Gangadhar National Award For Poetry
Awarded forSignificant contribution in the field of Literature (poetry).
DateFoundation day of Sambalpur University
LocationSambalpur University, Odisha
Country India
Presented bySambalpur University
Reward(s)Cash prize of Rs 50,000, angavastra, citation, a memento and a copy of Gangadhar Meher: Selected Works (An anthology of Gangadhar Meher's Poetry in English translation)
First awarded1991
Last awarded2021
Highlights
First winnerAli Sardar Jafri (1991)
Latest winnerK. G. Sankara Pillai (2021)
Total awarded31

Gangadhar National Award For Poetry is a literary award given in the field of literature for poetry by Sambalpur University. It is named after Gangadhar Meher. First award was given to Ali Sardar Jafri in the year 1991. 31 poets have been awarded on various Indian languages until now.

History

The award was first given in 1991 but the procedure of giving the award was started in 1989.

Procedure

There is a delay of one year due to a long process of choosing an awardee; if the awardee won the prize for 2019 then he gets his award in 2021, and the award of 2017 was given in 2019. It is awarded on the celebration day of Sambalpur University Foundation Day, which is celebrated every year in January.

Cash prize of Rs 50,000, angavastra, citation, a memento and a copy of Gangadhar Meher: Selected Works (An anthology of Gangadhar Meher's Poetry in English translation) is given to receipt of Gangadhar National Award.[1][2]

Awardees

Year of award announced Name of the awardee (with year of award given)[note 1] Language Foundation day
1991 Ali Sardar Jafri (1993) Urdu 26th
1992 Nabakanta Barua (1994) Assamese 27th
1993 Shakti Chattopadhyay (1995) Bengali 28th
1994 Jayanta Mahapatra (1996) English/Odia 29th
1995 Kedarnath Singh (1997) Hindi 30th
1996 Ayyappa Paniker (1998) Malayalam 31st
1997 Sitakant Mahapatra (1999) Odia 32nd
1998 Nirupama Kaur (2000) Punjabi 33rd
1999 Vinda Karandikar (2001) Marathi 34th
2000 Ramakanta Rath (2002) Odia 35th
2001 K. Satchidanandan (2003) Malayalam 36th
2002 Shankha Ghosh (2004) Bengali 37th
2003 Sitanshu Yashaschandra (2005) Gujarati 38th
2004 Dilip Chitre (2006) Marathi 39th
2005 Gulzar (2007) Urdu 40th
2006 Nilmani Phookan Jr (2008) Assamese 41st
2007 Haraprasad Das (2009) Odia 42nd
2008 Akhlaq Mohammed Khan (2010) Urdu 43rd
2009 Surjit Patar (2011) Punjabi 44th
2010 Rajendra Kishore Panda (2012) Odia 45th
2011 Balraj Komal (2013) Urdu 46th
2012 Vasdev Mohi (2014) Sindhi 47th[3]
2013 Soubhagya Kumar Misra (2015) Odia 48th
2014 Subodh Sarkar (2016)[4][5] Bengali 49th
2015 Leeladhar Jagudi (2017)[6] Hindi 50th
2016 K Siva Reddy (2018) Telugu 51st
2017 Chandrashekhara Kambara (2019)[7] Kannada 52nd
2018 Vishwanath Prasad Tiwari (2020)[8][9][10] Hindi[11][12] 53rd[13][14]
2019 Sheen Kaaf Nizam (2021)[15] Urdu 54th
2020 Kamal Vora (2022)[16] Gujarati 55th
2021 K. G. Sankara Pillai (2023) Malayalam 56th

References

  1. ^ "SELF STUDY REPORT FOR REACCREDITATION (Volume –I)" (PDF). 2019-12-23. p. 202. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2019-12-23. Retrieved 2019-12-23.
  2. ^ "SELF STUDY REPORT FOR REACCREDITATION (Volume –I)" (PDF). 2019-12-23. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-12-23. Retrieved 2019-12-29.
  3. ^ "Meet the author, Vasdev Mohi" (PDF). sahitya-akademi.gov.in.
  4. ^ "Subodh Sarkar conferred Gangadhar National Award for poetry". Business Standard India. Press Trust of India. 2016-01-06. Retrieved 2019-11-29.
  5. ^ January 6, 2016. "Subodh Sarkar conferred Gangadhar National Award for poetry". India Today. Retrieved 2019-12-23.((cite web)): CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  6. ^ "Hindi poet Leeladhar Jagoori to get Gangadhar National Award". Business Standard India. Press Trust of India. 2016-12-04. Retrieved 2019-11-29.
  7. ^ "Sambalpur University honour for poets". The Times of India. January 1, 2019. Retrieved 2019-12-23.
  8. ^ "Poet Viswanath Prasad Tiwari To Get Gangadhar National Award | OTV". Retrieved 2019-12-13.
  9. ^ "Hindi poet Tiwari to get Gangadhar National Award". The Pioneer. Retrieved 2019-12-13.
  10. ^ "Poet Viswanath Prasad Tiwari to get Gangadhar National Award". Business Standard India. Press Trust of India. 2019-12-09. Retrieved 2019-12-13.
  11. ^ "Eminent poet Viswanath Prasad Tiwari to be conferred with Gangadhar National Award - OrissaPOST". OrissaPost. 2019-12-09. Retrieved 2019-12-13.
  12. ^ "Hindi Poet Viswanath Prasad Tiwari To Receive Gangadhar National Award". Odisha Bytes. 2019-12-09. Retrieved 2019-12-23.
  13. ^ "Hindi poet Viswanath Prasad Tiwari to get 'Gangadhar National Award'". KalingaTV. 2019-12-09. Retrieved 2019-12-23.
  14. ^ "Viswanath Prasad Tiwariconferred Gangadhar National Award for poetry". Reporters Today. 2019-12-09. Retrieved 2019-12-23.
  15. ^ (PDF). 2021-03-24 https://web.archive.org/web/20210324164419/https://www.suniv.ac.in/documents/notice_1609465933.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-03-24. Retrieved 2021-03-24. ((cite web)): Missing or empty |title= (help)
  16. ^ "Gujarati poet Kamal Vora gets Gangadhar Award". The New Indian Express. 28 Jan 2022. Retrieved 2 Feb 2022.

Notes

  1. ^ The award is given every year on the 1st week of January on the foundation day of Sambalpur University
Categories