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New Delhi: Sahitya Akademi on Wednesday announced the names of 23 writers, including English writer Advait Kottary and Hindi author Parvati Tirkey, who will receive the prestigious Yuva Puraskar across as many languages.
“The Executive Board of the Sahitya Akademi in its meeting held today, under the Chairmanship of its President, Sri Madhav Kaushik approved selection of 23 writers who were selected on the basis of recommendations made by the Jury comprising three members each in the concerned language in accordance with the rules and procedure laid down for the purpose,” the academy said in a statement announcing the Yuva Puraskar.
There is no Yuva Puraskar in Dogri this year, it added.
While Kottary has been named winner for his novel “Siddhartha: The Boy Who Became the Buddha”, Tirkey has been named for her book of poetry, “Phir Ugna”.
The winners will receive a casket containing an engraved copper-plaque and an award of Rs 50,000 at a special function on a later date.
Other winners of the Yuva Puraskar include Suprakash Bhuyan (Assamese), Sudeshna Moitra (Bengali), Amar Khungur Boro (Bodo), Mayur Khavdu (Gujarati), R Dileepkumar (Kannada), Saiqa Sehar (Kashmiri), Glynis Dias (Konkani), Neha Jha Mani (Maithili), Akhil P Dharmajan (Malayalam), AK Jiten (Manipuri), Pradeep Kokar (Marathi), Subash Thakuri (Nepali), Subrat Kumar Senapati (Odia), Mandeep Aulakh (Punjabi), Poonam Chand Godara (Rajasthani), Dheeraj Kumar Pandey (Sanskrit), Fagu Baskey (Santali), Manthan Bachani (Sindhi), Latshmihar (Tamil), Prasad Suri (Telugu), and Neha Rubab (Urdu).
