Bhubaneswar: Noted novelist Dr Bibhuti Patnaik will get prestigious Atibadi Jagannath Das Award for 2016. Patnaik was chosen for the honor at a meeting led by Odisha Sahitya Akademi president Harihara Mishra here.
Patnaik has written more than 150 books including some well known books ‘Aswamedhara Ghoda’, ‘Sesha Basanta’, ‘Abhimana’, ‘Trutiya Purusha’, ‘Badhu Nirupama’ and ‘Prathama Sakala’.
He received the Central Sahitya Akademi award in 2015, Odisha Sahitya Akademi award in 1985, Sarala Award in 1999 and Sahitya Bharati award in 2007.