Sahitya Akademi releases list of 23 poets and authors for 2015

Sahitya Akademi releases list of 23 poets and authors for 2015 Sahitya Akademi Award

The names of 23 poets and authors have been announced for the 2015 Sahitya Akademi Award.  

Sahitya Akademi Award has recognised premier works in 23 Indian languages and includes six books of short stories, six of poetry, four novels, two books each of essays, criticism and plays, and one memoir.

Here's the list of 23 awardees in various categories:

·      Poetry: Brajendra Kumar Brahma (Bodo), Dhian Singh (Dogri), Ramdarash Mishra (Hindi), K.V. Tirumalesh (Kannada), Kshetri Rajan (Manipuri) and Ram Shankar Awasthi (Sanskrit).

·       Short stories: Kula Saikia (Assamese), Man Mohan Jha (Maithili), Gupta Pradhan (Nepali), Bibhuti Pattanaik (Odia), Maya Rahi (Sindhi) and Volga (Telugu).

·  Novels: Cyrus Mistry (English), Jaswinder Singh (Punjabi) and Madhu Acharya 'Ashawadi' (Rajasthani).

·         Essays: Rasik Shah (Gujrati) and A. Madhavan (Tamil).

·         Plays: Uday Bhembre (Konkani), Rabilal Tudu (Santali).

·         Books on criticism: Bashir Bhadarwahi (Kashmiri) and Shamim Tariq (Urdu).

·         Memoirs: Arun Khopkar (Marathi).

A distinguished jury representing 23 Indian languages is appointed to choose the 23 awardees. The final approval was given by the Executive Board of the Sahitya Akademi chaired by its President, Vishwanath Prasad Tiwari.

These 23 awardees will be conferred with the 2015 Sahitya Akademi Award in the respective categories at a special function during the Festival of Letters. Festival of Letters is the annual function of the Akademi. However, as per the reports, the award in Bengali language will be announced later.

The Sahitya Akademi, India's National Academy of Letters, is an organisation dedicated to the promotion of literature in the languages of India. It was founded in March 1954. The Akademi presents the annual Sahitya Akademi Award of Rs 1,00,000 in each of the 24 languages it supports, as well as the Sahitya Akademi Fellowship for lifetime achievement.