Kalaignar M Karunanidhi Porkizhi Award to be conferred on Edwin J F D’Souza
Kalaignar M Karunanidhi Porkizhi Award to be conferred on Edwin J F D’Souza
Mangalore Today News Network
Mangalore, Apr 21, 2012: The Book Sellers’ And Publishers’ Association of South India, Chennai (BAPASI) has conferred the prestigious Kalaignar M Karunanidhi Porkizhi Award on Konkani litterateur Edwin J F D’Souza for his Life Time Contribution to Konkani Literature.
The award ceremony will be held on Monday April 23 at Annamalai Mantram, Barry’s Corner, Chennai.
This is the first time that this association is conferring an Award to a writer in Minority language. Readers may recollect that Edwin’s ’Chocolates,’ an anthology of Konkani short stories translated into English by him was published from Chennai by English Titles Publications.
The award carries a cash prize of Rs 1 lac and a citation.
The writer has to his credit, nine literary awards, namely Goa Konkani Academy Award, two Louis Mascarenhas Foundation Awards, TMA Pai Foundation Award, Konkani Bhasha Mandal Goa, two Karnataka Konkani Sahitya Academy Awards for literature, Sandesha Prathistan award for Konkani Literature and Daiji Dubai Puraskaar for Konkani Literature.
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