
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Sitanshu Yashaschandra was an emeritus professor and national lecturer at University Grant Commission.
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Sitanshu Yashaschandra was appointed the chief editor of the Encyclopedia of Indian Literature published by Sahitya Akademi, Delhi in 1977.
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Sitanshu Yashaschandra wrote mainly in Gujarati but his works are translated into Hindi and other languages.
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Sitanshu Yashaschandra has translated some works of poetry, drama and criticism from English to Gujarati.
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Sitanshu Yashaschandra adapted Eugene Ionesco's The Lesson as Margdarshan in Gujarati.
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Sitanshu Yashaschandra adapted Thomas Hardy's story, Day After The Fair as a play, Vaishakhi Koyal in Gujarati.
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Sitanshu Yashaschandra adapted Peter Shaffer's Equus as Tokhar in Gujarati.
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Sitanshu Yashaschandra had written a screenplay of 1993 Hindi film Maya Memsaab, which was based on Gustave Flaubert's Madame Bovary.
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Sitanshu Yashaschandra edited the book Critical Discourse in Gujarati, an anthology of critical writings in Gujarati.
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Sitanshu Yashaschandra received Sahitya Akademi Award for Gujarati writer in 1987 for his poetry collection Jatayu.
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Sitanshu Yashaschandra received Ranjitram Suvarna Chandrak, the highest award in Gujarati literature, in 1987.
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Sitanshu Yashaschandra was awarded Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian award in India, in 2006.
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Sitanshu Yashaschandra was selected for Adyakavi Narsinh Mehta Award in 2008 but he had declined.
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Sitanshu Yashaschandra received Saraswati Samman for his poetry collection Vakhar.