Eminent writer Dr Prativa Ray has been chosen to get the prestigious Sahitya Bharati Samman-2015 for her distinguished contributions to Odia literature. The Gangadhar Rath Foundation Trust gives away this and many other literary awards every year.
Announcing names of the winners, the Trust on Thursday informed that linguist Padma Shri Devi Prasanna Patnaik would get the Gangadhar Smaraki Samman, Dr Sangram Jena Bhanuji Rao Samman, Jashodhara Mishra get Binapani Mohanty Katha Sahitya Puraskar and Dr Gobind Chandra Chand and Dr Chandan Das would jointly get Subrat Rath memorial award.
All the awards would be conferred on the winners by Padma Bibhusan Seetakanta Mohapatra at a function here on March 13, the Trust informed adding that litterateur Prafulla Kumar Mohanty would be the chief speaker at the award-giving ceremony next month.