Haryana Sahitya Akademi awards announced

Chandigarh, October 31

Literary writers have been selected by the Haryana Sahitya Akademi for various awards for 2020 under Sahityakar Samman Yojna.

Additional Principal Secretary to Chief Minister and Director General, Information, Public Relations and Languages Department Amit Kumar Agrawal said Gyanprakash Vivek of Bahadurgarh had been selected for Lifetime Sahitya Sadhna Samman given by the academy at the national level for overall writing. Mahakavi Surdas Lifelong Sahitya Sadhna Sammanwill be given to Subhash Rastogi. Harikrishna Dwivedi has been selected for Pandit Madhav Prasad Mishra Award. Babu Balmukund Gupta Samman will be awarded to poet Amarjeet Amar. Rajkumar Singh has been selected for Lala Deshbandhu Gupta Samman (Rs 2 lakh) given for Hindi journalism. Saroj Dahiya from Sonepat has been selected for Janakavi Mehr Singh Samman. The Haryana Gaurav Samman has been given to Savita Chadda from Delhi. Kamlesh Choudhary from Kurukshetra has been selected for the Best Female Creator Award. Nandini from Rewari has been selected for Swami Vivekananda Swarna Jayanti Young Writers Award. The Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay Award for Swarn Jayanti Young Writers Award will be awarded to Pankaj Soni from Bhiwani. — TNS