Karwar: Kannada Sahitya Parishat Uttara Kannada unit has chosen veteran writer Sumukhanand Jalavalli for its first district-level Rajyotsava Award, according to its president Aravind Karkikodi.

Mr. Jalavallli has authored more than 60 Kannada books and has been the editor of Samprabha Kannada monthly for the past two decades.

Ramesh Hegde Sirsi, Tilottame Gonda Bhatkal, Sukanya Desai Joida and Akshata Krishnamurthy Ankola have been chosen for the young writers’ award.