OdishaPlus Bureau
Former State Chief Secretary and eminent Odia Writer Tarunkani Mishra has been chosen Sahitya Akademi award for his short story collection ‘Bhaswati’.
“The awards were recommended by distinguished jury members representing 23 Indian languages and approved by the Executive Board of the Sahitya Akademi which met on Wednesday under the Chairmanship of Akademi president Chandrashekhar, secretary K Sreenivasarao said in a statement.
Seven poets who also have been chosen for award are Phukan Ch. Basumatary (Bodo), Nand Kishore Acharya (Hindi), Niba A Khandekar (Konkani), Kumar Manish Arvind (Maithili), V Madhusoodanan Nair (Malayalam), Anuradha Patil (Marathi) while and Penna Madhusudan (Sanskrit). Joysree Goswami Mahanta (Assamese), L Birmangol Singh (Manipuri), Cho Dharman (Tamil) and Bandi Narayan Swami (Telugu) will receive the award in novel category, the release said.
Six authors will get the recognition in short story category — Tarun Kanti Mishra (Odia) Abdul Ahad Hajini (Kashmiri), Kripal Kazak (Punjabi), Ramswaroop Kisan (Rajasthani), Kali Charan Hembram (Santali), and Ishwar Moorjani (Sindhi).
Shashi Tharoor (English), Vijaya (Kannada) and Shafey Kidwai (Urdu) have won the award for their work on creative non-fiction, autobiography and biography respectively.
Three books of essay by Chinmoy Guha (Bengali), Om Sharma Jandriari (Dogri), and Ratilal Borisagar (Gujarati) were also named for the prestigious award.
The winners will receive an engraved copper plate and Rs 1 lakh cash prize at a special ceremony during the Festival of Letters organized by Sahitya Akademi on February 25, 2020 in New Delhi.
