Tripura poet wins Sahitya Akademi award for Manipuri composition

Agartala, Dec 24 (UNI) A leading Manipuri poet from Tripura, Sorokhaibam Gambhini, has been selected for the prestigious Sahitya Akademi award for her well-appreciated composition of poetry in Manipuri this year.

She will be awarded early next year in a mega event in New Delhi, along with 23 other winners of all recognised Indian languages. A postgraduate in Sanskrit, Gambhini hails from a remote village called Bara Surma in Dhalai district and has been involved in literary activities since her school days.

The middle-aged Gambhini, the hostel warden of Tripura University, scripted the poetry book Yachangba Nang Hallo, a composition of philosophy, life, and humanity, after a half-decade-long research and published in 2018 by a Tripura-based publisher.

“Although Sahitya Akademi considered this recognition for the creation of Manipuri literature, I have written several compositions in Bengali and also been involved in Hindi literary activities,” Gambhini told the media.

Congratulating her achievement, Tripura Chief Minister Dr Manik Saha said, “It’s a matter of pride for the people of Tripura that Gambhini won the prestigious Sahitya Akademi award for Manipur composition, which indicated the success of our effort in the promotion of minority languages like others.”

Sahitya Akademi has announced its annual awards for the creation in 24 languages listed in the eighth schedule of the Indian Constitution, which included as many books of poetry, six novels, five short stories, three essays, and a literary study last week.

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