Indian Literature
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Author Namita Gokhale wins Sahitya Akademi Award for her novel ‘Things to leave behind’
Nineteen other writers were also given the award, Anita Vachharajani won the Bal Sahitya Puraskar and Megha Majumdar won the Sahitya Akademi Yuva Puraskar.
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As the awards season approaches, a poet and editor offers some suggestions to the Sahitya Akademi
The awards, publishing, journal and events strategies of the Akademi have continued unchanged for years, says Medha Singh.
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Hindi poet Kunwar Narain, a Padma Bhushan and Jnanpith Award winner, dies at 90
He had been in a coma since July.
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BJP Karnataka candidates Tejasvi Surya and K Sudhakar booked for electoral offences: EC
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‘Be freed from what holds you back’: Poems by Buddhist women from the Murty Classical Library
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Krishna Sobti wins Jnanpith Award for her contribution to Hindi literature
The Selection Board said she had ‘immensely enriched Hindi literature by experimenting with new styles’.
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Writer Namita Gokhale gets the first Centenary National Award for Literature from Asam Sahitya Sabha
She is the co-founder of the Jaipur and Bhutan literature festivals, and has written 16 works of fiction and non-fiction.
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Writer Namita Gokhale gets the first Centenary National Award for Literature from Asam Sahitya Sabha
She is the co-founder of the Jaipur and Bhutan literature festivals, and has written 16 works of fiction and non-fiction.
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Raghu Karnad, Nilotpal Mrinal among Sahitya Akademi Yuva Puraskar 2016 winners
Karnad got the prestigious award for his debut English non-fiction epic, 'Farthest Field: An Indian Story of the Second World War'.
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Mumbai writer Jerry Pinto wins Yale University's $150,000 Windham-Campbell Prize
The 49-year-old, whose book 'Em and the Big Hoom' was released in 2012, was among the winners in the fiction category.
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