Odisha Sahitya Akademi Awards announced

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Sahitya Akademi today announces its awards in various categories for the years 2015 and 2016.

 

Names of awardees, Sahitya Akademi Awards-2015

* Nityananda Panda for ‘Gotie Jodi Gaanra Kahani’ novel.

* Pabitra Panigrahi for short story ‘Gapara Muhan’.

* Binapani Panda for ‘Godhuli Geeta’ in Prose & Poetry category.

* Sanjay Hati for drama and one-act play ‘Maya Mancha’.

* Nabin Kumar Parida for drama and one-act play ‘Naatua O Anyanya Nataka’.

* Panchanana Mishra for Essay & Critical Analysis for ‘Sahitya Samalochana Tattwika O Prayogika Prasanga’

* Dharanidhar Panigrahi for biography ‘Louhamanaba Sardar Patel’.

* Bijay Kumar Mohanty in Translation category for ‘Tathapi Kichhi Rahijiba’.

* Rabindra Biswal in Children’s Literature category for ‘Gachatie Gitatie’.

* Manoj Mohanty in Lyric Poetry category for ‘Prati Palakare Tume’.

 

Names of awardees, Sahitya Akademi Awards-2016

* Laxmipriya Acharya for novel ‘Ambaa’

* Devdas Chhotray for short story ‘Ramaaku Maribara Panchati Upaya’.

* Bhagwan Jaysingh for ‘Pheranti Ghara’ in Prose & Poetry category.

* Fakir Singh in drama & one-act play category for ‘Atmalipi O Anyanya’.

* Prasanna Kumar Swain in Essay & Critical Analysis category for ‘Alochana Prasanga’.

* Surendra Kumar Maharana in Biography and Travelogue category for ‘Professor Navin Kumar Sahu’.

* Pradosh Patnaik in Biography and Travelogue category for ‘Chalichi… Chalibi Napadibi Thaki’.

* Sarada Ratha in Translation category for ‘Meghabahana’.

* Debendra Choudhury in Children’s Literature category for ‘Chuin Chadhei’.

* Satyanarayana Mishra in Lyric Poetry category for ‘Mishra Raaga’.