Sahitya Academy has announced the names of 23 poets & authors who will be conferred the prestigious 2015 Sahitya Akademi Award. This award has recognised premier works in 23 Indian languages that includes 6 books of short stories, Six of poetry, Four novels, Two books each of essays, criticism and plays and One memoir.
23 Awardee’s are:
- Poetry:
- Brajendra Kumar Brahma (Bodo), Dhian Singh (Dogri), Ramdarash Mishra (Hindi), K.V. Tirumalesh (Kannada), Kshetri Rajan (Manipuri) & Ram Shankar Awasthi (Sanskrit).
- Short stories:
Kula Saikia (Assamese), Man Mohan Jha (Maithili), Gupta Pradhan (Nepali), Bibhuti Pattanaik (Odia), Maya Rahi (Sindhi) & Volga (Telugu). - Novels:
Cyrus Mistry (English), Jaswinder Singh (Punjabi) & Madhu Acharya ‘Ashawadi’ (Rajasthani). Essays:
Rasik Shah (Gujrati) and A. Madhavan (Tamil). Plays: Uday Bhembre (Konkani), Rabilal Tudu (Santali). Books on criticism: Bashir Bhadarwahi (Kashmiri) and Shamim Tariq (Urdu). - Memoirs:
Arun Khopkar (Marathi). All 23 awardees were chosen by a distinguished jury representing 23 Indian languages. The final approval was given by the Executive Board of the Sahitya Akademi chaired by its President Dr. Vishwanath Prasad Tiwari. They will be presented with awards at a special function during the Festival of Letters – the annual function of the Akademi. The award in Bengali language will be announced later.
23 poets & authors chosen for prestigious Sahitya Akademi Award 2015
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