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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Name the Telugu poet who has been selected for the prestigious Saraswati Samman, 2018 for his collection of poetry titled Pakkaki Ottigilite.
A
Natarajan Gopi
B
Aarudhra
C
K Siva Reddy
D
Kalipatnam Ramarao
E
Gunturu Seshendra Sarma
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Detailed Solution. Telugu poet K Siva Reddy has been selected for the prestigious Saraswati Samman, 2018 for his collection of poetry titled Pakkaki Ottigilite. The award carries a cash prize of 15 lakh rupees, a citation, and a plaque.

Detailed explanation-2: -Siva Reddy has been selected for the 28th Saraswati Samman for the year 2018, he will be given this honor for his. poetry collection ‘Pakki Ottigilite’.

Detailed explanation-3: -K Siva Reddy is a Telugu poet from India who won Sahitya Akademi Award in Telugu, 1996 for his Poetry work Mohana-O-Mohana and was awarded the Saraswati Samman in 2018 for his poetry collection Pakkaki Ottigilite.

Detailed explanation-4: -So far, 31 awardees have been honoured with Saraswati Samman for their work in different languages. Recently, Hindi writer “Prof. Ramdarsh Mishra” was honoured with saraswati samman for 2021 for his collection of poems ‘In Toh Here Hoon’ on April 7, 2022.

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