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Sahitya Akademi Award News

After Sahitya Akademi win, Baviskar’s ‘Kalya Nilya Resha’ sparks wider conversations on marginal voices

Jalgaon-based artist-turned-author Raju Baviskar (centre) won the Sahitya Akademi Award for his Marathi autobiography, Kalya Nilya Resha. (HT)

Published 118 days ago

Navtej Sarna in English, Mamta Kalia in Hindi among 24 authors to receive Sahitya Akademi Award

Navtej Sarna in English, Mamta Kalia in Hindi among 24 authors to receive Sahitya Akademi Award

Published 134 days ago

Eminent Bengali author Moni Shankar Mukhopadhyay, 'Shankar', passes away at 92

Noted Bengali novelist Mani Shankar Mukhopadhyay. (Facebook)

Updated 158 days ago

Rahul Gandhi presents Priyadarshini Award to literary icon M Leelavathy

“I see India safe in the hands of Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi,” M Leelavathy said as she donated the Priyadarshini Award prize money to the Rajiv Gandhi Foundation.

Published 190 days ago

Magic realist who fused poetry, prose, elevated the dull to the extraordinary

Vinod Kumar Shukla (PTI)

Published 217 days ago

Ludhiana: Former PAU scientist receives literary award from MP govt

Litterateur and international scientist Faqir Chand Shukla being honoured with Sahitya Akademi Award. (HT Photo)

Published 323 days ago

Roundabout | The rite of passage to the write women

Sahitya Akademi Award winner Paul Kaur. (HT Photo)

Updated 577 days ago

Library and road to be named after Surjit Patar in Jalandhar

Panchayats, culture and industrial development minister Tarunpreet Singh Sond paying tribute to Surjit Patar in Ludhiana on Wednesday. (Manish/HT)

Updated 628 days ago

Celebrated poet and former intelligence officer Keki N Daruwalla dies at 87

Daruwalla’s last rites were carried out on Friday afternoon at the Parsi Aramgah in Delhi. (HT Photo)

Updated 668 days ago

Writer of readers, not of rulers: 100 years on, master of satire Harishankar Parsai lives on through his writings

Writer of readers, not of rulers: 100 years on, master of satire Harishankar Parsai lives on through his writings

Published 706 days ago

Urdu poet Munwwar Rana passes away, lives on in verse

Munawwar Rana suffered infection in the lungs and throat in 2017 and was also receiving treatment regularly due to kidney problems for which he had to undergo dialysis. (FILE PHOTO)

Updated 926 days ago

Sangam city’s Neelum Saran Gour bags Sahitya Akademi award 2023

Neelum Saran Gour (File photo)

Published 950 days ago

A farewell note to Jayanta Mahapatra

An early photograph of poet Jayanta Mahapatra (Ketaki Foundation Trust)

Updated 1065 days ago

Review: Magadh by Shrikant Verma, translated by Rahul Soni

A view of the ruins of Nalanda in the ancient kingdom of Magadha, now Bihar. (Parwaz Khan /HT PHOTO)

Updated 1089 days ago

Roundabout: I will meet you yet again!

A painting of Amrita Pritam and the silhouette of painter Imroz in the background: An image from the film ‘Imroz’ by Harjit Singh (HT Photo)

Updated 1094 days ago

Sahitya Akademi forms committee to review govt’s new mandate

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Updated 1131 days ago

Sahitya Akademi members to oppose government’s intrusion in literary awards

The ministry has asked the Akademi to respond to its notice issued last month, after internal consultation with committee members. (Pic for representation)

Updated 1135 days ago

Navdeep Suri, Translator: It’s satisfying translating something from 100 Yrs Ago

Translator and former diplomat Navdeep Suri (Courtesy The Sacred Amritsar)

Updated 1202 days ago

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