Odisha Sahitya Akademi Explained

Odisha Sahitya Academy
Native Name:	ଓଡ଼ିଶା ସାହିତ୍ୟ ଏକାଡେମୀ
Native Name Lang:	or
Formation:	1957
Founding Location:	Bhubaneswar
Headquarters:	Bhubaneswar
Location:	Paradip
Leader Title:	President
Leader Name:	Sri Hrushikesh Mallick
Leader Title2:	Secretary
Leader Name2:	SriSai Mohanty VII A

Odisha Sahitya Akademi is an institution established in 1957 in Odisha^[1] for the active promotion of Odia language and literature.^[2] It was created as an autonomous literary organisation. In 1970 it was converted into a society.

Activities

The organisation carries out various activities for promotion of Odia language and literature. Chief among them are as below.

Publications

The organisation publishes Books in Odia, Translations of literature from Odia and vice versa,and periodicals for promotion of Odia language.^[3]

Prizes

The Akademi awards the following prizes in various categories of literature.

• Atibadi Jagannath Das Samman^[4]

Started in 1993, this prize is awarded for lifetime contribution to Odia literature.

• Odisha Sahitya Akademi Puraskar

This prize is awarded for outstanding contribution to Odia literature in various categories.

Promotion of literature

• Organisation Literary symposium^[5]
• It supplies books to school and college libraries.
• It organises literary workshops at various places both inside and outside Odisha.^[3]

See also

• Sahitya Akademi

External links

• Official Website of Odisha Sahitya Akademi

Notes and References

1. Web site: Bureau . TT . 80-year journey of struggle & success . Telegraph India . 2016-04-01 . 2019-07-08.
2. Web site: Odisha Sahitya Academy . Department of Culture, Government of Odisha . 9 March 2016 . 4 March 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304034534/http://www.orissaculture.gov.in/osa.asp . dead .
3. Web site: OdishaSahityaAkademiProgram . 2019-07-10 . https://archive.today/20190710043555/http://odishasahityaakademi.org/pdf/ANNUAL_PROGRAMME-29112017.pdf . or . 2019-07-10 . 10 July 2019 . live .
4. Web site: Bureau . Odisha Sun Times . Ati Badi Puraskar of Odisha Sahitya Akademi will now carry Rs 1 lakh in cash . OdishaSunTimes.com . 2019-07-08 . 2019-07-08.
5. Web site: Ambaly . Anwesha . Literature route to Odia roots . Telegraph India . 2015-05-27 . 2019-07-08.