GUWAHATI: The Sahitya Akademi announced its annual Sahitya Akademi Awards on December 22 where six writers from Assam have been honoured with the prestigious award.
A distinguished jury panel recommends the awards in 23 Indian languages which are approved by an Executive Board of the Sahitya Akademi Awards.
Renowned Assamese storyteller and journalist Manoj Kr Goswami was honoured with the award for his short story collection 'Bhool Satya'; Bodo poet Rashmi Choudhury was honoured for her poetry collection 'Sansrini Modira' and Kharga Bahadur Nepali was honoured with the award for his play, 'Saino.'
Juri Dutta, Purna Kumar Sarma and Raja Devojit Basumatary were named for the ‘Sahitya Akademi Translation Award.’ Dutta translated, 'Kocharethi', a Malayalam novel to Assamese, Sharma translated 'Shantanukulanandan' by Purabi Bormudoi to Nepali and Basumatary translated 'Kabuliwalar Bangali Bou', written in Bengali by Sushmita Bandopadhyay.
Additionally, Koijam Shantibala from Manipur has also been selected for her book of poems titled 'Leironnung'in Manipuri.
The award is given in the form of a casket, containing an engraved copper plaque, a shawl and an amount of ₹1,00,000/- at a presentation function which will be announced on a later date.