Kalinga Literary Festival (KLF) Book Awards 2022 announced: Meet the winners

The prestigious #KLFBookAwards2022 has been announced. The winners will be felicitated and awarded during the 9th edition of #KalingaLitFest which is scheduled on February 24-26, 2023 at #Bhubaneswar.

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The KLF Non-fiction Book Award 2022 in English has been awarded to Sanjeev Sanyal’s Revolutionaries: The Other Story of How India Won its Freedom, and Akshaya Mukul’s Writer, Rebel, Soldier, Lover: The Many Lives of Agyeya. The Hindi non-fiction award has been won by Kailash Satyarthi’s Tum Pehle Kyon Nahi Aaye and Akhilesh’s, AKS. In the fiction category, Navtej Sarna’s Crimson Spring won in the English section, while Pravin Kumar’s Amar Desva won in Hindi. Poet Ranjit Hoskote won the poetry award for his English collection Hunchprose, while Pankaj Chaturvedi’s Aakash Mein Ardhachandra won in Hindi. Some of the additional winners include Machhliyan Gayengi Ek Din Pandumgeet by Poonam Vasam in the KLF Women/Dalit/Tribal/Minorities Literature Award 2021-22, and Zarin Virji’s Gopal’s Gully in the Children Book Award category.

According to a press statement, KLF 2023 will celebrate the enduring human spirit, especially in light of the pandemic. “Literature is not just the reflection of the broader society and a messenger for a better future. It is also about a deep catharsis for the human soul. Covid-19 showed our vulnerability, helplessness, and at the same time solidarity to fight it together. Time did not stop nor did the lived human experience,” the statement read.

“The objective of KLF Book Awards has been to contribute to debates and discourses in the national and global literary public sphere and encourage more reflective, thoughtful, and inspiring contributions. Dedicated sessions are planned on these books by the authors and erudite reviewers to enrich the literary and intellectual atmosphere at the Kalinga Literary Festival,” Rashmi Ranjan Parida, founder and director of Kalinga Literary Festival, said in a statement.

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