Bhubaneswar: Odisha’s Rajakishore Parhi is among 24 authors selected for the Bal Sahitya Puraskar-2025.
Parhi will be honoured for his poetry book ‘Kete Phula Phutichi’.
Through these awards, the Sahitya Akademi celebrates excellence in children’s literature across 24 Indian languages.
The award ceremony will be at Delhi’s Triveni Auditorium on November 14, celebrated in India as Children’s Day to commemorate the birth anniversary of India’s first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru.
All 24 awardees will receive a cheque for Rs 50,000 and a bronze plaque.
AWARD-WINNING AUTHORS & BOOKS
Assamese – Mainaahantar Padya (poetry), Surendra Mohan Das; Bengali – Ekhono Gaye Kanta Daye (stories), Tridib Kumar Chattopadhyay; Bodo – Khanthi Bwswn Arw Akhu Danai (stories), Binay Kumar Brahma; Dogri – Nanhi Tor (poetry), P.L. Parihar ‘Shauq’; English – Dakshin: South Indian Myths and Fables Retold (stories), Nitin Kushalappa MP; Gujarati – Tinchak (poetry), Kirtida Brahmbhatt; Hindi – Ek Batey Barah (non-fiction & memoir), Susheel Shukla; Kannada – Notebook (short stories), K. Shivalingappa Handihal; Kashmiri – Shure Te Tchure Gyush (short stories), Izhar Mubashir; Konkani – Belabaicho Shanker Ani Heir Kanyo (stories), Nayana Adarkar; Maithili – Chukka (short stories), Munni Kamat; Malayalam – Penguinukalude Vankaravil (novel), Sreejith Moothedath; Manipuri – Angangshing- Gee Shannabungshida (play), Shanto M; Marathi – Abhaimaya (poetry), Suresh Govindrao Sawant; Nepali – Shanti Van (novel), Sangmu Lepcha; Odia – Kete Phula Phutichi (poetry), Rajakishore Parhi; Punjabi – Jaddu Patta (novel), Pali Khadim (Amrit Pal Singh); Rajasthani – Pankheruv Ni Peeda (play), Bhogilal Patidar; Sanskrit – Balvisvam (poetry), Preeti R. Pujara; Santhali – Sona Miru-ag Sandesh (poetry), Haralal Murmu; Sindhi – Asmani Pari (poetry), Heena Agnani ‘Heer’; Tamil – Ottrai Siragu Oviya (novel), Vishnupuram Sarvanan; Telugu – Kaburla Devatha (story), Gangisetty Sivakumar; Urdu – Qaumi Sitare (articles), Ghazanfar Iqbal.