Mangaluru: Shivaram Kamath of Kumta, Karnataka, has been conferred the Vimala V Pai Vishwa Konkani lifetime achievement award for his outstanding contribution to Konkani language and literary movement.

The other recipients of the Vimala V Pai Vishwa Konkani literary awards for the year 2020 that were announced by the World Konkani Centre are: K M Sukhtankar of Goa for his ''Dhumkyar Dhumke'', a collection of essays; and Shailendra Mehta of Mumbai for ''Sisyphus Tengsher'', an anthology of poems.

Each award carries a purse of Rs 1 lakh, citation and memento, a press release said.