November 2, 2025

Sahitya Akademi Award

Current Context : Sahitya Akademi announced its annual Sahitya Akademi Awards in 21 languages.

  • Eight books of poetry, three novels, two short story collections, three essays, three literary criticism works, one play, and one research work won the Sahitya Akademi Awards 2024

Winners

CategoryAwardees
PoetrySameer Tanti (Assamese), Dileep Jhaveri (Gujarati), Gagan Gill (Hindi), K. Jayakumar (Malayalam), Haobam Satyabati Devi (Manipuri), Paul Kaur (Punjabi), Mukut Maniraj (Rajasthani), Dipak Kumar Sharma (Sanskrit)
NovelAron Raja (Bodo), Easterine Kire (English), Sohan Koul (Kashmiri)
Short StoriesYuva Baral (Nepali), Hundraj Balwani (Sindhi)
EssaysMukesh Thali (Konkani), Mahendra Malangia (Maithili), Baishnab Charan Samal (Odia)
Literary CriticismK.V. Narayana (Kannada), Sudhir Rasal (Marathi), Penugonda Lakshminarayana (Telugu)
PlayMaheswar Soren (Santali)
ResearchA.R. Venkatachalapathy (Tamil)

About Sahitya Akademi Award

  • Established:1954
  • First Awarded:1955
  • Purpose:To recognize and promote excellence in Indian writing and to acknowledge new trends in Indian literature.
  • Languages: The award is given for works in 24 languages: the 22 languages listed in the Indian Constitution and English and Rajasthani.
  • It is awarded annually for works of poetry, fiction, drama, essay, criticism, and literary history.
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