Context

• Sahitya Akademi has announced the Sahitya Akademi Annual Awards for 2023 in 24 languages.

Key Points

• This year, nine poetry collections, six novels, five story collections, three essays and one literary study will be given the Sahitya Akademi Award.
• These awards will be given in a ceremony on March 12 in the year 2024.
• Newly published works during the five years from January 2017 to December 31, 2021 have been selected for the award.
• Tamil story writer Rajasekaran has been selected for the award for his novel Neeravazhi Padum, Telugu writer Patanjali Sastri for his story collection and Malayalam litterateur EV Ramakrishnan for his literary study Malayala Novelinte Deshakalangal.
• Poets honoured for poetry collections include Vijay Verma in Dogri, Vinod Joshi in Gujarati and Ashutosh Parida in Odia.
• Pranavjyoti Deka in Assamese, Nandeshwar Dayamari in Bodo and Tarasin Baski in Santali language will be awarded for their stories.

Prize Money

• The award carries a copper citation plaque, shawl and an amount of Rs 1 lakh.

IMPORTANT FACTS FOR EXAM

Sahitya Academy

• Established-12 March 1954
• Headquarters-New Delhi
• Objective: To establish high literary standards, to nurture and coordinate literary activities in Indian languages and in India.