Mangalore, June 12: Karnataka Tulu Sahitya Academy will honour six personalities as part of its 2011 Honourary Award and Book Award felicitations on June 16 at Town Hall in Mangalore.
Addressing media persons at a press meet in the city, Umanath Kotian, President, Karnataka Tulu Sahitya Academy, said that the Honourary Award consists of cash prize of Rs. 10,000 per recipient besides mementos, shawl and traditional gifts. The Book Award winners will be given away a cash prize of Rs. 5,000, in addition to mementos, shawls and traditional gifts.
Recepients of the awards include Bola Chittaranjandas Shetty for Literature, Seetharam Shetty for Theatre, T A Srinivas for Cinema, Puttige Padmanabha Rai for novel writing, Ashok Alva for story writing and Ratnakar Rao Kavoor for play writing.
N Yogish Bhat, Deputy Speaker, Karnataka Assembly, will preside over the programme. Bannanje Babu Amin, Folk Researcher, will inaugurate. Nalin Kumar Kateel, MP, and Krishna J Palemar, MLA, will give away the awards.
A book titled 'Kavigalu Kanda Tulunadu' will be released on the occasion by litterateur Hampa Nagarajayya.
Gulzar Banu, Mayor, MCC, U T Khader, MLA, Capt. Ganesh Karnik, BJP leader, Shailaja Bhat, President, DK Zilla Panchayat, Katpadi Shankar Poojary, President, Udupi Zilla Panchayat, Basavaraju, Government Secretary, Department of Kannada and Culture, Dr. Mohan Alva, President, Alva's Foundation, Moodbidri, Ram Shetty, Film Director, Gurukiran, Music Director, Manohar Prasad, senior journalist, are among the guests expected to participate in the programme.
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