Sahitya Akademi Awards

• Sahitya Akademi has announced its annual Sahitya Akademi Awards.
• 9 books of poetry, 6 of novel, 5 of short stories, 3 Essays and 1 Literary Study have won the Sahitya Akademi Awards 2023.

 ABOUT SAHITYA AKADEMI AWARDS

• The awards are given in 24 languages which include-
  • 22 languages enumerated in the 8th Schedule of the Constitution and
  • English and Rajasthani.
• The Award carries a casket containing an engraved copper-plaque, a shawl and an amount of Rs. 1,00,000/- towards cash content

ABOUT THE AKADEMI

• The Sahitya Akademi was founded on March 12, 1954.
• It is an autonomous body under the Ministry of
• It is dedicated to the promotion of literature in Indian languages.