Kannada literary critic Giraddi Govindaraj and poet H.S. Venkatesh Murthy have been selected for this year’s Ambikatanayadatta Award instituted by the Da.Ra. Bendre National Memorial Trust.

Trust chairman Shyamsunder Bidarkundi told presspersons here on Thursday that the award carried a purse of Rs. 50,000 each and a citation and it would be presented at a function at the Bendre Bhavan here on January 31.

As a prelude to this event, the trust would hold Bendre Bhava Geethe Sanje, a music programme by Bengaluru-based Poorvi Sangeeta Academy at the Alur Venkatrao Bhavan. Senior All India Radio artiste Srikanth Kulkarni would inaugurate the programme, he said.

On January 31, the award distribution ceremony would be preceded by a literary programme at 11 a.m. to discuss the literary works of the award winners.

There will be an interaction session with them. The former MP I.G. Sanadi would present the awards at 6 p.m., Mr. Bidarakundi said.

source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> National> Karnataka / by Staff Correspondent / Dharwad – January 22nd, 2016