Announcement of Prizes for Literary Works of Dialects

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=> Sahitya Akademi, under the Culture Council of the Department of Culture, announced the literary work awards for the calendar years 2018 and 2019 for six dialects of the state.

Key Points:

=> Dr. Vikas Dave, Director, Sahitya Akademi said that these awards are given for the works composed in Malvi, Nimari, Bagheli, Bundeli, Bhili and Gondi dialects.

=> This award has been given in the remaining 4 bids as no work was received as an entry for the award of Bhili and Gondi Boli. An amount of 51 thousand rupees is given as an honor in the literary work award.

=> In the literary work awards for the year 2018, 'Sant Pipa' Memorial Award in Malvi to Hemlata Sharma of Indore for 'Malvi Dublyo', 'Sant Singaji' Memorial Award in Nimadi to Pramod Trivedi 'Pushp' of Barwani for 'Tamak Kai Karanuj' For, 'Vishwanath Singh Judev' Memorial Award in Bagheli has been given to Anoop Ashesh of Satna for 'Bani Adim', 'Chhatrasal' Memorial Award in Bundeli has been given to Deen Dayal Tiwari of Tikamgarh for his work 'Betal Ki Chowkdiya'.

=> Similarly, for the year 2019, 'Sant Pipa' Memorial Award in Malvi to Satish Dave of Ujjain for his work 'Baat Ko Batangad', 'Sant Singaji' Memorial Award in Nimadi to Jagdish Joshila of Khargone for 'Nimari Dhandhoraya', Bagheli In the 'Viswanath Singh Judev' Memorial Award has been given to Dr. Anjani Singh Saurabh of Sidhi for the work 'Thathara Maa Sansi' and 'Chhatrasal' Memorial Award in Bundeli has been given to Dr. Raj Goswami of Datia for his work 'Maun Dhanke Kariya Mein'.