First Lady of the Republic of Korea Kim Yoon-ok presents the first Tagore Literature Awards to eight Indian experts for their contributions in eight Indian languages -- Bengali, Bodo, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Kashmiri, Punjabi and Telugu.
About this award:
Instituted by Sahitya Academy in collaboration with Samsung Electronics.This award recognises the best literary contributions in eight different Indian languages every year, with 24 languages being covered by the end of the third year. The same cycle of eight languages being rewarded every year will continue thereafter. Since this was the first year, veterans were awarded first. The awardees were honoured with a trophy, a cash prize of Rs 91,000 and a shawl.
Following are the winners:
About this award:
Instituted by Sahitya Academy in collaboration with Samsung Electronics.This award recognises the best literary contributions in eight different Indian languages every year, with 24 languages being covered by the end of the third year. The same cycle of eight languages being rewarded every year will continue thereafter. Since this was the first year, veterans were awarded first. The awardees were honoured with a trophy, a cash prize of Rs 91,000 and a shawl.
Following are the winners:
- Alok Sarkar : Bengali 'Apapabhumi' (poetry)
- Naseem Shafai kashmiri 'Na Tshay Na Akas', (Poetry)
- Bhagwandas Patel: Gujarati 'Mari Lokyatra' (Autobiography)
- Jaswant Singh Kanwal: Punjabi 'Punya Da Chanan' (Autobiography)
- Brajendra Kumar Brahma: Bodo: 'Raithai Hala', (Essay)
- Kovela Suprasannacharya: Telugu : 'Antharangam' (Essay)
- Rajee Seth: Hindi 'Ghame-Hayat Ne Mara', (Short Story )
- Chandrasekhar Kambar: Kannada : 'Shikara Soorya' (Novel)
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