Well-known Odia poet and writer Gayatribala Panda has been chosen to be conferred with the Sahitya Akademi Award

New Delhi:22/12/22:Well-known Odia poet and writer Dr. Gayatribala Panda have been chosen to be conferred with the Sahitya Akademi Award for her poetry collection “Dayanadi”.

Dr. Gayatribala Panda will receive the prestigious award and Rs 1 lakh cash award at a special function to be held by Kendra Sahitya Akademi. The poetry collection “Dayanadi” is published by Bhubaneswar Based publication House PAKSHIGHAR.

Sahitya Akademi, announced its annual Sahitya Akademi Awards in 23 languages today. Kendra Sahitya Akademi’s award-winning poetry collection “Dayanadi” was published in 2017 by Pakhigahara Publishing House. The poetry collection ‘Dayanadi’ for 2022 is based on the Kalinga War. It contains 64 poems including a dedication and appendix. Earlier, she won the Kendra Sahitya Akademi Youth Award in 2011 for her poetry collection “Gaan”.

ଦୟାନଦୀ

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ଦୟାନଦୀ ମାନବ ସଭ୍ୟତା ଥିବାଯାଏ

ଗୋଟେ କରୁଣ ପୃଷ୍ଠଭୂମି ଉପରୁ ଶୁଭୁଥିବା

ଶାନ୍ତିର ବଂଶୀସ୍ଵନ

ଦୟାନଦୀରେ ଲୁଚି ରହିଛି

ସମୟକୁ ଅତିକ୍ରମ କରିବାର ଚମ୍ପକ ରାଗ

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ରୁକ୍ଷ ଛାତିରେ ଯିଏ ଆଙ୍କିପାରେ

ପ୍ରେମମୟ ପୃଥିବୀର ନିର୍ବାଣୀୟ ନକ୍ସା

କ୍ଷତକୁ ଯାଚେ କ୍ଷମା

ହାହାକାର କୁ ଦିଏ ହଳଦୀ ରଙ୍ଗର ହସ

ଲୁହକୁ ଲାବଣ୍ୟ

ଯୁଦ୍ଧକୁ ଯଜ୍ଞର ଚରୁଅନ୍ନ

ଦୟାନଦୀ କେବଳ ବହିଯାଉଥିବା

ନୀଳ ନୀଳ ଜଳାଧାର ନୁହେଁ

ଏ ବହିଯାଉଥିବା ଅମର ଇତିହାସ

ଅମ୍ଳାନ ଭବିଷ୍ୟତ

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ଉଜୁଡି ଯାଉଥିବା ଗୋଟେ ସଭ୍ୟତା ଉପବନର

ପେନ୍ଥାଏ କବିତା ଫୁଲ…………

ଆଞ୍ଜୁଳାଏ ଆଶ୍ବାସନା……..

ମଣିଷତା ପାଇଁ ମୁଠାଏ ଅକ୍ଷରlମୃତ।

Noted Poet Dr. Gayatribala Panda, who has gained considerable reader recognition by writing excerpts, stories, novels, articles and newspaper columns for three decades, has published 25 books so far. Among them, twelve collections of poems, two collections of stories, two novels and one collection of essays have been published in Odia language. In addition, five collections of poems in Hindi and two collections of poems and one collection of stories have been published in English.

Dr. Gayatribala Panda Born in 1977 in Sadeipur of Jagatsinghpur district, Dr. Gayatribala is the daughter of Golak Bihari Panda and Arunima Panda, and the wife of Rajya Sabha MP Manas Ranjan Mangaraj.

Sahitya Akademi Award 2022

Sahitya Akademi, announced its annual Sahitya Akademi Awards in 23 languages today. 7 books of poetry, 6 novels, 2 of short stories, 3 Plays/Dramas, 2 Literary Criticisms, one of the Autobiographical Essays, a Collection of Articles, and Literary History have won the Sahitya Akademi Awards 2022. However, award in Bengali language will be announced on a later date.

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 laic, 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 2016 and 31 December 2020).This year odia language jury has comprised Eminient writer Jayanti Rath,Khirod Parida & Sudarshan Acharya. Seven books in different segment was in final list.The book in final list was :

The Award in the form of a casket containing an engraved copper-plague, a shawl and an amount of Rs. 1,00,000/. towards cash content each will be presented to the awardees pt the award presentation function which will be held on a later date.