The Sahitya Akademi on Friday announced its annual Yuva Puraskar for writings in 21 languages.
Thirteen books of poetry, three of novel, four of short stories and one of essays have won the Sahitya Akademi Yuva Puraskar 2014, a release said.
Those who won the Yuva Puraskar for their collection of poetry include Abhimanyu Mahato (Bengali), Shanti Basumatary (Bodo), Anil Chavda (Gujarati), Kumar Anupam (Hindi), Kavya Kadame (Kannada), Praveen Kashyap (Maithili), Wangthoi Khuman (Manipuri), Tika Bhai (Nepali), Narendra Kumar Bhoi (Odia), Gagan Deep Sharma (Punjabi), Raju Ram Bijaymiyan Raj (Rajasthan), Anpa Mandi (Santhali), and Ilefat Amjadi (Urdu).
Appireddy Hariharn Reddy (Telugu) was awarded for his essays.
Those who have won the awards for their collection of short stories include Manika Devee (Assamese), Naresh Chandra Naik (Konkani), and Indu Menon (Malayalam). Kaushik Barua (English) and Paramba Abilash (Tamil) were awarded for their novel.
