Bhubaneswar: Eminent writer Ramakanta Rath will receive Atibadi Jagannath Das Award, the highest literary award of the state, for the year 2018.
Poet Ramakanta Rath was born in Cuttack in 1934. He will get the award for his lifetime contribution to the field of literature.
Some of his popular books include ‘Kete Dinara’, ‘Sachitra Andhara’, ‘Aneka Kothari’, ‘Saptama Rutu’, ‘Sandigdha Mrugaya’, ‘Pheri Chahinle’ and ‘Sri Radha’.
He has also translated the poems of Kabir. A number of his poems have been translated into English and other Indian languages.
He is a recipient of the Odisha Sahitya Akademi Award, Kendra Sahitya Akademi Award, Saraswati Samman, Bishuva Samman and Kabir Samman. He also received the Padma Bhushan in 2006.
Apart from all this, he was also the president of Kendra Sahitya Akademi.
He will receive the Atibadi Jagannath Das Award at a function to be held by Odisha Sahitya Akademi, informed Akademi president Harihara Mishra on Saturday.
The Odisha Sahitya Akademi will also felicitate 15 renowned litterateurs of the state.
