PANAJI
Two of Goa's Konkani litterateurs -- Tanvi Kamat-Bhambolkar and Tukaram Shet -- have joined the ranks of Sahitya Akademi awardees winning the prestigious recognition for their work of short stories and children's literature respectively.
The Sahitya awards for 2023 were announced by the Akademi following an executive board meeting chaired by Sahitya Akademi President Madhav Kaushik.
Tanvi Kamat-Bambolkar won the Sahitya Akademi Youth Award for her book 'Shots' which is a collection of short stories.
Tukaram Shet got the Children's Literature Award for his novel ‘Jaan’.
Apart from Kamat-Bambolkar, nineteen others across the country were also announced as the Sahitya Akademi Youth Awardees.
