Sahitya Akademi announced its annual Sahitya Akademi Awards in 23 languages. Seven books of poetry, four of the novel, six of short stories, three of essays and one each of non-fiction, autobiography and biography have won the Sahitya Akademi Awards 2019. This time, the awards for the Nepali language will be announced later.
The complete list of winners in a different language and genre categories is given in the table below.
| S.No | Language | Title and Genre | Name of the Author |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Assamese | Chanakya (Novel) | Joysree Goswami Mahanta |
| 2 | Bengali | Ghumer Darja Thele (Essays) |
Chinmoy Guha |
| 3 |
Bodo | Akhai Athumniphrai (Poetry) |
Phukan Ch. Basumatary |
| 4 | Dogri | Bandralta Darpan (Essays) |
Om Sharma Jandriari |
| 5 | English |
An Era of Darkness (Non-Fiction) |
Shashi Tharoor |
| 6 | Gujarati | Mojma Revu Re (Essays) |
Ratilal Borisagar |
| 7 | Hindi | Chheelate Hue Apne Ko (Poetry) |
Nand Kishore Acharya |
| 8 | Kannada | Kudi Esaru (Autobiography) |
Vijaya |
| 9 | Kashmiri | Akh Yaad Akh Qayamat (Short Stories) |
Abdul AhadHajini |
| 10 |
Konkani | The Words (Poetry) |
Nilba A Khandekar |
| 11 | Maithili | Jingik Oriaon Kariat (Poetry) |
Kumar Manish Arvind |
| 12 | Malayalam | Achan Piranna Veedu (Poetry) |
V Madhusoodanan Nair |
| 13 | Manipuri | EiAmadi Adungeigi Eethat (Novel) |
L Birmangol Singh (Beryl Thanga) |
| 14 | Marathi | Kadachit Ajoonahi(Poetry) |
Anuradha Patil |
| 15 | Odia | Bhaswati (Short Stories) |
Tarun Kanti Mishra |
| 16 | Punjabi | Antheen (Short Stories) |
Kirpal Kazak |
| 17 |
Rajasthani | BareekBaat (Short Stories) |
Ramswaroop Kisan |
| 18 | Sanskrit |
Prajnachakshusham (Poetry) |
Penna Madhusudan |
| 19 | Santali | Sisirkali (Short Stories) |
Kali Charan Hembram |
| 20 | Sindhi | Jeejal (Short Stories) |
Ishwar Moorjani |
| 21 | Tamil | Sool (Novel) |
Cho Dharman |
| 22 | Telugu | Septabhoomi (Novel) |
Bandi Narayana Swamy |
| 23 | Urdu |
Sawaneh-E-Sir Syed: Ek Bazadeed (Biography) |
Shafey Kidwai |
The Award in the form of a casket containing an engraved copper-plaque, a shawl and an amount of Rs. 1,00,000/- towards cash content will be presented to the authors of these books at a special function to be held on 25 February 2020 at New Delhi during the Festival of Letters organized by Sahitya Akademi.
Source: The News on AIR