Gangadhar National Award For Poetry is a literary award given in the field of literature for poetry by

Sambalpur University Sambalpur University is a public research university located in Burla, India, Burla town, of district Sambalpur, India, in the States and territories of India, state of Odisha. Popularly known as Jyoti Vihar, it offers courses at the undergradu ...

. It is named after

Gangadhar Meher Swabhaba kabi Gangadhar Meher was an Odia poet of the 19th century. Though poor in wealth and education, he remained one of the most prolific and original contributor to Odia literature. Childhood Gangadhara was born in a Bhuliya Tanti famil ...

. First award was given to

Ali Sardar Jafri Ali Sardar Jafri (29 November 1913 – 1 August 2000) was an Indian writer of Urdu language. He was also a poet, critic and film lyricist. Biography Early life and education Ali Sardar Jafri was born in Balrampur (in present-day Uttar Prad ...

in the year 1991. 31 poets have been awarded on various Indian languages until now.

History

The award was first given in 1991 but the procedure of giving the award was started in 1989.

Procedure

There is a delay of one year due to a long process of choosing an awardee; if the awardee won the prize for 2019 then he gets his award in 2021, and the award of 2017 was given in 2019. It is awarded on the celebration day of Sambalpur University Foundation Day, which is celebrated every year in January. Cash prize of Rs 50,000, angavastra, citation, a memento and a copy of Gangadhar Meher: Selected Works (An anthology of Gangadhar Meher's Poetry in English translation) is given to receipt of Gangadhar National Award.

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