Sahitya Akademi's Yuva Sahitya Puraskar 2022 | 26 Aug 2022

On August 24, 2022, the Sahitya Akademi announced the Bal Sahitya Puraskar 2022 of the Akademi to writers and writers of 22 languages and Yuva Sahitya Puraskar 2022 to writers of 23 languages. It also includes two litterateurs from Jharkhand, Mihir Vats and Salge Hansda.

In the meeting of the Executive Board of the Akademi chaired by the President of Sahitya Akademi, Dr. Chandrashekhar Kambar, the author-writers were approved for the Sahitya Akademi Bal Sahitya Puraskar 2022 and Sahitya Akademi Yuva Puraskar.
The Akademi announced the Children's Literature Awards 2022 for writers and writers in a total of 22 languages, while author and writers in 23 languages will be given the Yuva Sahitya Puraskar.
Mihir Vats of Hazaribagh district of Jharkhand has been selected for Yuva Sahitya Akademi Award for his book 'Tales of Hazaribagh - An Intimate Exploration of Chotanagpur Plateau' in English. It contains a travel memoir of the Hazaribagh plateau region.
On the other hand, Salge Hansda of Jamshedpur district has been selected for the Yuva Sahitya Akademi Award for his Santhali novel Janam Disom Ujarog Kana.
The Akademi secretary said that in the category of Bal Sahitya Puraskar, the award in Punjabi language is not being given this year, while the award in Santhali language will be announced later. At the same time, in the category of Youth Award, the winner will be announced later in Marathi.
The selected authors will be given an engraved copper plaque and a sum of Rs 50,000.