Eminent Odia essayist Baishnab Charan Samal to receive Kendra Sahitya Akademi Award

Eminent Odia essayist Baishnab Charan Samal will be conferred the prestigious Kendra Sahitya Akademi Award 2024. The announcement has been made on Wednesday.

Samal from Odisha will bag the prestigious award for his book ‘Bhuti Bhakti Bibhuti’.

The book has been highly appreciated and chosen for the award for its far-reaching interpretations of extended spiritual conceit. It also delves deep into global outlook and deep human values.

Samal is immensely popular for his essays in the Odia language with high human values and lofty spiritual ideas.

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“It was a matter of joy and I was overwhelmed after the announcement. I have never portrayed narrow-mindedness through my creations. It gave me immense pleasure that my creation was accepted for the honour,” said Samal.

Earlier in June, 2 other Odia writers were selected for two different prestigious Kendra Sahitya Akademi awards for the year 2024.

While Manas Ranjan Samal was selected for the prestigious Kendra Sahitya Akademi Bal Sahitya Puraskar, Sanjay Kumar Panda was selected with the Sahitya Akademi Yuva Puraskar.

While Samal was selected for this prestigious award for his short story book- ‘Gapa Kalika’, Panda was selected for the award for his book- ‘Hu Baia’ which is also a collection of short stories in Odia.