22 Jun 2024| 04:18am ISTGoa’s literary stars shine: Sahitya Akademi Award winners celebrated in GoaHarsha Sadguru Shetye and Adwait Chandrakant Salgãonkar are two devout Goans who made Goa proud through their literary contributions in Konkani. They were recently conferred with the Sahitya Akademi Award for their works ‘Ek Ashille Bayul’ and ‘Pedanyacha Samaaram’, respectivelyFrazer AndradeThe Sahitya Akademi Award is a literary honour in India, which the Sahitya Akademi, i.e. This year, two Goans, Harsha Sadguru Shetye and Adwait Chandrakant Salgãonkar, have won Sahitya Akademi Awards for their literary works in the Konkani language, ‘Ek Ashille Bayul’ and ‘Pedanyacha Samaaram’ respectively, making Goans proud. “Receiving the Sahitya Akademi Award this year gives me immense joy, leaving me with no words to express my feelings as this book, ‘Ek Ashille Bayul’ is close to my heart. “Being awarded for my work in the Konkani language is a big achievement for me”, he says.

Source: The Herald June 21, 2024 20:01 UTC