New Delhi: English novelist Namita Gokhale, Bengali playwright Bratya Basu, and writers Ambai, George Onakkur and Wali Mohammad Kashtwari was among 20 authors whose works were declared winners on Thursday Sahitya Akademi Awards for 2021.
Spread across 20 languages, the awards include seven books of poetry, two novels, five short stories, two plays and one biography, autobiography, epic poetry and criticism. A statement from the Sahitya Akademi said the awards for Maithili, Manipuri, Gujarati and Urdu would be announced later.
The Sahitya Akademi announced Anita Vachrajani as the winner of the prestigious Children’s Sahitya Puraskar for Children’s Literature for her book ‘Amrita Shergill: Rebel with a Paintbrush’, while Megha Majumdar won the Sahitya Akademi. youth awardYoung writers were awarded for their novel ‘A Burning’.
Gokhale, who won the award for her novel ‘Things to Leave Behind’, said in a post on Twitter that she was “deeply honored” to receive it. “Feel a deep sense of pride and gratitude for being related to vibrant Indian literature,” she said. Malayalam writer George Onakkur won the award for his autobiography ‘Hridyrangangal (Songs of the Heart)’. Onakkur, 80, is a two-time recipient of the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award and is known for his novels, short stories, film scripts and a travelogue.
Tamil feminist writer CS Lakshmi, popularly known as Ambai, whose writings have challenged the stereotypes of women, received the award for her short story collection ‘Sivappu Kazuthudan’. oru pachaparvay‘ And she is the fourth woman from Tamil Nadu to receive this award.
The list of winners also includes poet and Telangana MLC Gorati Venkanna, Trinamool Congress minister, playwright and film director Bratya Basu and Kashmir’s Wali Mohammad Kashtwari, who has been criticized for ‘tawazun‘ won the award. Basu, whose film had courted controversy for being dropped from the festival line-up at the recently concluded IFFI in Goa, won the Sahitya Akademi for his play.mirzafari Oh Ananya drama’.
Spread across 20 languages, the awards include seven books of poetry, two novels, five short stories, two plays and one biography, autobiography, epic poetry and criticism. A statement from the Sahitya Akademi said the awards for Maithili, Manipuri, Gujarati and Urdu would be announced later.
The Sahitya Akademi announced Anita Vachrajani as the winner of the prestigious Children’s Sahitya Puraskar for Children’s Literature for her book ‘Amrita Shergill: Rebel with a Paintbrush’, while Megha Majumdar won the Sahitya Akademi. youth awardYoung writers were awarded for their novel ‘A Burning’.
Gokhale, who won the award for her novel ‘Things to Leave Behind’, said in a post on Twitter that she was “deeply honored” to receive it. “Feel a deep sense of pride and gratitude for being related to vibrant Indian literature,” she said. Malayalam writer George Onakkur won the award for his autobiography ‘Hridyrangangal (Songs of the Heart)’. Onakkur, 80, is a two-time recipient of the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award and is known for his novels, short stories, film scripts and a travelogue.
Tamil feminist writer CS Lakshmi, popularly known as Ambai, whose writings have challenged the stereotypes of women, received the award for her short story collection ‘Sivappu Kazuthudan’. oru pachaparvay‘ And she is the fourth woman from Tamil Nadu to receive this award.
The list of winners also includes poet and Telangana MLC Gorati Venkanna, Trinamool Congress minister, playwright and film director Bratya Basu and Kashmir’s Wali Mohammad Kashtwari, who has been criticized for ‘tawazun‘ won the award. Basu, whose film had courted controversy for being dropped from the festival line-up at the recently concluded IFFI in Goa, won the Sahitya Akademi for his play.mirzafari Oh Ananya drama’.
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