Sahitya Akademi Award 2025 Announced: Full Winners List Across 24 Languages Revealed

The Sahitya Akademi Award 2025 are officially announced on 16th of march 2026. The award is recognizing outstanding literary works across the total 24 Indian languages. This prestigious literary honour is presented annually by Sahitya Akademi. It is India’s National Academy of Letters and it is to celebrate excellence in literature. This year the Sahitya Akademi Award 2025 includes the total 8 poetry collections, 4 novels, 6 short story collections, 2 essay books, 1 literary criticism work, 1 autobiography and 2 memoirs.

Sahitya Akademi Award 2025 Selection Process

The Sahitya Akademi Award 2025 follows the standard selection procedure which is the established by the literary body.

This award process begin in January month 2025 when Sahitya Akademi released an open call invite the nominations for literary works in its recognized languages.

When the nomination phase completes the distinguished jury members representing each language carefully evaluated the submitted works.

The recommendations from jury were reviewed and finally approved by the competent authority of Sahitya Akademi.

This transparent selection system ensures that the Sahitya Akademi Award 2025 will honors literary works based on merit, originality and contribution to Indian literature.

Sahitya Akademi Award 2025 Categories and Genres

The Sahitya Akademi Award 2025 recognizes literary excellence across multiple genres which are representing India’s diverse literary traditions.

This award distribution show the wide range of literary forms being celebrated this year.

The Categories awarded in the Sahitya Akademi Award 2025 are the,

Poetry – 8 books

Novels – 4 books

Short story collections – 6 books

Essays – 2 books

Literary criticism – 1 book

Autobiography – 1 book

Memoirs – 2 books

Sahitya Akademi Award 2025 Winners List

The Sahitya Akademi Award 2025 winners list includes authors from the across India representing different literary traditions. This award highlights important works in poetry, fiction, essays and memoirs.

Category	Books
Poetry	Shrestha Kabita (Bengali) – Prasun Bandyopadhyay Bhattkhadaki (Gujarati) – Yogesh Vaidya Padapurana (Odia) – Girijakumar Baliyar Singh Animesha (Telugu) – Nandini Sidha Reddy Safar Jaari Hai (Urdu) – Pritpal Singh Betab Prasthanacatustaye Brahmaghosah (Sanskrit) – Sadhu Bhadreshdas
Novel Winners	Karhi Khelar Sadhu (Assamese) – Devabrat Das Dwngnwi Lama Mwnse Gathwn (Bodo) – Sahaisuli Brahma Crimson Spring (English) – Navtej Sarna Maayaamanushyar (Malayalam) – N. Prabhakaran
Short Story Winners	Dada Seerisu Tande (Kannada) – Amaresh Nugadoni Safety Kit (Punjabi) – Jinder Bharkhama (Rajasthani) – Jitender Kumar Soni Waghoo (Sindhi) – Bhagwan Atlani
Essay	Konkani Kavyem: Rupani Ani Rupakam (Konkani) – Henry Mendonca Nepali Paramparik Sanskriti Ra Sabhyata Ko Dukuti (Nepali) – Prakash Bhattarai
Literary Criticism	Thamiz Sirukathaiyin Thadangal (Tamil) – Sa. Tamilselvan
Autobiography	Kalyanilya Resha (Marathi)
Memoir	Jeete Jee Allahabad (Hindi) – Mamta Kalia Dhatri Paat San Gaam (Maithili) – Mahendra

Sahitya Akademi Award 2025 Winners List Language Wise

Language	Title and Genre	Name of the Author
Assamese	Karhi Khelar Sadhu (Novel)	Devabrat Das
Bengali	Shrestha Kabita (Poetry)	Prasun Bandyopadhyay
Bodo	Dwngnwi Lama Mwnse Gathwn (Novel)	Sahaisuli Brahma
Dogri	Thakur Satsayie (Poetry, Couplets)	Khajur Singh Thakur
English	Crimson Spring (Novel)	Navtej Sarna
Gujarati	Bhattkhadaki (Poetry)	Yogesh Vaidya
Hindi	Jeete Jee Allahabad (Memoir)	Mamta Kalia
Kannada	Dada Seerisu Tande (Short Stories)	Amaresh Nugadoni
Kashmiri	Najdavanek’y Pot Aalav (Poetry)	Ali Shaida
Konkani	Konkani Kavyem: Rupani Ani Rupakam (Essays)	Henry Mendonca (H.M. Pernal)
Maithili	Dhatri Paat San Gaam (Memoir)	Mahendra
Malayalam	Maayaamanushyar (Novel)	N. Prabhakaran
Manipuri	Kanglamdriba Eephut (Short Stories)	Haobam Nalini
Marathi	Kalyanilya Resha (Autobiography)	Raju Baviskar
Nepali	Nepali Paramparik Sanskriti Ra Sabhyata Ko Dukuti (Essays)	Prakash Bhattarai
Odia	Padapurana (Poetry)	Girijakumar Baliyar Singh
Punjabi	Safety Kit (Stories)	Jinder
Rajasthani	Bharkhama (Stories)	Jitender Kumar Soni
Sanskrit	Prasthanacatustaye Brahmaghosah (Poetry)	Mahamahopadhyaya Sadhu Bhadreshdas
Santali	Mid Birna Chenne Saon Inag Sagai (Short Stories)	Sumitra Soren
Sindhi	Waghoo (Stories)	Bhagwan Atlani
Tamil	Thamiz Sirukathaiyin Thadangal (Literary Criticism)	Sa. Tamilselvan
Telugu	Animesha (Poetry)	Nandini Sidha Reddy
Urdu	Safar Jaari Hai (Poetry)	Pritpal Singh Betab

Sahitya Akademi Award 2025 Ceremony Details

The official Sahitya Akademi Award 2025 ceremony will take place on 31 March 2026 in the New Delhi.

During that event all award winners will be honored in a formal literary gathering. And this event also attended by writers, scholars and cultural leaders.

Each recipient of the Sahitya Akademi Award 2025 will receive,

• ₹1,00,000 cash prize
• A ceremonial shawl
• An engraved copper plaque (casket)

About Sahitya Akademi

The Sahitya Akademi is the India’s national academy and it is dedicated to promoting literature in multiple Indian languages.

It was Established in 1954 and this institution works to support literary creativity, translation, publishing and cultural exchange.

The Sahitya Akademi Award is considered one of the most prestigious literary honors in India.

It recognizes outstanding books published in 24 languages officially recognized by the Akademi.