Swayam Prakash Smriti Nyas, an organization working in the field of literature and culture, has announced the annual honor to be given in the memory of the famous litterateur Swayam Prakash.
In the release issued by the Trust, Dr Durga Prasad Aggarwal said that this time in this national level honor, the novel Kirtigaan of well-known story writer Chandan Pandey will be given for the novel genre.
For the honour, the three-member jury has unanimously recommended this collection to be selected for the year 2023.
Dr. Aggarwal told that Swayam Prakash is known for his original contribution in the field of Hindi fiction. He wrote around two hundred and fifty stories and five of his novels were also published. Research work has been done on his writings in many universities and many magazines have also published special issues to evaluate his literature. Swayam Prakash, born on 20 January 1947 in Indore, died on 7 December 2019 due to cancer. He was residing in Bhopal for a long time and was also associated with the editing of the magazines 'Vasudha' and 'Chakmak' published from here.
Dr Aggarwal said that in the function to be organized in January, novelist Chandan Pandey will be presented with rRs 11000, a citation and a shawl in his honour. A large number of entries were received from across the country for this honour, out of which five novels were sent to the judges after the preliminary selection.