Nagen Saikia recommended as Sahitya Akademi Fellow

NEW DELHI: The Sahitya Akademi on Tuesday recommended four distinguished Indian writers as its fellows: Nagen Saikia, Jayant Mahapatra, Padma Sachdev, and Vishwanath Prasad Tiwari. As per the convention of the National Academy of Letters, there can only be 21 living fellows of the Sahitya Akademi and they should be “persons who made seminal and lasting contributions for the enrichment of Indian literature”, the Akademi said in a statement after its 90th General Council Meeting. (IANS)

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