Kashmir writer Mohi-ud-Din Reshi selected for Sahitya Academy award

Mohi-ud-din ReshiMPos19Dec2013

Jammu :

Sahitya Academy has selected ‘Aen’a Aatash’, a short story book in Kashmiri authored by former Information Officer and noted poet and writer Mohi-ud-Din Reshi, for its Annual Award-2013.

An official spokesman said the award would be presented to Reshi in March 2014 at New Delhi.

“The book has been highly acclaimed by various circles in and outside the State and several of its short stories have received commendation from writers like Prof Rehman Rahi, MY Taing, Prof Muhammad Aslam and others.”

Many of the short stories have also been translated and published in different classical and international languages. Besides, “English Studies in India”, a prestigious literary journal of Kashmir University’s English Department, has published several stories of Reshi.

source: http://www.greaterkashmir.com / Greater Kashmir, Srinagar / Home> Jammu / by GK News Network / Wednesday, December 18th, 2013