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Who has been honoured with the 2018 Sahitya Akademi Bhasha Samman award?

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Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai
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Rahul Sankarnarayan
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Shesh Anand Madhukar
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Visvanatha Satyanarayana
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The correct option is A Shesh Anand Madhukar
Shesh Anand Madhukar, the eminent Magahi writer & scholar, has been honoured with the 2018 Sahitya Akademi Bhasha Samman award at Sahitya Akademi Auditorium, New Delhi. He has been working extensively for the development of the language. In his long and illustrious career, he has a large body of work to his credit in both Magahi and Hindi. Some of his important works in Hindi are "Magahi Kavita Ke Bimb", "Eklavya", and "Bhagwan Birsa". In Magahi, his well-acclaimed works are "Eklavya" and "Magahi Bhulachal Hey". Currently, Sahitya Akademi honours writers from 24 regional languages, but Bhasha Samman identifies those languages which are equally spoken in different parts of the country. The award is an attempt to make the writers of other languages feels equally important.

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