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Discussion Forum : Awards and Honours - Latest Current Affairs (Q.No. 1567)
1567.
Who has won the 2019 Sahitya Akademi Award for the autobiography in Kannada?
Dr. Shashi Tharoor
Sri Tarun Kanti Mishra
Sri Abdul Ahad Hajini
Dr. Vijaya
Answer: Option
Explanation:
Sahitya Akademi has announced the winners of the 2019 Sahitya Akademi Awards in 23 languages on 18 December. Four of novels, seven books of poetry, six of short stories, three of essays and one each of non-fiction, biography, and autobiography won the award. Six books of short stories were awarded to Sri Tarun Kanti Mishra in Odia, Sri Abdul Ahad Hajini in Kashmiri, Sri Kirpal Kazak in Punjabi, Sri Ram Swaroop Kisan in Rajasthani, Sri Kali Charan Hembram in Santali and Sri Ishwar Moorjani in Sindhi. For creative non-fiction, Dr. Shashi Tharoor in English was awarded. For the autobiography, Dr. Vijaya in Kannada was awarded and for biography, Prof. Shafey Kidwai in Urdu won the award.
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