New Delhi, March 17 -- Veteran diplomat and novelist Navtej Sarna has been chosen for the prestigious Sahitya Akademi Award 2025 for his English novel, Crimson Spring that, which is on the 1919 Jallianwala Bagh massacre.
The award which is to be presented at a ceremony to be held on March 31, comprises of a copper plaque, a shawl, and a cash prize of Rs One lakh.
Incidentally, his father, the late Mohinder Singh Sarna, who was also a novelist, had won the Sahitya Akademi Award back in the year 1994 for his short stories in Punjabi.
Navtej Sarna is a retired 1980- batch Indian Foreign Service officer who has served as India's Ambassador to the United States, High Commissioner to the UK, and Ambassador to Israel.
His creation, Crimson Spr...