Ashwattha

*Ashwattha*
અશ્વત્થ
	Coverpage
Author	Ushnas
Country	India
Language	Gujarati
Genre	Collection of poems
Set in	Ahmedabad
Published	1975
Publisher	Vora & Company
Media type	Print
Pages	135
Awards	Sahitya Akademi Award (1976)
Dewey Decimal	891.471
Preceded by	Spanda Ane Chhand

Ashwattha (Gujarati: અશ્વત્થ) is a collection of poems written by Natwarlal Kuberdas Pandya, also known as Ushnas, in Gujarati. The book won the Sahitya Akademi Award for Gujarati in 1976. It is considered Ushnas's finest work in Gujarati.[1]

History

Ushnas wrote the poems between 1966 and 1973. They were published in various Gujarati literary magazines including Kumar and Samarpan. The book was first published in 1975 by Vora & Company, in Ahmedabad.[2]

Content

The book consists of 128 poems composed in different forms, including sonnets, geets, free verse, haiku, ghazals and muktak.[3]

Awards

The book won the Sahitya Akademi Award (1976) for Gujarati language.[4]

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References

Solanki, Kishor (1990). "Ashwattha (1975)". In Topiwala, Chandrakant (ed.). Gujarati Sahityakosh (Encyclopedia of Gujarati Literature) (in Gujarati). 2. Ahmedabad: Gujarati Sahitya Parishad. p. 14.
Pandya, Natwarlal 'Ushnas' (1975). Ashwattha. Ahmedabad: Vora & Company. p. 5.
Soni, Raman (1989). "Ashwattha (1975)". In Thakar, Dhirubhai (ed.). Gujarati Vishwakosh (Gujarati Encyclopedia) (in Gujarati). 1. Ahmedabad: Gujarati Vishwakosh Trust. p. 530.
Trivedi, Dr. Ramesh M. (2015). Arvachin Gujarati Sahityano Itihas (History of Modern Gujarati Literature). Ahmedabad: Adarsh Prakashan. p. 265. ISBN 978-93-82593-88-1.

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[1] Solanki, Kishor (1990). "Ashwattha (1975)". In Topiwala, Chandrakant (ed.). Gujarati Sahityakosh (Encyclopedia of Gujarati Literature) (in Gujarati). 2. Ahmedabad: Gujarati Sahitya Parishad. p. 14.

[2] Pandya, Natwarlal 'Ushnas' (1975). Ashwattha. Ahmedabad: Vora & Company. p. 5.

[3] Soni, Raman (1989). "Ashwattha (1975)". In Thakar, Dhirubhai (ed.). Gujarati Vishwakosh (Gujarati Encyclopedia) (in Gujarati). 1. Ahmedabad: Gujarati Vishwakosh Trust. p. 530.

[4] Trivedi, Dr. Ramesh M. (2015). Arvachin Gujarati Sahityano Itihas (History of Modern Gujarati Literature). Ahmedabad: Adarsh Prakashan. p. 265. ISBN 978-93-82593-88-1.