Atibadi Jagannath Das Award for 4

BHUBANESWAR: For their significant contribution to Oriya language and literature, four literary luminaries of the State will be honoured with the Atibadi Jagannath Das Award for four years -- 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010 -- by the Orissa Sahitya Akademi here. The luminaries are Manoj Das, Mohapatra Nilamani Sahu, Dasarathi Das and Gaganendranath Das. This was decided at a meeting of the Akademi here on Tuesday. The award carries a cash prize of ` 25,000, a plaque and a citation.