Eminent Odia litterateur Baishnab Charan Samal selected for Sahitya Akademi Award

Bhubaneswar: Eminent Odia litterateur Baishnab Charan Samal has been selected to receive Sahitya Akademi Award for 2024 for his essay book ‘Bhuti Bhakti Bibhuti.’

Samal will receive the prestigious award along with others at a presentation function which will be held on March 8, 2025 at Kamani Auditorium, Copernicus Marg in New Delhi.

As per a communiqué issued by Sahitya Akademi, the award, in the form of a casket containing an engraved copper plaque, a shawl, and an amount of Rs 1,00,000 towards cash content will be presented to the awardees at the award presentation function, which will be held on 8 March 2025 at Kamani Auditorium, Copernicus Marg, New Delhi.

Notably, Baishnab Charan Samal’s book ‘Bhuti Bhakti Bibhuti’ is filled with spiritual contemplation and humanistic sentiments.