Sahitya Akademi Translation Prize 2013
DELHI SAHITYA AKADEMI TRANSLATION PRIZE 2013 August 22, 2014, Guwahati Translation is one area that has been by and large neglected hitherto by the literary community world over and it is time others too emulate the work of the Akademi in this regard and promote translations. For, translations in addition to their role of carrying creative literature beyond known boundaries also act as rebirth of the original creative writings. Also translation, especially of ahitya Akademi’s Translation Prizes for 2013 were poems, supply to other literary traditions crafts, tools presented at a grand ceremony held at Pragyajyoti and rhythms hitherto unknown to them. He cited several SAuditorium, ITA Centre for Performing Arts, examples from Hindi poetry and their transportation Guwahati on August 22, 2014. Sahitya Akademi and into English. Jnanpith Award winner Dr Kedarnath Singh graced the occasion as a Chief Guest and Dr Vishwanath Prasad Sahitya Akademi and Jnanpith Award winner, Dr Tiwari, President, Sahitya Akademi presided over and Kedarnath Singh, in his address, spoke at length about distributed the prizes and cheques to the award winning the role and place of translations in any given literature. translators. He was very happy that the Akademi is recognizing Dr K. Sreenivasarao welcomed the Chief Guest, and celebrating the translators and translations and participants, award winning translators and other also financial incentives are available now a days to the literary connoisseurs who attended the ceremony. He translators. He also enumerated how the translations spoke at length about various efforts and programmes widened the horizons his own life and enriched his of the Akademi to promote literature through India and literary career.
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