Mysore/Mysuru: The following have been selected for the ‘Masti Awards’ given by Dr. Masti Venkatesh Iyengar Trust, Bengaluru, to writers in various genres for the year 2022:

Dr. O.L. Nagabhushana Swamy (Translation), Senior Journalist Hunasavadi Rajan (Journalism), Linguist Dr. K.V. Narayan (Linguistic), Poetess Shashikala Vastrad (Poem), Story-writer Raghavendra Patil (Story), littérateur Chandrashekar Nangali (Critique), Senior Journalist Ravindra Bhat (Columns).

The awards, carrying a purse of Rs. 25,000 each, will be presented at the 131st memorial programme of late Jnanapith Awardee Masti at Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan (BVB) in Bengaluru on June 18.

The awardees were unani-mously chosen at a meeting attended by Selection Com-mittee Member Prof. M.H. Krishnaiah, G.N. Ranganath Rao, B.R. Lakshman Rao, B.S. Venkatachalapati, K. Ramesh, Usha Kesari and Member-Secretary N. Narendrababu, according to a press release from Trust President Mavinakere Ranganath.