Who was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award 2024 for Hindi?
A) Gagan Gill
B) Arundhati Roy
C) Kamla Tripathi
D) Abhinav Jaykar
Answer : A
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Sahitya Akademi Award 2024 has been announced. This award will be given to Gagan Gill in Hindi and Easterine Kire in English. This award was given for outstanding literary contribution in Indian languages. These awards cover various genres including novels, short stories, poetry, essays and plays. A total of eight books of poetry, three novels, two short story collections, three essays and three works of literary criticism were honoured this year.
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