Renowned Odia author Ram Chandra Behera conferred with Ati badi Jagannath Das Award
Bhubaneswar : Renowned Odia author Ramachandra Behera was today conferred with the prestigious Atibadi Jagannath Das Award, the highest literary award of Odisha.
State Odia Language, Literature and Culture Minister Jyoti Prakash Panigrahi conferred the award to Behera which carries a cheque of Rs 5,00,000 and citation at a function, here.
The award is named after 15th century Odia poet Atibadi Jagannath Das.
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Instituted by Odisha Sahitya Akademi, the award is given to an Odia for lifetime contribution to Odia literature.
Besides Behera, 15 other writers– Debendra Kumar Dash, Girija Shankar Sharma, Ashok Kumar Patnaik, Babaji Charan Patnaik, Baidhar Sahu, Jivan Krushna Mohapatra, Digaraj Brahma, Rudranarayan Prusti, Soubhagini Mishra, Swarajyalaxmi Mishra, Krupasindhu Nayak, Nirmalprava Nayak, Rassheswari Mishra, Radhabinod Nayak and Maheswar Mulia– were also felicitated on this occasion.
Each of the 15 authors were conferred with a citation and prize amount of Rs 1 lakh at the function.
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