Eminent Konkani writer Mahabaleshwar Sail honoured with Saraswati Samman
Q. Konkani writer Mahabaleshwar Sail has been honoured with which award for his novel Hawthan?- Published on 01 Sep 17a. Saraswati Samman
b. National Literary Award
c. Pulitzer
d. None of the above
ANSWER: Saraswati Samman
Eminent Konkani writer Mahabaleshwar Sail has been honoured with the Saraswati Samman 2016 for his novel Hawthan.
The 74-year-old’s novel was shortlisted out of 22 books written in as many languages.
The award carries a cash prize of ?15 lakh and a citation.
Mr. Sail is a bilingual writer who has four Marathi dramas and seven Konkani novels to his credit.
He has also written five short stories and a novel in Marathi.
Mahabaleshwar Sail: Know More- Mahabaleshwar Sail was born on 4 August 1943 in Shejebag in Uttara Kannada district of Karnataka. He had served in Indian Army and had participated in 1965 Indo-Pakistani War.
- He also had served as UN peacekeeper in 1964-1965 at Israel and Egypt border.
- He also had worked as supervisor in Forest Department, Goa, Daman and Diu Police and India Post till his retirement.
Saraswati Samman: Know More
- Saraswati Samman is an annual award bestowed upon Indian citizen for his outstanding literary work written in any 22 Indian language mentioned in Schedule VIII of Constitution and published during last 10 years.
- The award has been named after Indian goddess of learning Saraswati.
- It is considered one of the highest literary awards in India.
- It was established in 1991 by the KK Birla Foundation
- It carries cash prize of 15 lakh rupees, a citation and a plaque of goddess Saraswati.
- Harivansh Rai Bachchan was first recipient of this award for his autobiography published in four volumes.
