Borkar, Gawas bag Sahitya Akademi Award / December 2001

PANAJI: Reputed Konkani poet, Madhav Borkar has bagged the Sahitya Akademi Award for his collection of poems ‘Iomon’ while Rajan Gawas has been awarded the prize in Marathi for his novel ‘Tankot’. The prize which carries a cash award of Rs 25,000 and a citation which will be awarded on 19 February, 2002 in a special prize distribution ceremony in New Delhi. Borkar has been penning poetry for three decades and his work has been published in six books -‘Chonvor’, ‘Votacheo Savlleo’, ‘Uzvaddacho Rukh’, ‘Porzollachem Dar’ and ‘Iomon’. Earlier, he had been presented the state award by Goa Kala Academy for his books ‘Votacheo
Savlleo’ and ‘Porzollachem Dar’. Borkar also received the T M A Pai Foundation prize for 2000. He has been working in All India Radio since 1984 and is at present working as assistant station director. He has presented papers at various literary conferences. 
(Gomantak Times)