Kuvempu Rashtriya Puraskar

• 02 Jul 2021

• The Sahitya Akademi Award (1985) winner Odia poet and novelist Dr. Rajendra Kishore Panda has been selected for the Kuvempu Rashtriya Puraskar, the national award instituted in memory of the late poet laureate, for 2020.
• The award is given annually to a writer who has contributed in any of the languages recognised by the Constitution of India.
• While the award is presented at Kuppalli, the birthplace of Kuvempu in Shivamogga district, on December 29 to mark his birth anniversary, the announcement for 2020 was delayed owing to the COVID-19 pandemic.