We are delighted to announce that Usha Nilsson (‘Priyamvada’), Emeritus Professor of Languages and Cultures of Asia at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and a longtime affiliate of the Center for
South Asia, has been awarded the Aaj Tak Sahitya Jagriti Sarvashreshth Rachna Samman 2024. Presented under the Aaj Tak Sahitya Jagriti Samman , this national literary recognition honors distinguished authors writing in Hindi and other Indian languages. Read more here.
Professor Nilsson is a celebrated Hindi fiction writer and essayist. Her writings have been widely anthologized and translated, and she has long been a pioneering voice in contemporary Hindi literature. Please join us in congratulating Professor Nilsson on this well-deserved recognition of her literary excellence.