Dr. Sudha Om Dhingra, a noted Hindi writer, poet and editor of Hindi Chetna, the only Hindi quarterly published in North America, living in Morrisville, North Carolina, was awarded the well known National literary Ambikaprasad Divya Samriti Prathastha Puruskar for 2012 for her story book "Kaun Si Zamin Apni" published in 2011.

She is the only US based Hindi writer selected for this award. The Sahitya Sadan selection committee announced the award in Bhopal on April 20, 2012. The selection committee also awarded the Divya Rajat Alankaran literary magazine award to "Hindi Chetna'. Last October, Dr. Sudha Om Dhingra was selected by the Sunday Indian News Magazine as among the top 111 women Hindi writers of the 21st Century in the world. The Sunday Indian published a special issue highlighting the works of these writers. Dr. Sudha Om Dhingra has received several prestigious awards for her writings, poetry and short stories over the years.

Apna Triangle congratulates Sudha Ji on receiving this prestigious award!

To read her interview with ApnaTriangle, click here