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.
| Gangadhar National Award For Poetry | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | Significant contribution in the field of Literature (poetry). |
| Date | Foundation day of Sambalpur University |
| Location | Sambalpur University, Odisha |
| Country |  India |
| Presented by | Sambalpur 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 awarded | 1991 |
| Last awarded | 2021 |
| Highlights | |
| First winner | Ali Sardar Jafri (1991) |
| Latest winner | K. G. Sankara Pillai (2021) |
| Total awarded | 31 |
History
editThe award was first given in 1991 but the procedure of giving the award was started in 1989.
Procedure
editThere 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
edit| 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
edit- ^ "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.
- ^ "SELF STUDY REPORT FOR REACCREDITATION (Volume –I)" (PDF). 2019-12-23. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-12-23. Retrieved 2019-12-29.
- ^ "Meet the author, Vasdev Mohi" (PDF). sahitya-akademi.gov.in.
- ^ "Subodh Sarkar conferred Gangadhar National Award for poetry". Business Standard India. Press Trust of India. 2016-01-06. Retrieved 2019-11-29.
- ^ 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) - ^ "Hindi poet Leeladhar Jagoori to get Gangadhar National Award". Business Standard India. Press Trust of India. 2016-12-04. Retrieved 2019-11-29.
- ^ "Sambalpur University honour for poets". The Times of India. January 1, 2019. Retrieved 2019-12-23.
- ^ "Poet Viswanath Prasad Tiwari To Get Gangadhar National Award | OTV". Retrieved 2019-12-13.
- ^ "Hindi poet Tiwari to get Gangadhar National Award". The Pioneer. Retrieved 2019-12-13.
- ^ "Poet Viswanath Prasad Tiwari to get Gangadhar National Award". Business Standard India. Press Trust of India. 2019-12-09. Retrieved 2019-12-13.
- ^ "Eminent poet Viswanath Prasad Tiwari to be conferred with Gangadhar National Award - OrissaPOST". OrissaPost. 2019-12-09. Retrieved 2019-12-13.
- ^ "Hindi Poet Viswanath Prasad Tiwari To Receive Gangadhar National Award". Odisha Bytes. 2019-12-09. Archived from the original on 2021-04-18. Retrieved 2019-12-23.
- ^ "Hindi poet Viswanath Prasad Tiwari to get 'Gangadhar National Award'". KalingaTV. 2019-12-09. Retrieved 2019-12-23.
- ^ "Viswanath Prasad Tiwariconferred Gangadhar National Award for poetry". Reporters Today. 2019-12-09. Archived from the original on 2022-10-07. Retrieved 2019-12-23.
- ^ . 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) - ^ "Gujarati poet Kamal Vora gets Gangadhar Award". The New Indian Express. 28 Jan 2022. Retrieved 2 Feb 2022.
Notes
edit- ^ The award is given every year on the 1st week of January on the foundation day of Sambalpur University