Agartala, Dec 24 (UNI) A leading Manipuri poet from Tripura, Sorokhaibam Gambhini, has been selected for the prestigious Sahitya Akademi award for her well-appreciated composition of poetry in Manipuri this year. She will be awarded early next year in a mega event in New Delhi, along with 23 other winners of all recognised Indian languages.
Writer and retired professor of geology of Gauhati University, Pranavjyoti Deka and author Nandeswar Daimari from Assam, and Sorokkhaibam Gambhini from Manipur have won the prestigious Sahitya Akademi awards for 2023 for their respective works.