MUSSOORIE
: The three-day-long
Valley of Words
(
VoW
)
literary festival
concluded on Sunday. This year, the festival was held online in the wake of Covid-19
pandemic
and was attended by people from all parts of the country and also from across the border.
On Sunday, awards in the field of literature were given under seven categories. These awards were given in a valedictory session chaired by Ramesh Pokhriyal '
Nishank
', Union minister for education.
The award for best Hindi non-fiction book was given to ‘Gyan ka Gyan’ written by Hriday Narayan Dikshit, speaker of
Uttar Pradesh Assembly
. The award for best creative writing in Hindi was given to Anamika for her work — ‘Pani ko Sab Yaad Tha’. ‘Wasted’ by Ankur Bisen won the award for best English non-fiction and ‘The Radiance of a Thousand Suns’ by MS Someshwar won best creating writing in English.
Under the category of translation from regional language, Nadeem Khan and Santosh Alex were given the award and under the category of writing young adults books, Supriya Sehgal and Nasera Sharma received the honour.
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