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Gangadhar National Award
Gangadhar National Award For Poetry is a literary award given in the field of literature for poetry by Sambalpur University. It is named after Gangadhar Meher. First award was given to Ali Sardar Jafri Ali Sardar Jafri (29 November 1913 – 1 August 2000) was an Indian writer of Urdu language. He was also a poet, critic and film lyricist. Biography Early life and education Ali Sardar Jafri was born in Balrampur, Uttar Pradesh, where he sp ... in the year 1991. Till now 31 poets have been awarded on various Indian languages. History The award was first given in 1991 but the procedure of giving the award was started in 1989. Procedure There is a delay of one year due to a long process of choosing an awardee; if the awardee won the prize for 2019 then he gets his award in 2021, and the award of 2017 was given in 2019. It is awarded on the celebration day of Sambalpur University Foundation Day, which is celebrated every year in January. Cash prize of Rs 50,000, angavastra, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sambalpur University
Sambalpur University is located in Burla town, of district Sambalpur, India, in the state of Odisha. Popularly known as Jyoti Vihar, it offers courses at the undergraduate and post-graduate levels. The governor of Odisha is the chancellor of the university. The campus is located 15 km away from Sambalpur. History On 10 December 1966 the Sambalpur University Act was passed by the Odisha Legislature, which provided for the establishment of a university in the Western part of Odisha. This institute started from 1 January 1967. The first vice-chancellor was Prof. Parasuram Mishra. The university started functioning in 1967 in a rented private building at Dhanupali, Sambalpur; then in a government building at Ainthapali, Sambalpur. In 1973 the university was shifted to the present campus named Jyoti Vihar at Burla. Location The present campus of the university is located at Burla, 2 km away from NH 6. The campus of this university is in the vicinity of Mahanadi Coal Fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haraprasad Das
Haraprasad Das (born 15 January 1946), is an Odia language poet, essayist and columnist. Das, has twelve works of poetry, four of prose, three translations and one piece of fiction to his credit. Haraprasad, is a retired civil servant. He has served various UN bodies as an expert. Awards He is a recipient of numerous awards and recognitions including * Kalinga Literary Award, 2017, Kalinga Literary Festival * Moortidevi Award, 2013 * Gangadhar Meher Award, 2008 * Kendra Sahitya Akademi Award The Sahitya Akademi Award is a literary honour in India, which the Sahitya Akademi, India's National Academy of Letters, annually confers on writers of the most outstanding books of literary merit published in any of the 22 languages of the ..., 1999 * Sarala Award, 2008 References 1945 births Living people Recipients of the Sahitya Akademi Award in Odia Recipients of the Odisha Sahitya Akademi Award Recipients of the Gangadhar National Award Poets from Odisha Od ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kamal Vora
Kamal Vora (born 19 May 1950) is a Gujarati language poet and editor from Mumbai, India. He is an editor of ''Etad'', a quarterly Gujarati literary magazine. Biography Kamal Vora was born on 19 May 1950 at Rajkot, Gujarat, India. He worked as an electrical engineer for seven years in a factory in Kalyan where his father used to work. Later he entered pharmaceutical industry with his brother. Since 2010, he co-edits, with Naushil Mehta, a Gujarati quarterly journal ''Etad'', founded by Suresh Joshi. He was a member of the Gujarati advisory board of Sahitya Akademi. He lives in Ghatkopar, Mumbai. Works Vora started writing poetry at the age of 18. His poems started appearing in magazines from 1971. His first anthology of poems ''Arav'' was published in 1991, followed by ''AnekEk'' (2012) and ''Vruddhashatak'' (2015). His poems have been translated in Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Kannada and English and appeared in ''Indian Literature'', ''Chicago Review'', ''Anthology of Asian Poet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sheen Kaaf Nizam
Sheen Kaaf Nizam, born in the year 1945 or 1946 in Jodhpur, India, is an Urdu poet and literary scholar. His birth name is Shiv Kishan Bissa. Sheen Kaaf Nizam is his pen name. He has edited many volumes of poets in Devanagari including ''Deewan-e-Ghalib'' and ''Deewan-e-Mir''. Literary career Nizam has published a number of poetry collections. Listed down are his books. * ''Lamhon kee Saleeb'' * ''Dasht mein Dariya'' * ''Naad'' * ''Saya Koi Lamba Na Tha'' * ''Bayazein Kho Gayi Hai'' * ''Gumshuda Dair ki Gunjti Ghantiyan'' * ''Rasta Yeh Kahin Nahin Jaata'' *”orr Bhi hai naam raaste ka “ *”saayon Ke saaye me” Nizam's poetry collection ''Gumshuda Dair ki Gunjti Ghantiyan'' won the 2010 Sahitya Akademi Award in Urdu. Nizam compiled an appraisal of the life and works of fellow Rajasthani Urdu poet Makhmoor Saeedi titled ''Bheed mein akelaa'' was published by the Rajasthan Urdu Akademi in 2007. He has edited a book on renowned research scholar “allama kalidas Gupta r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vishwanath Prasad Tiwari
Vishwanath Prasad Tiwari (born 1940) is an Indian poet, editor, critic and a former president of the Sahitya Akademi who served to the post from 2013 to 2018. He has published around 50 books in Hindi on various genres such as criticism, poetry, travelogues, biographies, interviews besides editing books. Biography He was born in 1940 in Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh. He obtained BA with Hindi from Gorkhapur University and MA and PhD in Hindi literature. He served as the head of the department and acharya for Hindi at Deen Dayal Upadhyay Gorakhpur University until he retired in 2001. After starting his writing career he published his first uncertain book in 1970. His prominent work includes ''Saath Chalte Hue'', ''Kavita Kya Hai'' (What is kavita Kavita (Hindi: कविता) is a feminine given name. Notable people named Kavita * Kavita K. Barjatya (born 1977), Indian producer * Kavita Channe (born 1980), American sports announcer * Kavita Daswani (born 1971), American-Indi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chandrashekhara Kambara
Chandrashekhara Kambara ( kn, ಚಂದ್ರಶೇಖರ ಕಂಬಾರ; born 2 January 1937) is a prominent Indian poet, playwright, folklorist, film director in Kannada language and the founder-vice-chancellor of Kannada University in Hampi also president of the Sahitya Akademi, country's premier literary institution, after Vinayak Krishna Gokak (1983) and U.R. Ananthamurthy (1993). He is known for effective adaptation of the North Karnataka dialect of the Kannada language in his plays, and poems, in a similar style as in the works of D.R. Bendre. Kambara's plays mainly revolve around folk or mythology interlinked with contemporary issues, inculcating modern lifestyle with his hard-hitting poems. He has become a pioneer of such literature. His contribution as a playwright is significant not only to Kannada theatre but also to the Indian theatre in general as he achieved a blend of the folk and the modern theatrical forms. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
K Siva Reddy
K Siva Reddy is a Telugu poet from India who won Sahitya Akademi Award in Telugu, 1996 for his Poetry work ''Mohana-O-Mohana'' and was awarded the Saraswati Samman in 2018 for his poetry collection ''Pakkaki Ottigilite''. Career K. Siva Reddy retired principal of Vivek Vardhini College, Hyderabad and he taught English for thirty-five years there. He has translated African and European poems into Telugu. Bibliography Poetry *Aame Evaraite Matram, Palapitta Prachuranalu, Hyderabad 2009 *Posaganivannee, Jhari Poetry Circle, Hyderabad, 2008 *Atanu-Charitra, Jhari Poetry Circle, Hyderabad, 2005 *Vrittalekhini, Jhari Poetry Circle, Hyderabad, 2003 *Antarjanam, Jhari Poetry Circle, Hyderabad, 2002 *Kavisamayam, Sahiti Mitrulu, Vijayawada, 2000 *Jaitrayatra, Sivareddy Mithrulu, Hyderabad 1999 *Varsham, Varsham, Jhari Poetry Circle, Hyderabad, 1999 Naa Kalala Nadi Anchuna, Jhari Poetry Circle, Hyderabad, 1997 *Ajeyam, Jhari Poetry Circle, Hyderabad, 1994 *Sivareddy Kavita, Jhari Poe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leeladhar Jagudi
Leeladhar Jagudi is an Indian teacher, journalist and poet of Hindi literature. He is the author of several poetry anthologies including ''Natak Jari Hai'' and ''Shankha Mukhi Shikharon Par'' and is a recipient of the Sahitya Akademi Award, for his 1997 anthology, ''Anubhav Ke Aakash Mein Chand''. The Government of India awarded him the fourth highest civilian honour of the Padma Shri, in 2004, for his contributions to Hindi literature. Biography Jagudi was born on 1 July 1940 in a Garhwali family in Dhangan gaon, in the Tehri Garhwal district of the Indian state of Uttarakhand. After securing a master's degree (MA) in Hindi language and literature, he started his career by joining the Garhwal Rifles of the Indian Army. After retirement from the Army, he worked as a teacher in various schools and colleges before joining the Information and Public Relations Department of the Government of Uttar Pradesh, where he became the Deputy Director. Later, he turned to journalism and is t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Subodh Sarkar
Subodh Sarkar ( bn, সুবোধ সরকার; born 1958 in Krishnanagar) is a Bengali poet, writer and editor, and a reader in English literature at City College, Kolkata. He is a recipient of the prestigious Sahitya Akademi Award. Biography Subodh Sarkar, born in 1958, is a noted Indian Bengali poet, editor, translator and Associate Professor in English at City College, Calcutta University. His first book of poems was published in the late 70s. He received the West Bengal Bangla Academy Award for poetry in 2000. His PhD is on the hyphenated identities of Indian American women writers writing in English. He visited Russia and Turkey as a member of the Indian Writers’ delegation organized by Sahitya Academy in 2010. Sarkar is former Editor of Indian Literature, Sahitya Academy, New Delhi. Recipient of National Sahitya Academy Award 2013 and Nazrul Award from Kabi Sangshad Bangladesh 2014. He married Mallika Sengupta. He is a recipient of Bangabhushan from the Govt. of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soubhagya Kumar Misra
Soubhagya Kumar Misra (b. 1941) in an Indian poet and writer from Odisha. The Sahitya Akademi India's National Academy of Letters, awarded him the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1986. He is a recipient of Gangadhar National Award (2013). Biography Born in 1941 at Berhampur, Odisha, Misra studied M.A. He served on advisory board of Odisha Sahitya Akademi, Central Sahitya Akademi and National Book Trust. Works Mishra has published 17 poetry collections. His first poetry collection, ''Atmanepadi'', was published in 1965. His other poetry collections are ''Asamapita'', ''Antrustupa'', ''Nishidha Harda'', ''Nirjan Nakhatra'', ''Madhanyara Chai'', ''Saptama Pruthubi'', ''Sunyatara Sosha'', ''Dhulira Singhsana''. Awards In 1986, the Sahitya Akademi, India's National Academy of Letters, awarded him the Sahitya Akademi Award The Sahitya Akademi Award is a literary honour in India, which the Sahitya Akademi, India's National Academy of Letters, annually confers on writers of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vasdev Mohi
Vasdev Mohi (born Vasdev Vensimal Sidhnani; 2 March 1944) is a Sindhi poet, translator, critic, short story writer and a retired lecturer. He also served as the member of the executive board of Sahitya Akademi and member of Council for Promotion of Indian Languages, collectively from 2008 to 2013. His work include twenty-five books of poetry, uncertain translation and critic works. The recipient of numerous awards, including Saraswati Samman for his short story book titled ''Chequebook'' published in 2012, some of his uncertain critical essays have appeared in literary festivals held in national and international seminars. His first poetic collection titled ''Tazad'' became one of prominent poems in both India and Pakistan. He later published another poem titled ''Subah Kithe Ahe'' (Where is the Morning). In 1977, he was awarded Sahitya Akademi Award in Sindhi for his poem ''Barf jo Thahyal''. Early life and education He was born in 1944 in Mirpur Khas, British India (in mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Balraj Komal
Balraj Komal (1928-2013) was an Indian poet and writer of Urdu literature. The Government of India honored Komal in 2011, with the fourth highest civilian award of Padma Shri. Biography Balraj Komal, born in 1928, was a freelance writer post his retirement from the Delhi Administration as an Education officer. He was a former member of Delhi Urdu Akademi and the advisory board of Sahitya Akademi, New Delhi. He has credited with several publications composed of poems, short stories and critical studies and ''Meri Nazmen'', ''Parindon Bhara Aasman'', ''Rishta-e-Dil'', ''Agala Waraq'', ''Ankhen Aur Paon'', and ''Adab ki Talas'' are some hid known works. A recipient of the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1985, Balraj Komal has also won ''Uttar Pradesh Urdu Academy'' Award twice(1971 and 1982) and has also received the Senior Fellowship from the Government of India. In 2011, the Government of India The Government of India (ISO: ; often abbreviated as GoI), known as the Union Governm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
