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Sahitya Akademi announced its annual Sahitya Akademi Awards in 24 languages

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New  Delhi,  05  December  2018.    Sahitya  Akademi   announced   its annual Sahitya  Akademi  Awards  in 24  languages  today.  Seven  books  of poetry,  Six of novel, Six of short  stories,  Three  of literary criticism  and Two of essays  have won the Sahitya Akademi  Awards  2018

The    Awards    were    recommended     by   distinguished     Jury    members representing   24  Indian  languages   and  approved  by the  Executive  Board  of the Sahitya    Akademi     which     met    today     under     the    Chairmanship      of    Dr. Chandrashekhar   Kambar,  President,  Sahitya Akademi.Those  who  have won  the Awards  for their  collection  of poetry  include  Sri Sananta   Tanti   (Assamese),    Sri   Paresh   Narendra    Kamat   (Konkani),    Sri   S. Ramesan   Nair  (Malayalam),    Dr.  Mohanjit   (Punjabi),   Dr.  Rajesh   Kumar  Vyas (Rajasthani),    Dr.   Rama   Kant   Shukla   (Sanskrit)   and   Sri   Khiman   U.  Mulani (Sindhi).Sri Inderjeet  Kesar  (Dogri),  Sri Anees  Salim  (English),  Ms. Chitra  Mudgal (Hindi),  Sri Shyam  Besra  (Santali),  Sri S. Ramakrishnan   (Tamil)  and Sri Rahman Abbas  (Urdu) are awarded  for their novels.

Those who have won the Awards for short stories  include Sri Sanjib Chattopadhyay    (Bengali),   Sri  Rituraj  Basumatary   (Bodo),   Sri  Mushtaq   Ahmad Mushtaq   (Kashmiri),   Prof.  Bina  Thakur  (Maithili),   Sri  Budhichandra   Heisnamba (Manipuri)  and Sri Lok Nath Upadhyay  Chapagain  (Nepali).Sri  K.G.  Nagarajappa   (Kannada),   Sri  Ma.  Suo Patil  (Marathi)   and  Prof. Dasarathi  Das (Odia)  have won  for their works  on literary  criticism.  Prof. Sharifa Vijliwala  (Gujarati)  and  Dr. Kolakaluri  Enoch  (Telugu)  has been  awarded  for their essays.The  books  were  selected  on  the  basis  of  recommendations    made  by  a Jury  of  three   members   in  the  concerned   languages   in  accordance   with  the procedure  laid down  for the purpose.   According  to the procedure,  the Executive Board  declared  the  Awards  on the  basis  of unanimous   selections   made  by the Jurors  or  selection   made  on the  basis  of  majority  vote.    The  Awards  relate  to books  first  published   during  the  five  years  immediately   preceding   the  year  of Award  (i.e. between  1 January  2012 and 31 December  2016).The Award  in the form of a casket  containing  an engraved  copper-plaque, a shawl  and a cheque  of Rs. 1,00,000/-  will be presented  to the authors  of these books  at a special  function  to be held on 29 January  2019  at New  Delhi during the Festival  of Letters  organized  by Sahitya Akademi.

 

SAHITYA AKADEMI AWARD 2018

 

 

 

 

Language                             Title and Genre                             Name of the Author

 

Assamese      Kailoir Dinto Amar Hobo (Poetry)                                  Sananta Tanti

 

Bengali          Srikrishner Sesh Kata Din (Story)                                 Sanjib Chattopadhyay

–

 

Bodo

Dwngse   Lama (Short Stories)

Rituraj Basumatary

 

–                                   –                                                            –

Dogri              Bhagirath (Novel)                                                           Inderjeet Kesar

 

English          The Blind Lady’s Descendants (Novel)                         Anees Salim

 

Gujarati         Vibhajanni Vyatha (Essays)                                           Sharifa Vijliwala

 

Hindi              Post Box No. 203-Naala  Sopara (Novel)                     Chitra Mudgal

 

 

Kannada       Anushreni- Yajamanike (Literary Criticism)                    K.G. Nagarajappa

 

Kashmiri        Aakh (Short Stories)                                                       Mushtaq Ahmad Mushtaq Konkani         Chitralipi (Poetry)                                                            Paresh Narendra Kamat Maithili           Parineeta (Short Stories)                                               Bina Thakur

Malayalam    Gurupournami  (Poetry)                                                  S. Ramesan Nair

 

Manipuri        Ngamkheigee Wangmada  (Short Stories)                    Budhichandra Heisnamba

 

Marathi          Sarjanprerana ani Kavitwashodh (Literary                    Ma. Suo Patil

Criticism)

 

Nepali            Kina Royeu Upamaa (Short Stories)                             Lok Nath Upadhyay Chapagain

 

Odia               Prasanga Puruna Bhabana Nua (Literary Criticism)     Dasarathi Das

 

Punjabi          Kone Da Suraj (Poetry)                                                  Mohanjit

 

Rajasthani     Kavita Devai Deeth (Poetry)                                          Rajesh Kumar Vyas

 

Sanskrit         Mama Janani (Poetry)                                                    Rama Kant Shukla

–

Santali           Marom (Novel)                                                                Shyam Besra ‘Jiwi Rarec’

 

Sindhi            Jia Mein Taandaa (Poetry)                                             Khiman U. Mulani

–                                                     –

Tamil             Sanchaaram (Novel)                                                      S. Ramakrishnan

 

Telugu           Vimarshini (Essays)                                                    Kolakaluri Enoch

 

 

 

Urdu              Rohzin (Novel)                                                                Rahman Abbas

 

 

 

JURY MEMBERS  FOR THE SAHITYA AKADEMI   AWARD  2018

 

ASSAMESE                                                          BENGALI

  • Sri Atanu Bhattaeharyya                               •   Prof  Nabaneeta Dev Sen
  • Dr. Dipti Phukan Patgiri                                •   Sri Samaresh Mazumder
  • Dr. Paramananda  Rajbongshi                      •   Sri Tapan Bandyopadhyay

BODO                                                                   DOGRI

  • Sri Aurobindo  Uzir                                         •   Sri Shiv Mehta
  • Dr. Bhupen Narzaree                                    •    Sn Mohan Singh

_~      Dr. Mangal Singh Hazowary                         •   Sri Shiv Dev Sushil

ENGLISH                                                              GUJARATI

  • Sri Bikram K. Das                                          •   D~RaghuveerChaudhan
  • Dr. Janey James                                            •   Sri Utpal Bhayani
  • Sri Kiran Nagarkar                                         •   Sri Yeshwant Mehta

HINDI                                                                    KANNADA

  • Dr. Chander Trikha                                        •   Dr. R. Tarini Shubhadayini
  • Sri Govind Mishra                                          •   Prof. Basavraj P  Donur
  • Smt. Ushakiran Khan                           -=-_.     Sri Chidananda Sali

KASHMIRI                                                            KONKANI

  • Sri Autar Krishen Rahbar                              •   Sri Datta Demodar Naik
  • Ms. Rukhsana Jabeen                                  •   Sri N. Shivdas

Prof. Shad Ramzan                                       •   Sri S.M. Krishna Rao

MAITHILI                                                               MALAYALAM

  • Dr. Shefalika Verma                                      •   Sri C. Radhakrishnan
  • Dr. Tarakant Jha                                            •    Sn M. Mukundan
  • Sri Vivekanand Thakur                                  •   Dr. M.M. Basheer

MANIPURI                                                            MARATHI

  • Sri Dilip Mayengbam                                     •   Sri Madhukar Wakode
  • Prof. Elangbam Dinamani Singh                  •   Sri N.D. Mahanor
  • Sri L. Upendro Sharma                                 •   Prof. Ramesh Warkhede

NEPALI                                                                 ODIA

  • Dr. Bina Hangkhim                                        •   Prof. Adikanda Sahoo
  • Sri Durga Khatiwoda                                     •   Prof. Manoranjan Pradhan
  • Sri Manprasad Subba                                  ~.          Pramod Kumar MohCl!1ty_                    –

PUNJABI                                                              RAJASTHANI

  • Prof  Avtar Singh                                           •    Sri Bulakl Sharma
  • Sri Mohan Bhandari                                       •   Sri Madhav Nagda
  • Sri Naehhatar                                                 •   Dr. Laxmikant Vyas

SANSKRIT                                                            SANTALI

  • Prof. Satyavrat Shastri                                  •   Sri Badal Hembram
  • Prof. Shrinivas Varakhedi                             •   Sri Dasarathi Soren
  • Dr. Veneemadhav  Shastri                             •   Sri Raghunath Hembram

SINDHI                                                                  TAMIL

  • Prof. Arjun Chawla                                        •    Prof. E. Sundaramoorthy
  • Sri Lakhmi Khilani                                         •   Ms. G. Thilakavathi
  • Sri Nand Javeri                                              •   Sri Thoppil Mohamed Meeran

TELUGU                                                               URDU

  • Sri T. Devipriya                                              •   Prof. Baig Ehsas
  • Dr. Nalimela Bhaskar                                    •   Sri Jayant Parmar
  • Dr. Pa~ineni Shivasankar  • -S-ri -Nu-srat  Za-heer Ahmed

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

About Editor in chief

Ashok Palit has completed his graduation from Upendranath College Soro, Balasore and post graduation from Utkal University in Odia Language and literture.. He has also carved out a niche for himself as a scribe of eminence after joining the profession in 1988. He is also an independent media production professional. He brings loads of experience to Advanced Media, Ashok Palit as a cineaste has been active in film criticism for over three decades. As a film society activist, he soared to eminence for his profound commitment to the art film appreciation and aesthetics of cinema. His mode of discourse is often erudite but always lucid and comprehensible marked by a perfect acumen so rare in the field. A film aesthete with an immense fond of critical sensibilities, he wrote about growth and development of odia cinema in New Indian Express, The Times of India, The Hindustan Times, The Asian Age and Screen. He has been working as an Editor for Cine Samaya from 2002-2004.. He had made solid contribution on cinema in many odia Dailies and weekly such as Samaj, Prajatantra, Dharatri, Samaya, Satabadi, and weekly Samaya.
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