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Renowned Writer TP Rajeevan Dies
Noted Malayalam-English poet, novelist and script-writer T P Rajeevan died at a private hospital here late Wednesday.
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Sahitya Akademi Announces Winners Of Yuva Puraskar, Bal Sahitya Puraskar 2021
The Sahitya Akademi on Thursday announced a list of 22 winners each of the Yuva Puraskar and the Bal Sahitya Puraskar for 2021.
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Congress Leader Veerappa Moily, Arundhathi Subramaniam Win Sahitya Akademi Award
Politician-writer M Veerappa Moily and poet Arundhathi Subramaniam were among the 20 authors who received the Sahitya Akademi Award for 2020 at a ceremony in Delhi on Saturday.
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Congress Leader Veerappa Moily Among Writers To Receive Sahitya Akademi Award
Politician-writer M Veerappa Moily, poet Arundhathi Subramaniam are among 20 writers who will be bestowed with the Sahitya Akademi Award 2020.
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AMU Professor Recieves Sahitya Akademi Award
Professor Shafey Kidwai has received the prestigious Sahitya Akademi Award (2019) for his seminal Urdu work "Sawanah-e-Sir Syed - Ek Bazdeed" last week.
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Sahitya Akademi Awardee G Nanjundan Found Dead At His House In Bengaluru
Sahitya Akademi award winner G Nanjundan was found dead at his residence in Bengaluru today, the police said. The body, found in a decomposed state, has been sent for postmortem, they said.
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Shashi Tharoor Among Writers To Receive Sahitya Akademi Award 2019
Shashi Tharoor and playwright Nand Kishore Acharya are among 23 writers who will be awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award 2019. The National Academy of Letters announced the names of the winners on Wednesday.
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"Not As Happy As I Should Be": Novelist Jayashree Goswami Mahanta on Sahitya Akademi Award
Novelist and former AGP Rajya Sabha member Jayashree Goswami Mahanta on Wednesday said "I am not as happy as I should be" with the news of winning the Sahitya Akademi award and promised to distribute the prize money among the families of those killed during anti-citizenship law protests in Assam.
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Railways Ticket Inspector Conferred Sahitya Akademi Award
Shyam Sundar Besra, Chief Inspector of Ticket, working in Asansol Division of Eastern Railway of Indian Railways has been conferred the coveted Sahitya Akademi Award.
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Sahitya Akademi Award Presented To 23 Authors
Sahitya Akademi, the National Academy of Letters, on Monday presented its annual awards to 23 eminent authors writing in as many Indian languages.
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Nayantara Sahgal Rebuts Sahitya Akademi's Claim She Will Take Back Award
The Sahitya Akademi today claimed some of the writers, including Nayantara Sahgal, have agreed to take back the awards they had returned citing 'growing intolerance' in the country. Ms Sahgal, however, issued a separate statement strongly denying the academy's claim.
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Court Seeks Centre's Reply On Framing Guidelines On Returning Awards
The Delhi High Court today sought a response from the Centre on a plea seeking a direction to frame guidelines that if Sahitya Akademi awardees return their awards, they should also return the prize money and royalties they may have earned through sale of their books.
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Writers Must Respect Their Awards: Sahitya Akademi President
Post the 'award-wapsi' campaign across the country during which a slew of writers returned their Sahitya Akademi awards to protest against "growing intolerance", Akademi President Vishwanath Prasad Tiwari today said the writers must respect the awards they win.
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Tolerance Debate: Actor Anupam Kher to Lead 'March For India'
Veteran actor Anupam Kher on Friday requested Prime Minister Narendra Modi to be an audience to share with him the thoughts of "millions of Indians".
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Writer Arundhati Roy Returns National Award
Writer Arundhati Roy has said that she feels "proud" to return her national award as part of the political movement against "ideological visciousness" and threats to free speech.
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Renowned Writer TP Rajeevan Dies
Noted Malayalam-English poet, novelist and script-writer T P Rajeevan died at a private hospital here late Wednesday.
-
Sahitya Akademi Announces Winners Of Yuva Puraskar, Bal Sahitya Puraskar 2021
The Sahitya Akademi on Thursday announced a list of 22 winners each of the Yuva Puraskar and the Bal Sahitya Puraskar for 2021.
-
Congress Leader Veerappa Moily, Arundhathi Subramaniam Win Sahitya Akademi Award
Politician-writer M Veerappa Moily and poet Arundhathi Subramaniam were among the 20 authors who received the Sahitya Akademi Award for 2020 at a ceremony in Delhi on Saturday.
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Congress Leader Veerappa Moily Among Writers To Receive Sahitya Akademi Award
Politician-writer M Veerappa Moily, poet Arundhathi Subramaniam are among 20 writers who will be bestowed with the Sahitya Akademi Award 2020.
-
AMU Professor Recieves Sahitya Akademi Award
Professor Shafey Kidwai has received the prestigious Sahitya Akademi Award (2019) for his seminal Urdu work "Sawanah-e-Sir Syed - Ek Bazdeed" last week.
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Sahitya Akademi Awardee G Nanjundan Found Dead At His House In Bengaluru
Sahitya Akademi award winner G Nanjundan was found dead at his residence in Bengaluru today, the police said. The body, found in a decomposed state, has been sent for postmortem, they said.
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Shashi Tharoor Among Writers To Receive Sahitya Akademi Award 2019
Shashi Tharoor and playwright Nand Kishore Acharya are among 23 writers who will be awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award 2019. The National Academy of Letters announced the names of the winners on Wednesday.
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"Not As Happy As I Should Be": Novelist Jayashree Goswami Mahanta on Sahitya Akademi Award
Novelist and former AGP Rajya Sabha member Jayashree Goswami Mahanta on Wednesday said "I am not as happy as I should be" with the news of winning the Sahitya Akademi award and promised to distribute the prize money among the families of those killed during anti-citizenship law protests in Assam.
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Railways Ticket Inspector Conferred Sahitya Akademi Award
Shyam Sundar Besra, Chief Inspector of Ticket, working in Asansol Division of Eastern Railway of Indian Railways has been conferred the coveted Sahitya Akademi Award.
-
Sahitya Akademi Award Presented To 23 Authors
Sahitya Akademi, the National Academy of Letters, on Monday presented its annual awards to 23 eminent authors writing in as many Indian languages.
-
Nayantara Sahgal Rebuts Sahitya Akademi's Claim She Will Take Back Award
The Sahitya Akademi today claimed some of the writers, including Nayantara Sahgal, have agreed to take back the awards they had returned citing 'growing intolerance' in the country. Ms Sahgal, however, issued a separate statement strongly denying the academy's claim.
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Court Seeks Centre's Reply On Framing Guidelines On Returning Awards
The Delhi High Court today sought a response from the Centre on a plea seeking a direction to frame guidelines that if Sahitya Akademi awardees return their awards, they should also return the prize money and royalties they may have earned through sale of their books.
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Writers Must Respect Their Awards: Sahitya Akademi President
Post the 'award-wapsi' campaign across the country during which a slew of writers returned their Sahitya Akademi awards to protest against "growing intolerance", Akademi President Vishwanath Prasad Tiwari today said the writers must respect the awards they win.
-
Tolerance Debate: Actor Anupam Kher to Lead 'March For India'
Veteran actor Anupam Kher on Friday requested Prime Minister Narendra Modi to be an audience to share with him the thoughts of "millions of Indians".
-
Writer Arundhati Roy Returns National Award
Writer Arundhati Roy has said that she feels "proud" to return her national award as part of the political movement against "ideological visciousness" and threats to free speech.
