Eminent poet and Kendra Sahitya Akademi award winner Dr Pratibha Satpathy will get the prestigious Sahitya Bharati Samman-2013 for her distinguished and illustrious contributions to Odia literature. This was announced by the Gangadhar Rath Foundation Trust here on Wednesday.
The trust has been giving away this award along with other literary awards for over a decade now.The award carries a cash prize of `1 lakh, a filigree memento of Sun Temple of Konark and a citation.
The award would be conferred on the 70-year-old poet by Padma Bhushan Ramakanta Rath at a special function to be held at the Saheed Bhawan here on March 9, informed trust secretary Susmita Rath.
The trust would also felicitate senior advocate Ashok Mukherjee on the occasion by bestowing upon him the Gangadhar Smaraki Samman for his contributions in the field of judiciary.
Similarly, renowned gynaecologist and poet Dr Sarojini Sarangi would receive this year’s Bhanuji Rao Samman and writer Debraj lenka would receive the Binapani Mohanty Katha Sahitya Purashkar.
Both the awards carry cash prizes of `25,000 each, informed the trust president Jayant Rath. The Subrat Rath Smaraki Purashkar of the trust this year would be shared between Shaktiprava Mishra and Pitambar Tarai. Both Mishra and Tarai shall be presented with cash prizes of `10,000 each.