Jayanta Mahapatra national award for poet Vinita Agrawal

BHUBANESWAR: Eminent poet Vinita Agrawal will be conferred the second Jayanta Mahapatra National Award for Literature.

Instituted by the Udaygiri Foundation Trust, the award, named after legendary poet Jayanta Mahapatra, is conferred every year upon a distinguished poet writing in English. It carries a cash award of Rs 50,000 and a citation.

The prestigious award will be conferred on Vinita on the occasion of the third Toshali Literature Festival 2025 in February next year. She is the author of six poetry books, ‘Words Not Spoken’, ‘The Longest Pleasure’, ‘Silk of Hunger’, ‘Two Full Moons’, ‘Twilight Language’, and ‘Eartha.’