17 January,2022 03:04 PM IST | Mumbai | BrandMedia
SAHITYA RATNA AWARD- Top 30 Literary Icons of 2021
EBA honors and recognizes passionate literary stalwarts and artistic souls by presenting the right branding andexposure to make their work stand out from their contemporaries and carve a niche for themselvesin the creative world. After successfully conducting 2 seasons, Elite Book Awards along with its media partner and India's most trusted digital media agency Digital Golgappa launched Elite's Annual Carnival of Art and Literature that embarked on from 5th November 2021 and continued till 31st December 2021. The Carnival was a huge affair with numerous intriguing events, intellectual guest speaker sessions, book talks, book giveaways, art and literary competitions, prestigious award events etc. The international carnival saw people participating from various corners of the world- From India to Nepal, Nigeria to USA, Poland to Italy.
30 writers were selected from all over the world through a rigorous selection process to be honoured with SAHITYA RATNA AWARD- Top 30 Literary Icons of 2021. They are:
Tumula Mani Kota Rajasekhar
Prasenjit Kashinath More
Rasika Ramesh Sawarkar
Justyna Nowak-Wysocka
Piyush Pratik Mohanty
Pratik Premraj Bhala
Dr. Romila Chitturi
Tarun Bandarupalle
Shishira Srinivasa
Sarbajit Chowdhury
Rakesh Kumar Sahu
Khadija Morawala
Dr.L.G.Thasmaiya
Archie Panjwani
Vykhari S Nair
Reijul Sachdev
Melissa Stuart
Nirmal Rathore
Cheshta Tuteja
Mahalakshme M
Yashas Ramesh
Lamiya Siraj
Niraja Bandi
Arshaq Habib
Surabhi Naik
Prerna Arora
Carlos Luis
Brian Hill
Dr Anujj Elviis
Anshu Malika Roja Selvamani
EBA shortlisted 57 distinguished personalities from the field of art and literature for the prestigious Rabindranath Tagore International Prize of Art and Literature 2021. They are:
Mehrzaad Mogrelia
Mahalakshme.M
Samata Dey Bose
Kukkala Rohithkumar
Harini A
Khadija Morawala
Yashas Ramesh
Mercy violet. A
Dr. B.S Parimal
Praharsha Reddy
Niraja Bandi
Piyush Babosa Baid
Elizabeth Akinniyi
Husaina S
Reijul Sachdev
Ms. Kavita Gupta
Subhalaxmi Senapati
Stuti Saxena Singh
Prerna Arora
Tarun Bandarupalle
Sarbajit Chowdhury
Jyoti Matania
Surekha R. Wankhede
Vykhari S Nair
R.kathleen
Tumula Mani Kota Rajasekhar
Richa Kumari
Zainul Arab OH
Dr. Sansriti Johri
Pradeep Kumar Yadav
Carlos Luis
Lamiya Siraj
Pratik Premraj Bhala
Rakesh Kumar Sahu
Piyali Mitra
Ankita Bhatia
Unicorn Magazine
Fatima Amin
Col. Ajay Singh
Dr. Shashwat Johri
Archie Panjwani
Yashi Lath
Gayathri Mohan
Indira Guha Patra
Samarpita sen
Madhurima Guruju
Virendra Johri
Dr. Sunehri Johri
Khushi Panjwani
P.Kavshika (Bargavi)
Sampreet Verma
Nishant Kumar Mishra
Surabhi Naik
Krishnaveni Natarajan
Dr. Satish Verma
Rasika Ramesh Sawarkar
Anshu Malika Roja Selvamani
In addition, a special award was presented to the 2 awardees with best work. Winners of the Best Overall Work Award were- Dr Romila Chitturi and Reijul Sachdev.
Dr Romila Chitturi is a Writer-Blogger- Reader -Poetess -Author- Book reviewer, Editor-Columnist- Entrepreneur- Program Head- Teacher- Masterclass Guru- Guest Speaker. She owns, edits and publishes a magazine (digital and hard copy) on literature and art titled "Unicorn" launched in July 2020. She is also Programme Head (India) of Ukiyoto Publishing, a traditional global publishing house based in Hyderabad.
Reijul Sachdev was born in Hyderabad, but considers himself a Bangalore boy. His half-Bengali, half-Punjabi heritage has contributed to an appreciation of different kinds of cultures and their respective foods! He has previously published an anthology of poems, âEmerald Blades', which was a winner of the âWrite, Publish, Publicise' contest at the Bangalore Poetry Festival. His second book 'Hai-Clue' is based on his experiences at school. It is a murder mystery set in a high school and seen through the eyes of a 10th grade student.
