Question

The Sahitya Academy Award in English for 2017 was won by:
1. Chetan Bhagat
2. Shashi Tharoor
3. Rana Ayub
4. Mamang Dai

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 4 : Mamang Dai

The correct answer is Mamang Dai.

• Author Mamang Dai have won Sahitya Akademi award 2017 for their work The Black Hill, a novel.
• Sahitya Akademi announced its annual Sahitya Akademi Awards in 24 languages.
• The award in the form of a casket containing an engraved copper-plaque, a shawl and a cheque of Rs 1 lakh.
• Sahitya Akademi Fellowship is the highest literary honor conferred by the Sahitya Akademi on a writer, by electing him as its Fellow.
• It was established in 1968.
• The first elected fellow was Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan.
• Shashi Tharoor won the Sahitya Akademi award 2019 for the book “An Era of Darkness” in English.
• Chinmoy Guha, a Bengali writer has won the Sahitya Akademi award 2019 for his essay “Ghumer Darja Thele”.