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Kolhapur: Navnath Gore (29), a research fellow at the Department of Marathi at Shivaji University, Kolhapur, won the prestigious Yuva Sahitya Akademi award for his novel ‘Fesati’ . I am happy that the novel is getting a good resonse,” Gore said, adding that he won 10 literary awards before getting the Yuva Sahitya Akademi award.“I have seen tragedies strike farmers, I have experienced dreams getting shattered in rural areas. This award inspires him to write more, Gore said.On Friday, as news of the award spread, the vice-chancellor of SUK DT Shirke congratulated Gore. ‘Fesati’ is a word farming communities use as a symbol of their many struggles, Gore said.“I had completed the first draft of the novel in 2014. I drew of personal experience, from the time I still lived in my village..