Sahitya Akademi Awards 2024 Announced: Check Full List of Winners
Sahitya Akademi announced its annual Sahitya Akademi Awards in 21 languages. Eight books of poetry, three novels, two short story collections, three essays, three literary criticism works, one play, and one research work won the Sahitya Akademi Awards 2024. Awards in Bengali, Dogri, and Urdu will be declared at a later stage.
The Awards, recommended by distinguished Jury members in 21 Indian languages, were approved by the Executive Board of the Sahitya Akademi, which met today under the Chairmanship of Sri Madhav Kaushik, President, Sahitya Akademi.
| Category | Awardees |
|---|---|
| Poetry | Sameer Tanti (Assamese), Dileep Jhaveri (Gujarati), Gagan Gill (Hindi), K. Jayakumar (Malayalam), Haobam Satyabati Devi (Manipuri), Paul Kaur (Punjabi), Mukut Maniraj (Rajasthani), Dipak Kumar Sharma (Sanskrit) |
| Novel | Aron Raja (Bodo), Easterine Kire (English), Sohan Koul (Kashmiri) |
| Short Stories | Yuva Baral (Nepali), Hundraj Balwani (Sindhi) |
| Essays | Mukesh Thali (Konkani), Mahendra Malangia (Maithili), Baishnab Charan Samal (Odia) |
| Literary Criticism | K.V. Narayana (Kannada), Sudhir Rasal (Marathi), Penugonda Lakshminarayana (Telugu) |
| Play | Maheswar Soren (Santali) |
| Research | A.R. Venkatachalapathy (Tamil) |
The books were selected on the basis of recommendations made by a Jury of three members in the concerned languages in accordance with the procedure laid down for the purpose. According to the procedure, the Executive Board declared the Awards on the basis of unanimous selections made by the Juries or on the basis of majority vote. The Awards relate to books first published during the five years immediately preceding the year of Award (i.e., between 1 January 2018 and 31 December 2022).
The Award, in the form of a casket containing an engraved copper plaque, a shawl, and an amount of ₹1,00,000/- towards cash content, each will be presented to the awardees at the award presentation function, which will be held on 8 March 2025 at Kamani Auditorium, Copernicus Marg, New Delhi – 110 001.
| Language | Title and Genre | Name of the Author |
|---|---|---|
| Assamese | Pharingbore Bator Kathaa Jane (Poetry) | Sameer Tanti |
| Bodo | Swrni Thakhwi (Novel) | Aron Raja |
| English | Spirit Nights (Novel) | Easterine Kire |
| Gujarati | Bhagwan-ni Vato (Poetry) | Dileep Jhaveri |
| Hindi | Main Jab Tak Aai Bahar (Poetry) | Gagan Gill |
| Kannada | Nudigala Alivu (Literary Criticism) | K.V. Narayana |
| Kashmiri | Psychiatric Ward (Novel) | Sohan Koul |
| Konkani | Rangtarang (Essays) | Mukesh Thali |
| Maithili | Prabandh Sangrah (Essays) | Mahendra Malangia |
| Malayalam | Pingalakeshini (Poetry) | K. Jayakumar |
| Manipuri | Mainu Bora Nungshi Sheiroi (Poetry) | Haobam Satyabati Devi |
| Marathi | Vindanche Gadyarop (Criticism) | Sudhir Rasal |
| Nepali | Chichimira (Short Stories) | Yuva Baral |
| Odia | Bhuti Bhakti Bibhruti (Essays) | Baishnab Charan Samal |
| Punjabi | Sun Gunvanta Sun Budhivanta: Itihaasnamaa Punjab (Poetry) | Paul Kaur |
| Rajasthani | Gaon Ar Amma (Poetry) | Mukut Maniraj |
| Sanskrit | Bhaskaracaritam (Poetry) | Dipak Kumar Sharma |
| Santali | Seched Sawnta Ren Andha Manm (Play) | Maheswar Soren |
| Sindhi | Purzo (Short Stories) | Hundraj Balwani |
| Tamil | Tirunelveli Ezucciyum Vaa. Vuu.ci. Yum 1908 (Research) | A.R. Venkatachalapathy |
| Telugu | Deepika (Criticism) | Penugonda Lakshminarayana |
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