SAHITYA
AKADEMI AWARDS-2013
Eight books of poetry,
four of essays, three of novels, two each of short stories and travelogues, one
each of autobiography, memoirs and play have won the Sahitya Akademi Award this
year.
The Awards were
recommended by distinguished Jury members representing 22 Indian languages and
approved by the Executive Board of the Sahitya Akademi which met today under
the Chairmanship of Dr. Vishwanath Prasad Tiwari, President of the Sahitya
Akademi. Assamese and Gujarati language awards will be declared later on.
The books were selected
on the basis of recommendations made by a Jury of three members in the
concerned languages in accordance with the procedure laid down for the purpose.
According to the procedure, the Executive Board declared the Awards on the
basis of unanimous selections made by the Jurors or selection made on the basis
of majority vote. The Awards relate to books first published during the three
years immediately preceding the year of Award (i.e., between 1 January 2009 and
31 December 2011).
The Award in the form
of a casket containing an engraved copper plaque, a shawl and a cheque of ` 1,00,000/-
will be presented to the authors of these books at a special function to be
held on 11 March 2014 at New Delhi during the Festival of Letters organized by
Sahitya Akademi.
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