2 Kannada writers bag Sahitya Akademi awards

BENGALURU: Young writer Dadapeer Jayman and novelist Tammanna Beegara have been conferred with Kendra Sahitya Akademi award for 2022.
While Jayman won Sahitya Akademi Yuva Puraskar for short-story collection Neelakurinji, Tammanna Beegara bagged Bal Sahitya Puraskar for children's novel Bavali Guhe.
A Bengalurean hailing from Hagari Bommanahalli in Ballari, Jayman caught the literary world's attention with his stories and translations. Beegara from Sirsi-Siddapur in Uttara Kannada is a popular name in children's literature.
The awards, which will be presented in Delhi in December, comprise Rs 50,000 and a citation.