Sahitya Akademi Awards 2012
Booker-nominated Jeet Thayil and Bengali
novelist Subrata Mukhopadhyaya were among the 24 authors selected for Sahitya
Akademi Awards 2012. Twelve of the 24 awards have gone to works of poets, who include
K. Sachitandandan (Malayalam – Marannu Vacha Vazhikal ), the late Bal Krishna
Bhaura (Dogri – Tim-Tim Karde Tare ) and Makhan Lal Kanwal (Kashmiri – Yath
Aangnaz Manz ).
Thayil, has been selected for his poetry
collection, These Errors are Correct , in the English category. 12 books of
poetry, six short story collections, four novels and one each of autobiography
and criticism were selected for the awards, two of them posthumously.
The
awards are given to books first published between January 2008 and December
2010. Each award carries Rs.1 lakh cash, an engraved copper plaque and a shawl.
Among the poets, other winners are Guneswar Musahary (Bodo – Boro Khonthai ),
Chandrakant Devtale (Hindi – Pathar Fenk Raha Hoon ), H. S. Shivaprakash
(Kannada – Mabbina Haage Kabniveyassi ), Kashinath Shamba Lolienkar (Konkani –
Kavyasutra ) and Darsan Buttar (Punjabi – Maha Kambani ). Aaidan Singh Bhatti
(Rajasthani – Aankh Hinye Ra Hariyal Sapana ), Ramji Thakkura (Sanskrit –
Laghupadhyaprhbandhatrayi ) and Krishna Kumar Toor (Urdu – Ghurfa-I-Ghalib )
are the other poets selected for the award. Assamese writer Chandana Goswami
was selected for her novel Patkair Ioare More Desh, while Mukhopadhyaya was
selected for his fiction Birasan .
Other novelists are Jodha C. Sanasam
(Manipuri – Mathou Kanba DNA ) and D. Selvaraj (Tamil – Thol ).
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