Kusumanjali Foundation Announces Winners for Kusumanjali Sahitya Samman 2018

NEW DELHI, August 13, 2018 /PRNewswire/ --

Kusumanjali Foundation, New Delhi announced the 7^th Annual Kusumanjali Sahitya Samman winners for Hindi and Assamese. Prof. (Dr.) Pushpita Awasthi was selected to receive the Kusumanjali Sahitya Samman - 2018 for Hindi for her novel 'ChinnMool'. Dr. Pranav Jyoti Deka was selected to receive the Kusumanjali Sahitya Samman - 2018 for Assamese for his short story collection 'Bewaris las aru anya galpa'.

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The award-giving ceremony was held on Thursday, August 9, 2018 at 6.30 P.M. at the India International Centre (Multipurpose Hall), New Delhi. Mr. Mark Tully, veteran journalist and Padma Shri and Padma Bhushan Awardee and Prof. Indra Nath Choudhuri, Chairman, Governing Board, Kusumanjali Foundation jointly presented the Kusumanjali Sahitya Samman 2018 to the recipients.

The Kusumanjali Sahitya Samman carry a cash prize of ₹2.50 lakhs each, citation, a shawl and the award statuette. The award was instituted in 2011 by Dr. (Mrs.) Kusum Ansal, the well-known Hindi writer to promote and support the artistic, literary, and cultural activities in the country. The Foundation established the Kusumanjali Sahitya Samman in 2011 to present every year two National Awards on the best literary works. The works to be considered for the award include fiction, poetry, drama and short stories, etc. One award is given on a literary work written in Hindi and the second award is given on a literary work written in one of the remaining recognised Indian languages mentioned in the Schedule VIII of the Indian Constitution.

About Kusumanjali Foundation: 

The foundation is established by a well known writer Dr. (Mrs.) Kusum Ansal and is supported by Ansal API and other likeminded persons and organizations

Objective 

The objectives of the Kusumanjali Foundation include:

• To promote, support, improve, aid, recognise and award in any manner, all artistic, literary and cultural activities.
• To run, establish, support, help and assist in any manner, any institution, organisation, any individual, any person, group of individuals, association of people, in connection with or in relation to all arts, literary and cultural activities on a non-commercial basis and subject to prevailing laws.

To know more, please visit: http://kusumanjali.org/about.htm

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