By : Neha Dhyani
Updated : Mar 3, 2023, 15:53
The Sahitya Akademi Award is a highly prestigious literary award in India, given by India’s National Academy of Letters, the Sahitya Akademi, annually to writers of the most extraordinary and outstanding books of academic merit. The books may be published in any of the 24 major Indian languages, including Bengali, Tamil, Punjabi, English, and other 24 languages, as listed in the Eighth Schedule of the Indian Constitution and recognized by the Sahitya Akademi, New Delhi.
All Sahitya Akademi Award winners are felicitated with:
The Sahitya Akademi Award winners are selected based on their valuable and outstanding contributions to literature and writing. The award's primary purpose is to recognize and reward excellence in Indian writing and even promote and acknowledge new trends in the literary field.
The Sahitya Akademi Award 2020 winners list comprises of the following:
The awards for Malayalam, Nepali, Odia, and Rajasthani were announced later. Sahitya Akademi Award is a literary honour in India.
The complete list has been given below:
S.No | Language | Title and Genre | Name of the Author |
1 | Assamese | Bengsata (Short stories) | Apurba Kumar Saikia |
2 | Bengali | Eka Eka Ekashi (Memoirs) | Mani Shankar Mukhopadhyay |
3 | Bodo | Gwthenay Lamayao Gwdan Agan (Short stories) | Dharanidhar Owari |
4 | Dogri | Baba Jitmal (Play) | Gian Singh |
5 | English | When God Is a Traveller (Poetry) | Arundhathi Subramaniam |
6 | Gujarati | Banaras Diary (Poetry) | Harish Meenakshru |
7 | Hindi | Tokeri Mein Digant ‘ Their Gatha” (Poetry) | Anamika |
8 | Kannada | Sri Bahubali Ahimsadigvijayam (EPIC POETRY) | M. Veerappa Moily |
9 | Kashmiri | Tilasm-e-Khanabadosh (Short stories) | Hiday Koul Bharti |
10 | Konkani | Yugaparivarathanancho Yatri (Poetry) | RS Bhaskar |
11 | Maithili | Gach Roosal Achhi (Short Stories) | Kamalkant Jha |
12 | Manipuri | Malangbana Kari Hai (Poetry) | Irungbam Deven |
13 | Marathi | Udya (Novel) | Nanda Khare |
14 | Punjabi | Aam Khass (Short stories) | Gurdev Singh Rupana |
15 | Sanskrit | Vaishali (Novel) | Mahesh Chandra Sharma Gautam |
16 | Santali | Gur Dak Kasa Dak(Poetry) | Rupchand Hansdah |
17 | Sindhi | Jehad (Plays) | Jetho Lalwani |
18 | Tamil | Sellaatha Panam (Novel) | Imaiyam |
19 | Telugu | Agniswaasa(2015-17) Poetry | Nikhileswar |
20 | Urdu | Amawas Mein Khwab (Novel) | Hussain-ul-Haque |
The Sahitya Akademi Award first winner was R.K. Narayan, who was given the award for his novel ‘The Guide’ in 1960.
The Sahitya Akademi is run by three authorities viz;
It is an autonomous body that comes under the Ministry of Culture.
The Sahitya Akademi Award winners are bestowed with a copper plaque, a shawl, and a cash prize of Rs. 1,00,000.
The plaque for the Sahitya Akademi Award was designed by the Late Satyajit Ray, the renowned Bengali motion-picture director, writer, and illustrator.
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