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In
February every year, Sahitya Akademi holds a week-long Festival
of Letters. It begins with the ceremony to present the Akademi's
Annual Awards for creative writing. Awards are given
away by the President of the Akademi. There will also be a very
eminent writer as Chief Guest at the function. This is proceded
by an Annual Exhibition highlighting the major literary events
of the previous year organized by the Akademi. The books published
during the year are also on show.
On
the second day morning there is a Writers' Meet where the awardees
share their creative experience with the readers. That evening
there is a annual lecture, the Samvatsar Lecture, delivered by
a distinguished writer/critic on a chosen literary topic. The
next three days are set apart for a literary seminar on a contemporary
topic in which about sixty creative writers/scholars from around
the country participate. |
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