Bibhuti Patnaik to get Atibadi Jagannath Das Award

Bhubaneswar: Noted writer Dr Bibhuti Patnaik will receive prestigious Atibadi Jagannath Das Award for 2016. Patnaik was chosen for the award at a meeting chaired by Odisha Sahitya Akademi president Harihara Mishra here.

Patnaik has written more than 150 books including some popular novels ‘Aswamedhara Ghoda’, ‘Sesha Basanta’, ‘Abhimana’, ‘Trutiya Purusha’, ‘Badhu Nirupama’ and ‘Prathama Sakala’.

He received the Central Sahitya Akademi award in 2015, Odisha Sahitya Akademi award in 1985, Sarala Award in 1999 and Sahitya Bharati award in 2007.