SAHITYA AKADEMI AWARDS 2021

Jan. 2, 2022

Sahitya Akademi has announced its annual Sahitya Akademi Awards in 20 languages.

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Seven books of poetry, two novels, five short stories, two plays, one biography, one autobiography, one critique and one Epic Poetry have won the Sahitya Akademi Awards 2021.
Awards in Gujrati, Maithili, Manipuri and Urdu languages will be announced at a later date.
Assamese writers Anuradha Sarma Pujari and Namita Gokhale have won the award in the novel category.
Awardees for Poetry category include Mwdai Gahai in Bodo, Sanjiv Verenkar in Konkani, Hrushikesh Mallick in Odia and Vindeshwari Prasad in Telegu.

Source : All India Radio

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