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Who is the first Indian poet to bag Sahitya Academy Award for writing in English (Poetry)?

  1. Jayant Mahapatra

  2. Sarthak Mahaptra

  3. A.K Ramanjuan

  4. Raja Rao
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A Correct answer
Explanation

Jayanta Mahapatra, an eminent Indian English poet from Odisha, was the first poet to receive the Sahitya Akademi Award for English poetry in 1981 for his work 'Relationship'. He is a pioneering figure in Indian English literature, known for his distinctive poetic voice that blends Indian sensibility with modernist techniques. Option B has a misspelling - 'Sarthak' should be 'Jayanta'.

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