Odia Author Baishnab Charan Samal Wins Sahitya Akademi Award 2024

by Hemanta Pande

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Odia author Prof. Baishnab Charan Samal will be conferred the Sahitya Akademi Award 2024 for his book “Bhuti Bhakti Bibhuti,” officials said on Wednesday.

Bhubaneswar, Dec 18: Odia author Prof. Baishnab Charan Samal will be conferred the Sahitya Akademi Award 2024 for his book “Bhuti Bhakti Bibhuti,” officials said on Wednesday.

Prof Baishnab Charan Samal wins Kendra Sahitya Akademi Award-2024

His work 'Bhuti Bhakti Bibhuti' has won the award under 'Essays' category#AWARD #KendraSahityaAkademi pic.twitter.com/QFRQcyjTKj — Argus News (@ArgusNews_in) December 18, 2024

The ‘Bhuti Bhakti Bibhuti’ narrates the universal religious acceptance of Lord Jagannath and the Jagannath consciousness.

Born on 27 January 1939, Samal started his career as a lecturer in a government college. He retired as a Professor at Visva-Bharati University in Shantiniketan in 2004. He has authored as many as 120 books, so far.

Odia Author Baishnab Charan Samal Wins Sahitya Akademi Award 2024

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