Uday Prakash returns Sahitya Akademi Award

Q.  Name the author who has decided to return Sahitya Akademi award as a mark of protest against the death of Kannada scholar and researcher Prof M M Kalburgi by unidentified assailants?
- Published on 07 Sep 15

a. Uday Prakash
b. Kedarnath Singh
c. Mamta Kalia
d. None of these

ANSWER: Uday Prakash
 
Former Vice-Chancellor of Hampi University, M M Kalburgi, who won the Sahitya Akademi award for his collection of research articles in 2006, was attacked at his residence by unidentified assailants in Karnataka on August 30. Uday Prakash was awarded the Sahitya Akademi award in 2010 for the stories collection 'Mohan Das'. Kalburgi had won the central and state Sahitya Akademi awards.

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