Gangadhar National Award For Poetry | |
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Awarded for | Significant contribution in the field of Literature (poetry). |
Date | Foundation day of Sambalpur University |
Location | Sambalpur University, Odisha |
Country | India |
Presented by | Sambalpur University |
Reward(s) | Cash prize of Rs 50,000, angavastra, citation, a memento and a copy of Gangadhar Meher: Selected Works (An anthology of Gangadhar Meher's Poetry in English translation) |
First awarded | 1991 |
Last awarded | 2021 |
Highlights | |
First winner | Ali Sardar Jafri (1991) |
Latest winner | K. G. Sankara Pillai (2021) |
Total awarded | 31 |
Gangadhar National Award For Poetry is a literary award given in the field of literature for poetry by Sambalpur University. It is named after Gangadhar Meher. First award was given to Ali Sardar Jafri in the year 1991. 31 poets have been awarded on various Indian languages until now.