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The correct answer is Chaman Arora.

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• Chaman Arora has been awarded the **Sahitya Akademi Award 2024** for his book **Ik Hor Ashwthama** in Dogri literature.

Key Points

• The book **Ik Hor Ashwthama** is a **collection of short stories**, selected unanimously by the jury.
• The jury members included **Dr. Sushma Rani, Dr. Veena Gupta, and Dr. Jitendra Udhampuri**.
• The award consists of a **copper plaque and a cash prize of ₹1,00,000**.
• The award ceremony will take place in **New Delhi on March 8, 2025**.

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• About the Sahitya Akademi Award
  • The Sahitya Akademi Award is India's **prestigious literary honor**, presented annually.
  • It recognizes outstanding literary works in **24 Indian languages**, including Dogri.
• About Chaman Arora
  • A renowned writer known for his contributions to **Dogri literature**.
  • His book **Ik Hor Ashwthama** explores themes of **human emotions and resilience**.
• Other Sahitya Akademi Award Winners (2024)
  • Hindi - Gagan Gill
  • English - Easterine Kire
  • Marathi - Sudhir Rasal
• Importance of the Award
  • Encourages **regional and indigenous language literature**.
  • Recognizes **literary excellence and contribution to Indian literature**.

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• Sugatha Kumari is a Malayalam poetess from Kerala, India.
• She was awarded the Saraswati Samman for the year 2012 for her poetry collection titled "Manalezhuthu" (The Writing on the Sand).
• She is one of the most prominent modern poets in Malayalam literature and has made significant contributions to the field of literature, particularly poetry.

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• Saraswati Samman is a prestigious literary award in India, which is awarded annually to an outstanding literary work written in any Indian language and published during the last 10 years.
• It is named after the Hindu goddess of learning, Saraswati. The Saraswati Samman was first instituted in 1991 by the K.K. Birla Foundation, a philanthropic organization based in India.
• Amrita Pritam was a prominent Indian poet, novelist, and essayist who primarily wrote in Punjabi and Hindi.
• She is widely regarded as one of the most significant female writers in Indian literature.
• Amrita Pritam was the first woman to win the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1956 for her poem "Sunehade".
• She received several prestigious awards, including the Padma Shri (1969) and Padma Vibhushan (2005
• Dr. Shashi Tharoor: Dr. Shashi Tharoor is an Indian politician, author, and former diplomat. He has written several books, both fiction and non-fiction, that deal with Indian history, politics, and culture. He is known for his eloquent writing style and his deep insights into global affairs.

The correct answer is The Sellout.

Key Points

• The Sellout is a satirical novel by Paul Beatty.
• The book was awarded the 2016 Man Booker Prize, making Paul Beatty the first American to win this prestigious award.
• The novel challenges the notion of racial equality in a comical yet profound manner, delivering a sharp critique of the American social and racial landscape.
• The story revolves around a protagonist who tries to reinstate slavery and segregation in a fictional Los Angeles suburb, highlighting the absurdities of modern racial issues.

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• Man Booker Prize:
  • The Man Booker Prize is one of the most prestigious literary awards in the English-speaking world, established in 1969.
  • It is awarded annually to the best original novel written in the English language and published in the UK.
  • The prize aims to promote the finest in fiction by rewarding the very best book of the year.
  • Winners of the Man Booker Prize often see a significant increase in book sales and international recognition.
• Paul Beatty:
  • Paul Beatty is an American author and poet known for his satirical works that explore themes of race and identity.
  • He has received critical acclaim for his unique writing style and his ability to address serious social issues with humor.
  • Besides "The Sellout," his notable works include "The White Boy Shuffle" and "Tuff."
  • Beatty's work often challenges conventional narratives about race and society in America.
• Satire in Literature:
  • Satire is a genre of literature that uses humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues.
  • It aims to provoke thought and encourage change by highlighting the absurdities and shortcomings of society.
  • Famous examples of satirical works include Jonathan Swift's "Gulliver's Travels" and George Orwell's "Animal Farm."
  • Satire can be a powerful tool for social commentary and reform, as it often resonates deeply with readers and prompts them to reflect on societal issues.

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• Akkitham Achuthan Namboothiri was a renowned Indian poet and essayist.
• He primarily wrote in the Malayalam language.
• Akkitham is known for his works that reflect deep philosophical insights and simplicity.
• His significant contributions to Malayalam literature earned him the prestigious 55th Jnanpith Award in 2019.

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• Jnanpith Award
  • The Jnanpith Award is one of the highest literary honors in India.
  • It is presented annually by the Bharatiya Jnanpith to an author for their "outstanding contribution towards literature".
  • Instituted in 1961, the award includes a cash prize, a citation plaque, and a bronze replica of Vagdevi (Saraswati), the goddess of knowledge and wisdom.
  • It covers works in any of the languages listed in the Eighth Schedule of the Indian Constitution and English.
• Malayalam Literature
  • Malayalam is a Dravidian language spoken in the Indian state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry.
  • Malayalam literature has a rich history dating back to the 13th century.
  • It encompasses various genres including poetry, novels, short stories, and essays.
  • Some of the prominent Malayalam writers include Ezhuthachan, Kumaran Asan, Vaikom Muhammad Basheer, and M.T. Vasudevan Nair.
• Akkitham Achuthan Namboothiri's Major Works
  • Some of Akkitham's notable works include "Irupatham Noottandinte Ithihasam" (Epic of the 20th Century), "Balidarsanam", and "Nimisha Kshetram".
  • His writings often explore themes of mythology, spirituality, and the human condition.
  • Akkitham's style is characterized by its simplicity and profundity.
  • He was also a recipient of several other awards, including the Padma Shri, Sahitya Akademi Award, and Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award.

The correct answer is Tomb of Sand.

Key Points

• Tomb of Sand, written by Indian author Geetanjali Shree and translated into English by Daisy Rockwell, won the 2022 International Booker Prize.
• The novel was originally written in Hindi under the title “Ret Samadhi”.
• It is the first Hindi-language book to win the prestigious International Booker Prize, which recognizes the best translated works globally.
• The story revolves around an 80-year-old woman who, after her husband's death, embarks on a journey to confront her past and redefine her future.
• The International Booker Prize is awarded annually for a book translated into English, celebrating both the author and the translator.

Additional Information

• International Booker Prize:
  • It is a prestigious literary prize awarded annually for the best work of fiction translated into English and published in the UK or Ireland.
  • The prize is shared equally between the author and the translator to honor their contribution.
  • Previously known as the Man Booker International Prize (renamed in 2019).
• Geetanjali Shree:
  • An acclaimed Indian author who has written several novels and short stories, primarily in Hindi.
  • “Tomb of Sand” marks a significant milestone for her, gaining global recognition.
• Daisy Rockwell:
  • A celebrated American translator, artist, and writer who translated “Tomb of Sand” into English.
  • Her translation played a key role in making the novel accessible to an international audience.
• Significance of Ret Samadhi:
  • The novel explores themes of identity, family, gender, partition, and the resilience of women.
  • It is known for its rich narrative style and experimental structure.

The correct answer is Nilamani Phookan.

Key Points

• On 11 April 2022, Eminent Assamese poet Nilamani Phookan has conferred the 56th Jnanpith Award for the year 2021.
• The ceremony was held for the first time in Assam.
• He is also a recipient of the Sahitya Akademi and Padma Shri awards.
• Phookan is the third Assamese to receive the Jnanpith Award after novelist Birendra Kumar Bhattacharya (1979) and Mamoni Raisom Goswami (2000).

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• Noted poet and litterateur Prof Ramdarash Mishra will be awarded the prestigious Saraswati Samman, 2021, for his collection of poems ‘Mein to Yahan Hun’.
• Mumbai-based journalist Aarefa Johari has won the Chameli Devi Jain Award for an Outstanding Woman Media Person 2021.
• Meghalaya Governor Satyapal Malik has been honoured with the Sant Namdeo National Award, for the year 2021.
• Jnanpith Award:
  • It is the oldest and the highest Indian literary award presented annually by the Bharatiya Jnanpith to an author for their "outstanding contribution towards literature".
  • Instituted in 1961, the award is bestowed only on Indian writers writing in Indian languages included in the Eighth Schedule to the Constitution of India and English, with no posthumous conferral.
  • In 1976, Bengali novelist Ashapoorna Devi became the first woman to win the award and was honoured for the 1965 novel Prothom Protishruti (The First Promise), the first in a trilogy.

The correct answer is Anukrti Upadhyay.

Key Points

• Anukrti Upadhyay has won the Sushila Devi Award 2021 for the Best Book of Fiction for her critically acclaimed novel, Kintsugi in December 2021.
• This prize has been instituted by the Shri Ratanlal Foundation.
• Previous winners have been Namita Gokhale (Things To Leave Behind), Shubhangi Swarup (Latitudes of Longing) and Avni Doshi (Girl in White Cotton).

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• ​The All India Co-ordinated Research Project (AICRP) on poultry breeding, Mannuthy, under the Kerala Veterinary and Animal Science University (KVASU), bagged the national breed conservation award for 2021.
• Vice President of India M Venkaiah Naidu has launched the book titled ‘Dr V L Dutt: Glimpses of a Pioneer’s Life Journey' authored by Dr V L Indira Dutt.
• Sanju Verma, an economist and the BJP National Spokesperson, has authored a new book titled “The Modi Gambit: Decoding Modi 2.0”. 
• A new book by former Indian Army Chief of Staff Gen. Nirmal Chander Vij (ret) titled The riddle of “Kashmir: the quest for peace in a troubled land”.

The correct answer is Akkitham Achuthan Namboothiri.

Key Points

• The prestigious 55th Jnanpith Award has been won by 92-year-old Akkitham Achuthan Namboothiri, an eminent Indian poet-writer of the Malayalam language.
  • He has won many literary awards, some of his notable awards include Padma Shri Award in 2017, Sahitya Akademi Award in 1973.
  • The Jnanpith Award is an Indian literary award for individual writers who have written in any of the twenty-three eligible Indian languages ​​as per the Eighth Schedule to the Constitution of India and have made significant contributions to the field of literature.
  • This award has been presented annually by the Bharatiya Jnanpith since 1961.
  • So far, people working in sixteen languages ​​out of 22 eligible languages ​​have been awarded Jnanpith Awards.
  • The first winner of the prestigious Jnanpith Award in 1965 was G.Shankar Kurup, who was awarded in 1950 for his collection of poetry published under the name Odakkuzhal.

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• ​Raghuveer Chaudhari: 
  • Raghuveer Chaudhari is a novelist, poet, and critic from Gujarat, India.
  • He has also worked as a columnist for numerous newspapers, such as Sandesh, Janmabhumi, Nirikshaka, and Divya Bhaskar.
  • He has been conferred with India’s highest literary honour, the Jnanpith Award for 2015.
• Amitav Ghosh :
  • Amitav Ghosh is an Indian writer and the winner of the 54th Jnanpith award, India’s highest literary honor, best known for his work in English fiction.
  • Ghosh's ambitious novels use complex narrative strategies to probe the nature of national and personal identity, particularly of the people of India and Southeast Asia.
  • In 2007 he was awarded the Padma Shri, one of India's highest honors, by the President of India. 
  • In 2019 Foreign Policy magazine named him one of the most important global thinkers of the preceding decade.
• Chandrashekhara Kambara :
  • Chandrashekhar Kambra is a prominent Indian poet, playwright, folk songwriter, film director in the Kannada language.
  • He has been honored with many prestigious awards including Padma Bhushan in 2021, Jnanpith Award in 2011 for the year 2010, Sahitya Akademi Award, Padma Shri by the Government of India, Kabir Samman, Kalidas Samman and Pampa Award.
  • After his retirement, Kambra was nominated as a member of the Karnataka Legislative Council, to which he made significant contributions through his intervention.

The correct answer is Dinyar Patel.

Key Points

• A biography of Dadabhai Naoroji, one of the founders of the Indian National Congress, by Dinyar Patel, has been named winner of the Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay NIF Book Prize 2021.
• 'Naoroji: Pioneer of Indian Nationalism' was selected from the six shortlisted books.
• The award carries a cash award of Rs 15 lakh and a citation.
• This is the fourth edition of the prize instituted in 2018.

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• In November 2021, Malayalam author M Mukundan won Rs 25-lakh JCB Book Prize 2021 for his book Delhi: A Soliloquy.
• "Whereabouts" is the book written by Jhumpa Lahiri in 2021.
• The book "Languages of Truth" is written by Salman Rushdie in 2021.
• This book is a compilation of celebrated storyteller Rushdie’s essays from 2003 to 2020. 

The correct answer is Namita Gokhale.

Key Points

• The Sahitya Akademi, on 30 December 2021, announced its awards for 2021 for literary works in 20 languages, including novels in Assamese and English.
• In English, Author Namita Gokhale won the award for her book Things to Leave Behind.
• This year, 7 books of poetry, five short stories, two plays, one each of biography, autobiography, criticism and epic poetry have been chosen for the award.

Important Points

• Ms Gokhale was awarded for her novel Things to Leave Behind and Ms Pujari for Iyat Ekhan Aaronya Asil.
• Daya Prakash Sinha was awarded in Hindi for Samrat Ashok (Play).
• Among the winners for poetry were Mwdai Gahai (Bodo), Sanjiv Verenkar (Konkani), Hrushikesh Mallick (Odia), Meethesh Nirmohi (Rajasthani), Vindeshwariprasad Mishr ‘Vinay’ (Sanskrit), Arjun Chawla (Sindhi) and Gorati Venkanna (Telugu).
• Books of short stories by writers Raj Rahi (Dogri), Kiran Gurav (Marathi), Khalid Hussain (Punjabi), Niranjan Hansda (Santali) and Ambai (Tamil) were among those chosen for the awards.
• A biography by D.S. Nagabhushana in Kannada, an autobiography by George Onakkoor in Malayalam, a work of criticism by Wali Mohd.
• Aseer Kashtawari in Kashmiri and a book of epic poetry by Chhabilal Upadhyaya.
• For Hindi the Daya Prakash Sinha got the award for the  Play

• The Moortidevi Award is an Indian literary award annually presented by the Bharatiya Jnanpith, a literary and research organisation, to an author.
• The award is given only to Indian writers writing in Indian languages included in the Eighth Schedule to the Constitution of India, and in English.

The correct answer is Ashneer Grover.In News

• The winners of Golden Book Awards 2023 have been announced.

Key Points

• Golden Book Awards recognises exceptional literary works.
• It is sponsored by Wings Publication International.
• They were announced on 4 February 2023.
• Winners and their work:
  • J.K Rowling – Fantastic Beasts
  • Gaur Gopal Das – Energize Your Mind
  • Deepak Chopra – The Seven Spiritual Law Of Success
  • Ashneer Grover – Doglapan
  • Namita Thapar – The Dolphin And The Shark: Stories On Entrepreneurship
  • Kamlesh Patel –The Wisdom Bridge
  • Jeff Kinney – Diary Of A Wimpy Kid: Diper Overlode
  • Sneh Desai, Sunil Tulsiani & Brian Tracy – Ultimate Secrets To Wealth
  • Raj Shamani –Build, Don’t Talk –Things You Wish You Were Taught In School
  • Bhupendra Singh Rathore –Magic Of Thinking Rich
  • Deepak Bajaj –Network Marketing In 60 Minutes
  • Ruskin Bond – How To Live Your Life
  • Dr K. Sreekumar –Buddhavelicham

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• Golden Book Awards:
  • The Golden Book Awards aims to recognise the hard work, creativity, and experiences of authors who often go unrewarded and unrecognised.
  • The event recognises the exceptional literary works that have made a significant impact with their depth of research, quality of writing, and originality of thought.

The correct answer is Ret Samadhi.

Key Points

• Geetanjali Shree’s novel Ret Samadhi or Tomb of Sand has won the International Booker prize, becoming the first novel translated from Hindi to do so.
• She is not only the award’s 1st Hindi winner, but also it is for the 1st time a book originally written in any Indian language has won the booker prize.
• The prize money of 50,000 pounds will be shared between the author and translator equally. 

Important Points

•  Shree's book clinched the award, where 135 books competed.
• Tomb of Sand is the story about an 80-year-old woman, who slips into a deep depression when her husband dies, then resurfaces to gain a new lease on life.
• The woman travels to Pakistan to confront the unresolved trauma of her teenage experiences of partition, and re-evaluates what it means to be a mother, a daughter, a woman and a feminist. 

The correct answer is Hindi.

Key Points

• The Vyas Samman started in 1991 is given for 'outstanding literary work' in Hindi.
• The Vyas Samman is awarded by the K. K. Birla Foundation.
• The Vyas Samman to be eligible for the last 10 years literary work must be published in the Hindi language.
• The Vyas Samman carries a cash prize of Rs 4 lakh along with a citation and a plaque.
•  The first recipient of Vyas Samman - Ram Vilas Sharma for the work 'Bharat ke Pracheen bhasha Parivar aur Hindi' in 1991.
• In 2019, Nasira Sharma got the 29th Vyas Samman for the novel Kagaz ki Nav.

The correct answer is Divya Dutta​.

Key Points

• Padmashree Srinivas Udgata was awarded Kalinga Literary Award and Arun Kamal was awarded the Kalinga Literary International award. 
• Divya Dutta was awarded Kalinga Literary (Woman Writer) Award.
• The eighth edition of the Kalinga Literary Festival (KLF) was inaugurated by Odisha Tourism Minister, Jyoti Prakash Panigrahi in Bhubaneswar on 10 Dec 2021.
• 'India at 75: Commemorating the Republic of Letters' is the theme of the festival to mark the country's 75th year of Independence.

Important Points

• A total of 30 awards were given away to eminent authors and translators of repute by the organisers of the Kalinga Literary Festival on its eighth edition.
• Tamal Bandopadhyay was awarded the best writer in the Economy category for his book “Pandemonium: The Great Indian Banking Tragedy”.
• For the Children’s literature section Sudha Murty was selected for her book called “Grandparents’ Bag of Stories”.
• Former West Bengal Governor Gopal Krishna Gandhi was selected for his book on Mahatma Gandhi.
• Rashid Kidwai’s book “Bharat Ke Pradhan Mantri” was selected for the autobiography category.

Additional Information

• The KLF Book Awards opens up the opportunities to identify, recognise, acknowledge, encourage and honour the literary talents across genres, for both established and new writers.
• KLF Book Awards are conferred on those people and their works, which have made seminal contributions to their chosen fields and have impacted the society at large through literature.
• Kalinga Literary Festival confers three awards, Kalinga International Literary Award, Kalinga Literary Award, and Kalinga Karubaki Award, annually to the noted Indian writer.