Sahitya Akademi Awards Was Announced on 12th March:
On March 12, 2021, the National Academy of Letters declared the name of the "2020 Sahitaya Akademi Award." These names were unveiled at the start of the annual "Literature Festival."
Highlights:
♦ M Veerappa Moily, a politician and journalist, will receive the award, as will poet Arundhathi Subramaniam and 20 other authors. When God is a Traveler, a collection of poems by Subramaniam, won the grand prize in English. For his epic poetry "Sri Bahubali Ahimsa Digvijayam," Veerappa Moily was given the name Kannada. Seven poems, five short stories, four novels, two plays, one memoir, and one epic are included in this list. including 20 Indian languages.
♦ The awards for the languages of Nepali, Malayalam, Odiya, and Rajasthani will be announced later.
♦ Harish Menaksi (Gujarati), RS Bhaskar (Konkani), Anamika (Hindi), Irungbam Deven (Manipuri), and Nikhileshwar arranged the award in the "Poetry Category" (Thailand). Rupchand Hansda (Santali) and Lugu) were won.
♦ Imaiyam (Tamil), Nanda Khare (Marathi), Mahesh Chandra Sharma Gautam (Sanskrit), and Sri Hussain-ul-Haque were declared winners in the "novelty category." The short storey award went to Apurba Kumar Saikia (Assamese), Hiday Koul Bharti (Kashmiri), Dharanidhar Owari (Bodo), Gurdev Singh Rupana (Punjabi), and Kamakant Jha (Maithili).
Selection Procedure:
♦ These books were chosen based on a three-member jury`s recommendations in the relevant language. They arrived at their final decision using the protocols that had been designed for this reason. According to the resolution, the award will be announced by the Executive Board based on the jurors` unanimous selection or the majority vote.
♦ In our country, India, the Sahitya Akademi Award is a literary honour. Sahitya Akademi, India`s National Writing Institute, bestowed the honour. The award is given to the best literary achievement books published in any of India`s 24 major languages, including Hindi, English, and the other 22 languages mentioned in the Constitution`s Eighth Schedule. which consists of an engraved bronze plaque and a shawl, in the amount of 1,00,000 rupees.
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