Bhubaneswar: Former bureaucrat and eminent Odia short story writer Tarun Kanta Mishra will get Central Sahitya Academy Award for his book Bhaswati.
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Mishra was the chief secretary of Odisha before his retirement from IAS service.
The Sahitya Akademi announced its annual Sahitya Akademi Award-2019 in 23 languages today.
The award in the form of a casket containing an engraved copper plaque, a shawl and Rs 1,00,000 will be presented to Mishra at a special function to be held on February 25, 2020 at New Delhi during the Festival of Letters organized by Sahitya Akademi.