Regretting that several organizations working for literature development in India consider science fiction as ‘sub-standard literature’, the former registrar of Goa university (GU) Arun Heblekar has applauded Kala Academy for its broad-minded criteria for selection of awardees.
The academy has declared its prestigious ‘Gomant Sharada Sahitya Puraskar’ (Gomant Sharada Literary Award) for 2010-2011 to Heblekar for his works on science fiction in Marathi language. The award carries a cash prize of one lakh a citation and a gold plated memento.
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