Who won the Sahitya Akademi Award 2019 in Hindi ?

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answered Mar 2, 2022 by Anuragk (237k points)
selected Mar 2, 2022 by SiddhiSomnath

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Correct Answer - Option 2 : Nand Kishore Acharya

The Correct Answer is Nand Kishore Acharya.

Nand Kishore Acharya awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award 2019 in Hindi Literature.
He receives recognition for his book of Hindi poetry, 'Chheelatey Hue Apne Ko'.
Nand Kishore Acharya was born in Bikaner, Rajasthan.

The Sahitya Akademi, India's National Academy of Letters, is an organization dedicated to the promotion of literature in the languages of India.
Founded on 12 March 1954, it is supported by, though independent of, the Indian government.
Its office is located in Rabindra Bhavan near Mandi House in Delhi.
It presents the annual Sahitya Akademi Award of Rs. 100,000 (approx. USD 1,500 (in the year 2013)) in each of the 24 languages it supports, as well as the Sahitya Akademi Fellowship for lifetime achievement.

Seven poets will be given the award -- Phukan Ch. Basumatary (Bodo), Nand Kishore Acharya (Hindi), Niba A Khandekar (Konkani), Kumar Manish Arvind (Maithili), V Madhusoodanan Nair (Malayalam), Anuradha Patil (Marathi), and Penna Madhusudan (Sanskrit).
Joysree Goswami Mahanta (Assamese), L Birmangol Singh (Manipuri), Cho Dharman (Tamil) and Bandi Narayan Swami (Telugu) will receive the award for their novels.
Six authors will get the recognition in short story category -- Abdul Ahad Hajini (Kashmiri), Tarun Kanti Mishra (Odia), Kripal Kazak (Punjabi), Ramswaroop Kisan (Rajasthani), Kali Charan Hembram (Santali), and Ishwar Moorjani (Sindhi).