Tre kvinnliga författare från Mysuru utvalda för delstatspriser

Tre kvinnliga författare från Mysuru har utvalts för Karnataka Lekhakiyara Sangha State-level Endowment Awards-2025. Priserna, som ska delas ut i april, belönar deras bidrag inom litterär essä, novellskrivande och barnlitteratur. Varje mottagare har en framstående bakgrund inom skrivande och relaterade områden.

Karnataka Lekhakiyara Sangha, med bas i Bengaluru, har utsett Suchitra Hegde, Kusuma Ayarahalli och Meena Mysore till sina State-level Endowment Awards-2025. Dessa utmärkelser kommer att delas ut i april och belyser verk inom specifika litterära kategorier. Suchitra Hegde tilldelas Nagarathna Chandrashekar Endowment Award för litterär essä för sin bok ’Minchu Hulada Daari’. Ursprungligen från Kumta taluk i Uttara Kannada-distriktet bor hon nu i Mysuru. Hon har tidigare fått delstatspriset ’Amma’ för sin reseskildring ’Jagava Suttuva Maaye’. Kusuma Ayarahalli tilldelas Lakshmidevamma Award för novellskrivande för ’Kapile Kanda Kathegalu’. Från Ayarahalli nära Mysuru inledde hon sin karriär inom media genom Akashvani. Hon har arbetat som dialog- och manusförfattare för filmskapare inklusive Girish Kasaravalli och T.N. Seetharam. För närvarande arbetar hon med ’Parisara Balaga’. Meena Mysore tilldelas Gunasagari Nagaraj Award för barnlitteratur för ’Sooryana Sere’. Som tjänsteman har hon innehaft positioner som nyhetsredaktör på Chandana och seniorredaktör på ’Yojana’. Hon har samarbetat med teaterpersonligheter som B.V. Karanth och U.R. Ananthamurthy, och hennes publikationer inkluderar reseskildringar, poesi, barnpjäser och översättningar. Denna utmärkelse understryker dessa författares bidrag till kannada-litteraturen från Mysuru.

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