Background
Sharma was born in Surat on 31 May 1934 to Hargovind and Heeraben.
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Bhagwatikumar Sharma
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He completed Secondary School in 1950 but left studies. He later completed his Bachelor of Arts in the Gujarati and English languages in 1968.
Career
Born in Surat and educated in languages, he edited daily. He wrote novels, short stories, poetry and criticism. He joined the editing department of Gujarat Mitra daily in 1955.
He also served as president of Gujarati Sahitya Parishad from 2009 to 2011.
He received Kumar Chandrak in 1977 and Ranjitram Suvarna Chandrak in 1984. He also received Sahitya Akademi Award in 1988 for his novel Asooryalok.
He was conferred the Doctor of Literature (Doctor of Letters ) by Veer Narmad South Gujarat University in 1999. He also received Nachiketa award in 1999.
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India
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Ranjitram Suvarna Chandrak; Sahitya Akademi Award Sahitya Akademi Award; Kalapi Award; Gujarati Gazal Award; Memorial Award; Nachiketa award
Sahitya Akademi Award is given by the Sahitya Akademi, India’s national academy of letters to one writer every year in each of the languages recognized by it as well as for translations.Sahitya Akademi Award is given by the Sahitya Akademi, India’s national academy of letters to one writer every year in each of the languages recognized by it as well as for translations.