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CHANDIGARH: The Chandigarh Sahitya Akademi had invited authors from the city to give away awards for 2016.



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Chandigarh, March 29

The Chandigarh Sahitya Akademi had invited authors from the city to give away awards for 2016. The following authors have been selected for this honour by evaluators of Sahitya Akademi:

English:Anuradha Bhattacharya – novel; Sulekha Sharma – short story; Harsimran Kaur – children literature. Hindi: Hema Sharma – short story; Prof Gurmeet Singh – essay; Sanv Richa – translator; Sumita Mishra – poetry; Manohar Shukla – children literature. Punjabi: Subhash Sharma – poetry; Nirmal Jaswal Rana – short story; Malkit Basra – children literature. Urdu: Renu Behal.

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