Ten young authors received PEN IN BOOKS Young Author Award 2020 in a special event here on Sunday. Organised by publishing house PEN IN BOOKS, the event witnessed a huge gathering of authors, poets and intellectuals.
Poet, Gandhian and Sarvodaya activist Sailaja Rabi joined was chief guestand Sahitya Akademi award-winner author Dr Gourahari Das chief speaker. Founder and former Chancellor of Kalinga University Dr Badrinath Patnaik was guest of honour. Author and director of the publishing firm Subhransu Panda presided.
The Young Author Award, instituted since 2017, aims to encourage and introduce young and promising writers to the wide fraternity of readers. In this fourth edition, six young Odia writers received the award, two writing in Hindi and two in English.
Priyaranjan Pattanaik for his Odia short story manuscript 'Baina O VaniVihar', Himanshu Sekhar Mishra for his Odia poetry manuscript 'Topae Samudra', Rudra Ranjan Sejpada for his Odia short-story manuscript 'Corona Kahani', Deepak Kumar Swain for his Odia poetry manuscript 'Ashru Abhisar', Pritisima Swain for her Odia poetry manuscript 'Jeevan Saha Sandhi' and Dinesh Jena for his Odia poetry manuscript 'Corona O Anyanya Kabita' received the award.
