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Sahitya Akademi Award for English Award for contributions to English literature Awarded for Literary award in India Sponsored by Sahitya Akademi, Government of India Reward(s) ₹ 1 lakh (US$1,200) First awarded 1960 Last awarded 2022 Highlights Total awarded 51 First winner R. K. Narayan Most Recent winner Anuradha Roy Website sahitya-akademi.gov.in Part of a series on Sahitya Akademi Awards ...
Lists of Sahitya Akademi Award winners cover winners of the Sahitya Akademi Award, a literary honor in India which Sahitya Akademi, India's National Academy of Letters, annually confers on writers of outstanding works in one of the twenty-four major Indian languages. [1]
Following is the list of recipients of Sahitya Akademi Awards for their works written in Marathi. As of 2022, the award consists of an engraved copper plaque, a shawl and prize money of ₹ 1 lakh (US$1,200). [2] Irawati Karve was the first woman winner of this award.
The Sahitya Akademi Award has been given each year since 1955 by Sahitya Akademi (India's National Academy of Letters) to writers and their works, for their outstanding contribution to the upliftment of Indian and Meitei literature (Manipuri literature). No awards were given in 1975 and 1980.
Sahitya Akademi Award for Assamese Award for contributions to Assamese literature Awarded for Literary award in India Sponsored by Sahitya Akademi, Government of India Reward(s) ₹ 1 lakh (US$1,200) First awarded 1955 Last awarded 2024 Highlights Total awarded 61 First winner Jatindranath Dowara Most Recent winner Pranavjyoti Deka Website Official website Part of a series on Sahitya Akademi ...
Sahitya Akademi Award for Hindi; Award for contributions to Hindi literature: Awarded for: Literary award in India: Sponsored by: Sahitya Akademi, Government of India: Reward(s) ₹ 1 lakh (US$1,200) First awarded: 1955: Last awarded: 2022: Highlights; First winner: Makhanlal Chaturvedi: Most Recent winner: Badri Narayan: Total awarded: 68 ...
Sahitya Akademi Award for Odia; Award for contributions to Odia literature: Awarded for: Literary award in India: Sponsored by: Sahitya Akademi, Government of India: Reward(s) ₹ 1 lakh (US$1,200) First awarded: 1955: Last awarded: 2022: Highlights; First winner: Gopinath Mohanty: Most Recent winner: Gayatribala Panda: Total awarded: 62 ...
The Sahitya Akademi Award is a literary honour in India, which the Sahitya Akademi, India's National Academy of Letters, annually confers on writers of the most outstanding books of literary merit published in any of the 22 languages of the 8th Schedule to the Indian constitution as well as in English and Rajasthani language.