Odisha Sahitya Akademi

Odisha Sahitya Akademi (Odia: ଓଡ଼ିଶା ସାହିତ୍ୟ ଏକାଡେମୀ) is an institution established in 1957 in Odisha^[1] for the active promotion of Odia language and literature.^[2] It was created as an autonomous literary organisation. In 1970 it was converted into a society.

Odisha Sahitya Academy

ଓଡ଼ିଶା ସାହିତ୍ୟ ଏକାଡେମୀ
Formation	1957
Founded at	Bhubaneswar
Headquarters	Bhubaneswar
Location	Paradip
President	Dilip Routrai
Secretary	Chandrasekhar Hota
Website	Odisha Sahitya Akademi

Activities

The organisation carries out various activities for promotion of Odia language and literature. Chief among them are as below.

Publications

The organisation publishes Books in Odia, Translations of literature from Odia and vice versa, and periodicals for promotion of Odia language.^[3]

Prizes

The Akademi awards the following prizes in various categories of literature.

• Atibadi Jagannath Das Samman^[4]

Started in 1993, this prize is awarded for lifetime contribution to Odia literature.

• Odisha Sahitya Akademi Puraskar

This prize is awarded for outstanding contribution to Odia literature in various categories.

Promotion of literature

• Organisation Literary symposium^[5]
• It supplies books to school and college libraries.^{[citation needed]}
• It organises literary workshops at various places both inside and outside Odisha.^[3]

See also

• Sahitya Akademi