SAHITYA ACADEMY AWARDS 2014.... Bengali poet Utpal Kumar Basus Piya Mana Bhabe, Bodo poet Urkhao Gwra Brahmas Udangnifrai Gidingfinnanei, Shad Ramzans Kore Kakud Pushrith Gome (Kashmiri), Gopalkrushna Raths Bipula Diganta (Odia), Jaswinders Agarbatti for Punjabi, Gope Kamals Sija Agyaan Buku in Sindhi and Munawwar Ranas Shahdaba (Urdu) have won the award. Poet and critic Adil Jussawalls Trying to Say Goodbye is among 8 books of poetry conferred the prestigious Sahitya Akademi Award 2014 Well-known novelists Shailender Singh (Dogri), Ramesh Chandra Shah (Hindi), Subhash Chandran, (Malayalam), Asha Mishra (Maithili) and Poomani (Tamil) have been awarded for their literary writings. A distinguished jury representing 22 Indian languages had recommended these books and they were approved by the executive board of the Sahitya Akademi which met today with the institutions president Vishwanath Prasad Tiwari in the chair. Winners of Manipuri and Sanskrit language awards will be declared later. Arupa Patangia Kalita (Assamese), Nanda Hankhim (Nepali) and Rampal Singh Rajpurohit (Rajasthani) have got the award for their short stories, Jayant Vishnu Naralikar (Marathi) for his autobiography, Jamadar Kisku (Santali) for his play and Rachapalem Chandrashekara Reddy (Telugu) for his literary criticism. Kannada poet, writer and professor G.H. Nayak, publisher, writer and critic Madhavi Sardesai (Konkani) and late photographer Ashvin Mehta (Gujarati) have got the award for their books of essays.
Posted on: Sat, 20 Dec 2014 10:23:47 +0000