Sahitya Akademi Award

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The Sahitya Akademi awards was instituted in 1954 in India and is administered by the Sahitya Akademi. The Sahitya Akademi awards prizes to the most outstanding books of literary merit published in any of the major Indian languages recognised by it.

The award carries a monetary component (Rupees 50,000) and a plaque. Sahitya Akademi gives twenty-four awards to literary works in the languages it has recognised and an equal number to literary translations from and into the languages of India, both after a year-long process of scrutiny, discussion and selection. The awards are meant to recognise and promote excellence in Indian writing and expanding the very definition of Indian literature by acknowledging new trends and movements. They are a reflection of current tastes and contribute to the formation of an Indian sensibility.

The Akademi also gives special awards called Bhasha Samman to writers/scholars for significant contribution to the languages not formally recognised by the Akademi as also for contribution to classical & medieval Literature. It also has a system of electing Fellows and Honorary Fellows, as also offering Anand Coomarswamy and Premchand Fellowships.

The list of awardees (and their works) of the year 2005 are:

  • Assamese: Yeshe Dorje Thongchi - Mouna Ounth Mukhar Hriday (Novel)
  • Bengali: Binoy Mazumdar - Haspatale Lekha Kabitaguchha (Poetry)
  • Bodo: Mangalsingh Hazowary - Jiuni Mwgthang Bisombi Arw Aroj (Poetry)
  • Dogri: Krishan Sharma - Dhaldi Dhuppe Da Sek (Short Stories)
  • English: Upamanyu Chatterjee - The Mammaries of the Welfare State (Novel)
  • Gujrati: Suresh Dalal - Akhand Zalar Vage (Poetry)
  • Hindi: Manohar Shyam Joshi - Kyap (Novel)


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