Monday, February 13, 2012

Saitya Akademi Translation Prizes Announced


Naanu Avanalla ... Avalu a Kannada translation by Tamil Selvi of Naan Sharavanan Illai Vidya an autobiography in Tamil by Lving Smile Vidya and Mahakavi Govinda Pai a Konkani translation by L. Sunitha Bai of Mahakavi Govinda Pain from Kannada written by Kayyara Kinhanna Rai were among the 22 books received the Sahitya Akademi Translation Prize 2011. 
The Sahitya Akademi announced selection of 22 books for the Sahitya Akademi Translation Prize 2011.
The prizes relate to translations first published during the five years prior to the year immediately preceding the year of Prize for Translation (i.e. between 1 January 2005 and 31 December 2009). 
The Executive Board of the Akademy met today under the Chairmanship of its President, Sri Sunil Gangopadhyay.
The Prize carries an amount of Rs.50,000/= and a copper plaque which will be presented to the translators of each of these books at a special function to be held some time in August 2012.
Yuva Puraskar Sahitya Akademi also announced its first annual Yuva Puraskar in 16 languages today; Seven books of poetry, one of novel, four of short stories, one of biography, one of essay and two of plays have won the Sahitya Akademi Yuva Puraskar.

The Awards were recommended by distinguished Jury members representing  24 Indian 
languages and approved by the Executive Board of the Sahitya Akademi which met today under the Chairmanship of Sri Sunil Gangopadhyay, President of the Sahitya Akademi.
Those who have won the Awards for their collection of poetry include Uma Shankar Choudhary (Hindi),  Veeranna Madiwalara (Kannada), Nisar Azam (Kashmiri), Aishwarya Patekar (Marathi), Gayatribala Panda (Odia), Paramveer Singh (Punjabi) and Vempalli Gangadhar (Telugu).
Those who have won the Awards for their collection of  short stories include                         
Binod Ghoshal (Bengali), Susmesh Chandroth (Malayalam), Dula Ram Saharan (Rajasthani) and Jofa Gonsalves (Konkani). M. Thavasi (Tamil) is awarded for his novel.
Those who have won the Awards for their plays are Anand Kumar Jha (Maithili) and Dhwanil Parekh (Gujarati). Vikram Sampath (English) won the award for Biography while Arindam Borkataki (Assamese) won for his book on essays. The Award in the form of a casket containing an engraved copper-plaque and a cheque of    
Rs.50,000/- will be presented to the awardees at a special function held at a later date.


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