Indian Farmers Fertilizer Cooperative Limited (IFFCO), a leading cooperative organization in the fertilizer sector, has announced the name of the famed story writer Shri Jayanandan for the Sri Lal Shukla IFFCO Samman for 2022.
Shri Jayanandan has been selected by a six-member selection committee headed by Mrs. Chitra Mudgal, informed IFFCO, a leading cooperative organization in the fertilizer sector.
Announcing his name, IFFCO MD Dr U S Awasthi wrote on his twitter “Srilal Shukla Smriti IFFCO Sahitya Samman for the year 2022 will be given to story writer Jayanandan. His works have featured prominently in the lives of villages and farmers. Hearty congratulations and best wishes to you from IFFCO. Gratitude.”
Shri Jayanandan was born on 26 February 1956 in a middle-class family in Milki village of Nawada district of Bihar. So far, more than two dozen of his books have been published in which ‘ShramEv Jayate’, ‘Aisi Nagariya Mein Kehi Vidhi Rehna’, ‘Sultanate ko Suno Gaon Walo’, ‘Disruption’, ‘Chaudharhat’, and ‘Milkyat ki Vaagdor’ are prominent.
Jayanandan has also written plays and essays. He has been honoured by many literary and cultural institutions including the Department of Official Language, Government of Bihar.
This award, started in the year 2011 in the memory of Sreelal Shukla, a fiction writer, is given every year to a Hindi writer whose works mainly depict rural and agricultural life.
Earlier this award has been given to Vidyasagar Nautiyal, Shekhar Joshi, Sanjeev, Mithileshwar, Ashtabhuja Shukla, Kamalakant Tripathi, Ramdev Dhurandhar, Ramdhari Singh Diwakar, Mahesh Katare, Ranendra and Shivmurthy.
The respected litterateur is presented with a memento, a citation and a cheque for an amount of Rs 11 lakh. The award will be conferred on Shri Jayanandan on January 31, 2023.