Which Indian English Poet is the first recipient of the Sahitya Akademi Award for English Poetry?
Jayanta Mahapatra was the first recipient of the Sahitya Akademi Award for poetry in English. He received it for Relationship in 1981, before Nissim Ezekiel’s award for…
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Which Indian English Poet is the first recipient of the Sahitya Akademi Award for English Poetry?
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Jayanta Mahapatra was the first recipient of the Sahitya Akademi Award for poetry in English. He received it for Relationship in 1981, before Nissim Ezekiel’s award for Latter-Day Psalms.
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West Bengal SET (WB SET)