The names of awardees for the prestigious Sahitya Akademi Awards 2022 were announced on Wednesday and two Odia litterateurs- Narendra Prasad Das and Dillip Behera -from Odisha were selected for Sahitya Akademi’s Bal Sahitya Puraskar 2022 and Yuva Puraskar 2022 respectively for their literary creations.

Sahitya Akademi Bal Sahitya Puraskar 2022 goes to Narendra Prasad Das for his Story book “KALAHAL NA HALAHAL” and Sahitya Akademi Yuva Puraskar 2022 goes to Dillip Behera for his Story book “LANTHAN”.