Hi,
It gives me great pleasure to post that Jerry Pinto has won the Sahitya Academy
award for his book " Em and the Big Hoom".
New Delhi, Dec 21 (IANS) Noted English novelist Jerry Pinto and Hindi author
Nasira Sharma were among the 24 authors named for the Sahitya Akademi Award
2016 here Wednesday.
They were cited for 'Em and the Big Hoom' and 'Paarijat' respectively.
Boluwaru Mohammad Kunhi was named for 'Swatantryada Ota' in Kannada, Edwin
J.F.D Souza for 'Kale Bhangar' in Konkani and Gita Upadhyay for 'Janmabhumi
Mero Swadesh' in Nepali.
Eight poets were also honoured: Jnan Pujari ('Meghmalar Bhraman'/Assamese),
Anju ('Ang Maboroi Dong Dasong'/ Bodo), Kamal Vora ('Anekek'/Gujarati), Prabha
Varma ('Shyamamadhavam'/Malayalam), Sitanath Acharya
('Kavyanirjhari'/Sanskrit), Gobinda Chandra Majhi ('Nalha'/Santhali), Nand
Javeri ('Akhar Katha'/Sindhi) and Papineni Sivasankar ('Rajanigandha'/Telegu).
Seven writers were cited for short stories: Chahatrapal ('Cheta'/Dogri), Shyan
Darihare ('Barki Kaki at Hotmail Dot Com'/Maithili), Moirangthem Rajen
('Cheptharaba Eshingpun'/Manipuri), Asaram Lomate ('Aalok'/Marathi, Paramita
Satpathy ('Prapti'/Odia), Bulaki Sharma ('Murdjat Ar Dujee
Kahaniyan'/Rajasthani) Vannadhasan 'Oru Siru Isai'/Tamil).
Aziz Hajini ('Aane Khane'/Kashmiri) and Nizam Siddiqui 'Mabad-e-Jadidiat Se
Naye Ahed Ki Takhliqiyat Tak'/Urdu) were awarded for their books on criticism.
Nrisinghaprasad Bhaduri has been honoured for his essay 'Mahabharater
Astadashi' in Bengali and Swarajbir for his play 'Masia Di Raat' in Punjabi.
The awards comprising a casket containing an engraved copper plaque, as well as
a shawl and a cheque of Rs.100,000 will be presented to the authors here on
February 22, 2017.
--IANS
