Sahitya Akademi Awards

30 January 2010
Sahitya Akademi Awards
The Sahitya Akademi Award this year has been bestowed upon the following people:

1. Kailash Vajpeyi Hindi : Hawa Mein hastakshar
2. Pradumn Singh Jindrahia : Dogri
3. Jess Fernandes : Konkani
4. Raghu Leishangthem: Manipuri
5. Vasant Abaji Dahake : Marathi
6. Phani Mohanty : Oriya
7. Damyanti Beshra : Santhali
8. Puviarasu: Tamil
9. Vaidehi : Kannada (Short story collection)
10. Late Manmohan Jha (Maithili) (Short story collection)
11. Samiran Chhetri 'Priyadarshi' (Nepali) (Short story collection)
12. Major Ratan Jangid (Rajasthani) (Short story collection)
13. Prashahsya Mitra Shashtrti (Sanskrit) (Short story collection)
14. Anand Khemani (Sindhi) (Short story collection)
15. Dhrubajyoti Bora (Assamese)
16. Monoranjan Lahry (Bodo)
17. U A Khadar (Malyalam)
18. Y Laxmi Prasad (Telugu)

Original article can be found HERE.
  • Winners of the ASEAN Day Essay Writing Competition Announced
    As part of this year’s ASEAN Day celebrations, junior college students from across Singapore were invited to pen their thoughts on “Why ASEAN Matters to Me.” The…
  • Ubud Writers & Readers Festival Announces 2010 Line-up of Writers
    Director Janet De Neefe announced the full lineup of writers attending the 2010 Ubud Writers & Readers Festival. More than 100 writers, a third of them…
  • Vacancy: Senior Editor for Educational Publishing House HK
    Educational Publishing House Ltd(a member of Popular Holdings Limited)We are a dynamic and innovative educational publisher specializing in high-quality school…
Related Opportunities:
Ranked: 500 highest-paying publications for freelance writers
The Freelance 500 Report (2015 Edition, 138 pages) profiles the highest-paying markets, ranked to help you decide which publication to query first. The info and links in this report are current. Details here.