BHUBANESWAR: The Orissa Sahitya Akademi Awards for 2007 and 2008 for various categories were announced on Wednesday.
The winners for 2007 are Manoj Kumar Mohapatra (Novel), Bishnu Sahu (Fiction), Aparna Mohanty (Poetry), Rama Chandra Mishra (Drama and One-Act Play), Rabindra Prasad Panda (Essay and Criticism), Rabi Tripathy (Biography and Travelogue), Monalisa Jena (Translation), Ramesh Patri (Children’s Literature) and Alekh Chandra Padhiary (Dance-drama).
Similarly, the winners of 2008 included Bhima Prusty (Novel), Prakash Mohapatra (Fiction), Sunil Kumar Prusty (Poetry), Prasanna Das (Drama and One- Act Play), Gouranga Charan Das (Essay and Criticism), Manoranjan Pradhan (Biography and Travelogue), Asit Mohanty (Translation), Manas Ranjan Samal (Children’s Literature) and Brundaban Jena (Dance-drama).
The executive body of the akademi, chaired by president Dr Ramachandra Behera, met and announced the winners.