North 24 Parganas (India) correspondent: Eminent English author Ruskin Bond, Malayalam literary critic M Leelavathy, Hindi writer Vinod Kumar Shukla and Bengali writer Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay are among the eight writers who were selected for the prestigious Sahitya Akademi Fellowship on September 18, 2021.
The general council of Sahitya Akademi had met under the chairmanship of President Dr. Chandrashekhar Kambar to announce the winners of the literary honour- Sahitya Akademi fellowship.
The Sahitya Akademi Fellowship is awarded to ‘literary persons of outstanding merit’.
Here’s the complete list of writers:
1. M Leelavathy – Malayalam
2. Ruskin Bond – English
3. Sirshendu Mukhopadhyay – Bengali
4. Vinod Kumar Shukla -Hindi
5. Dr Bhalchandra Nemade – Marathi
6. Dr Tejwant Singh Gill – Punjabi
7. Swami Rambhadracharya – Sanskrit
8. Indira Parthasarathy – Tamil
Mundanat Leelavathy is an acclaimed Malayalam writer, literary critic, and educationist, who has published over 60 books, including essays, translations and works on literary criticism.
The Indian author of British descent, Ruskin Bond, has written over hundreds of short stories, essays, novels and books for children. Some of his most notable works include The Room on the Roof, Our Trees Still Grow in Dehra, A Flight of Pigeons and The Blue Umbrella. He lives in Landour, Mussoorie in India with his adopted family.
The 85-year-old Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay, is a renowned Bengali novelist and short story writer, who began his career as a teacher only to later shift to writing. Many of his novels were later adapted into movies including Hirer Angti, Nabiganjer Daitto, PatalGhor and most recently Manojder Adbhut Bari.
Vinod Kumar Shukla is a modern Hindi writer known for his style that often borders on magic-realism. His works include Naukar ki Kameez, which was adapted into a film of the same name by Mani Kaul and Deewar Mein Ek Khirkee Rahati Thi. He had won the Sahitya Akademi Award for the best Hindi work in 1999.
Dr Bhalchandra Nemade is a Marathi writer, poet, critic and linguistic scholar, whose debut novel Kosala, brought new dimensions to the world of Marathi literature. He later published a tetralogy comprising novels -Bidhar, Hool, Jareela and Jhool. He published his magnum opus in 2013 titled ‘Hindu: Jagnyachi Samruddha Adgal’, which is regarded as his masterpiece. He was honoured with both Sahitya Akademi Award and Jnanapith Award, the highest literary honour in India. He was also honoured with the Padma Shri in 2013.
Dr Tejwant Singh Gill is an eminent Punjabi writer and scholar and has written around 25 books. He has also translated works of Punjabi poetry, drama and fiction into English. He had also translated Garcia Marquez’s “One Hundred Years of Solitude” into Punjabi.
Swami Rambhadracharya is a Hindu spiritual leader, educator, Sanskrit scholar, poet and author based in Chitrakoot, India. He is the founder and head of Tulsi Peeth, a religious and social service institution in Chitrakoot. He has been blind since he was two months old and he had received no formal education till he was 17 years.
R. Parthasarathy is a Tamil author and playwright, who has published 16 novels, 10 plays and anthologies of short stories and essays. His best work include plays- “Aurangzeb”, “Nandan Kathai” and “Ramanujar”. He is the only Tamil writer to receive both the Sahitya Akademi Award (1999) and the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award (2004). He was also awarded the Saraswati Samman in 1999. He was honoured with the Padma Shri in 2010.
News is being sent by BTC News (Bangladesh) North 24 Parganas (India) correspondent, Tathyik Bhattacharya. #
Comments are closed, but trackbacks and pingbacks are open.