Renowned poet and senior journalist Rakesh Pathak has been selected for the Hemanth Memorial Poetry Award. This award has been given to him by the Hemanth Memorial Trust, New Delhi for his poetry collection, ‘Basanth ke Pahele Din Se Pahele’.
The announcement in this regard was made by Bharath Bharadwaj, the coordinator of the Award Committee. He said that the poems by Rakesh Pathak have depth in them. Pathak has served in many newspapers in senior positions. He is also the author of three published books.
Santosh Srivastava, the chairperson of the Hemanth Foundation and Dr Pramila Verma, the secretary said the award will be presented to Patakh in Mumbai during the first month of 2018.
The previous recipients of this national-level award include Boghsatwa, Sanjay Kundan, Wazda Khan, Alok Srivastav, Hari Mrudul, leena Malhotra, Ekanth Srivastava, Hare Prakash Upadhya, Yateendra Mishra, Krishna Mohan Jha and Rita Das.