Bhubaneswar, Jan 27: Eminent writer Ramachandra Behera will be conferred with Atibadi Jagannath Das Samman.

He will be felicitated the prestigious award by the Odisha Sahitya Akademi for her contribution to Odia literature. Besides, Behera, 15 others will be felicitated by the Akademi.

The 15 others who will be felicitated are Debendra Kumar Das, Girija Shankar Sharma, Ashok Kumar Patnaik, Babaji Charan Patnaik, Baidhar Sahoo, Jeevan Krushna Mohapatra, Digaraj Brahma, Rudra Narayan Prusty, Soubhagini Mishra, Swarajya Lakshmi Mishra, Krupasindhu Nayak, Nirmalprabha Nayak, Rasheswari Mishra, Radha Binod Nayak and Maheswar Mulia.