
Dr Sutapa Chakraborty Awarded Sahitya Akademi Yuva Purashkar
Noted poetess Dr Sutapa Chakraborty was honoured with the prestigious Sahitya Akademi Yuva Purashkar 2024, and felicitated on Sunday (January 12) at Utkal University, Bhubaneswar for her poetry collection titled Deraje Haluful.
The award was bestowed upon her by Sahitya Akademi president Madhav Kaushik. Dr Chakraborty has become the first individual from Assam to be awarded the Sahitya Akademi Yuva Award in Bengali.
Her achievement not only highlights her talent but also represents a beautiful milestone for the region, inspiring many others to pursue their literary passions.
The Sahitya Akademi Yuva Puraskar is an annual award given to young writers in India. The Akademi is India’s premier state institution to recognise talets in the field of literature and academic research.
Deraje Halud Ful, Gatajanma was published by Kolkata-based Adam Publications in 2022; most of the poems were written during the COVID-19 pandemic.