⇒ The Konkani Bhas Ani Sanskriti Prathistan, World Konkani Centre, Mangaluru announced Smt Vimala V Pai Vishwa Konkani Sahitya Puraskar, annual literary awards for Konkani Literature, for the year 2021.
Winners:
Best Konkani Book of the Year (Prose): Massam, a collection of Konkani short stories by Antony Barkur (Antony Prakash D’Souza)
Best Konkani Book of the Year (Poetry): Indradhonu Udeum, a collection of Konkani poems by Uday Narasinha Mhambro
» Suresh Jaywant Borkar was selected for the Vimala V Pai Vishwa Konkani Jeevan Siddhi Samman 2021 for his life-time contribution to Konkani language pedagogy, grammar and lexicography.
- The awards carry a prize money of ₹1 lakh each along with an award memento.
About:
- World Konkani Centre was founded by Konkani Bhas Ani Sanskriti Prathistan, a premier Konkani organisation established in 1996.
- Under the leadership of Vishwa Konkani Sardar Basti Vaman Shenoy, has been relentlessly working towards preservation of Konkani language and culture since inception.