surat diamond citys eminent writer poet and journalist bhagwatikumar sharma was conferred with gujarat sahitya ratna award by the gujarat sahitya academy for this year the award consists of rs 151 lakh in cash and a citation this sahitya ratna award was instituted by state government last yearsharma 83 has authored more than 80 books and has written in all forms of gujarati literature including novels short stories essays biography to name a fewborn on may 31 1934 sharma in his 50year career as journalist has written in many gujarati newspapers he still writes a weekly article in newspaper today i cant see cant walk cant sleep well but my work has been honoured and so i am happy sharma said a function will be held to honour him in surat later this week