Bhubaneswar: Eminent Odia writer Achyutananda Pati will get this year’s Akhila Sanmman for his life long contribution to literature.

The Akhila Mohan Foundation has announced the literary Awards for the year 2019, here on Wednesday.

Short story writer Sarojini Sahu and poet Ramakrushna will receive the Akhila Galpa Sanmman and Akhilia Kabita Sanmman respectively for the year 2019.

Young short story writer Sujit Kumar Panda and young poet Shakti Mohanty will get Gyanda Galpa and Kabita Sanmman respectively.

The Awards will be conferred on December 18, 2019, the birth anniversary of eminent short story writer Akhila Mohan Patnaik.