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Sahitya Akademi Award 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 ...
is given by the
Sahitya Akademi The Sahitya Akademi, India's National Academy of Letters, is an organisation dedicated to the promotion of literature in the languages of India. Founded on 12 March 1954, it is supported by, though independent of, the Indian government. Its of ...
, India's national academy of letters to one writer every year in each of the languages recognized by it as well as for translations. This is the second highest literary award of India, after
Jnanpith Award The Jnanpith Award is the oldest and the highest Indian literary award presented annually by the Bharatiya Jnanpith to an author for their "outstanding contribution towards literature". Instituted in 1961, the award is bestowed only on Indian w ...
. The awards given to
Bengali writers This article provides an alphabetical list of Bengali language authors. For a chronological list, see List of Bengali language authors. Pre-partition Bengal A *Abdul Hakim (1620–1690) * Afzal Ali (16th-century) * Alaol (1606–1680) ...
for works in Bengali and English as well as for translations from Bengali literature are given below.


Sahitya Akademi Award winners

Following is the list of Akademi Award winners. No awards were conferred in 1960, 1968 and 1973.


Sahitya Akademi Bal Sahitya Puraskar winners


Sahitya Akademi Youth Award winners


Bengali winners of Sahitya Akademi Award for English


Translations from Bengali literature

*1989 – Nagindas Parekh – ''Na Hanyate'' (novel, Gujarati tr. from Maitreyi Devi), * ... ... K. Ravi Verma – ''Ganadevata'' (novel, Malayalam tr. from Tarashankar Bandyopadhyay), * ... ... T.Thoibi Devi –
Drishtipat
' (novel, Manipuri tr. from Yayavar), * ... ... Basanta Kumari Devi – ''Ganadebata, Parts I and II (Panchagram)'' (novel, Oriya tr. from Tarashankar Bandyopadhyay), * ... ... B. Gopala Reddi – ''Ravindruni Natikalu'' (plays, Telugu tr. from Rabindranath Thakur) *1990 – Ramanik Meghanee – ''Gandevata'' (novel, Gujarati tr. from Tarashankar Bandyopadhyay), * ... ... Upendranath Jha 'Vyas' – ''Vipradas'' (novel, Maithili tr. from
Sharat Chandra Chattopadhyay Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay, alternatively spelt as Sarat Chandra Chatterjee ( bn, শরৎচন্দ্র চট্টোপাধ্যায়; 15 September 1876 or ৩১ শে ভাদ্র ১২৮৩ বঙ্গাব্দ ...
), * ... ... A. Shyamsundar Singh – ''Krishnakantagee Uil'' (novel, Manipuri tr. from
Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay Bankim Chandra Chatterjee (also Chattopadhayay) CIE (26 or 27 June 1838 – 8 April 1894) was an Indian novelist, poet, Essayist and journalist.Staff writer"Bankim Chandra: The First Prominent Bengali Novelist" ''The Daily Star'', 30 June 2011 ...
), * ... ... Amar Bharati – ''Ikki Kahaniyan'' (short stories, Punjabi tr. from Rabindranath Thakur), * ... ... Laxmi Narayan Mohanty – ''Banachari'' (novel, Oriya tr. from Bibhuti Bhushan Bandyopadhyay), * ... ... Biharilal Chhabria - ''Sat Kadam'' (Two Parts) (novel, Sindhi tr. from Tarashankar Bandyopadhyay) *1991 – Ramanlal Soni – ''Kabuliwala'' (short stories, Gujarati tr. from Rabindranath Thakur), * ... ... Shanti Ranjan Bhattacharya – ''Gulshan-e-Sehat'' (novel, Urdu tr. from Tarashankar Bandyopadhyay) *1993 – Anila A. Dalal – ''Prachchhanna'' (novel, Gujarati tr. from
Bimal Kar Bimal Kar (19 September 1921 — 26 August 2003) was an Indian writer and novelist who wrote in Bengali. He received the 1975 Sahitya Akademi Award presented by the Sahitya Akademi, India's National Academy of Letters, for his novel ''Asamay''. ...
), * ... ... Olivinho Gomes – ''Anandmath'' (novel, Konkani tr. from
Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay Bankim Chandra Chatterjee (also Chattopadhayay) CIE (26 or 27 June 1838 – 8 April 1894) was an Indian novelist, poet, Essayist and journalist.Staff writer"Bankim Chandra: The First Prominent Bengali Novelist" ''The Daily Star'', 30 June 2011 ...
), * ... ... Leela Sarkar – ''Aranyathinte Adhikaaram'' (novel, Malayalam tr. from
Mahashweta Devi Mahasweta Devi (14 January 1926 – 28 July 2016)
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), * ... ... L. Raghumani Sharma – ''Charitraheen'' (novel, Manipuri tr. from
Sharat Chandra Chattopadhyay Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay, alternatively spelt as Sarat Chandra Chatterjee ( bn, শরৎচন্দ্র চট্টোপাধ্যায়; 15 September 1876 or ৩১ শে ভাদ্র ১২৮৩ বঙ্গাব্দ ...
), * ... ... Barendra Krushna Dhal – ''Samba'' (novel, Oriya tr. from
Samaresh Basu Samaresh Basu (11 December 1924 – 12 March 1988) was a writer in modern Bengali literature, known for his versatility and vast range of themes. He wrote under the pen name ''Kalkut''. Basu was awarded the 1980 Sahitya Akademi Award in Bengal ...
), * ... ... Vilas Gite – ''Rabindranathanchya Sahavasat'' (poetry, Marathi tr. from Maitreyi Devi), * ... ... Maddipattla Suri – ''Samayam Kani Samayam'' (novel, Telugu tr. from
Bimal Kar Bimal Kar (19 September 1921 — 26 August 2003) was an Indian writer and novelist who wrote in Bengali. He received the 1975 Sahitya Akademi Award presented by the Sahitya Akademi, India's National Academy of Letters, for his novel ''Asamay''. ...
) *1994 – Basundhara Saikia –''Datta'' (novel, Assamese tr. from
Sharat Chandra Chattopadhyay Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay, alternatively spelt as Sarat Chandra Chatterjee ( bn, শরৎচন্দ্র চট্টোপাধ্যায়; 15 September 1876 or ৩১ শে ভাদ্র ১২৮৩ বঙ্গাব্দ ...
), * ... ... Karna Thami – ''Sukanta Ka Kavitaharu'' (poetry, Nepali tr. from Sukanta Bhattacharya) *1995 – Kulanath Gogoi – ''Aranyer Adhikar'' (novel, Assamese tr. from
Mahashweta Devi Mahasweta Devi (14 January 1926 – 28 July 2016)
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), * ... ... Surendra Jha 'Suman' – ''Rabindra Natakavali'' Vol. I (plays, Maithili tr. from Rabindranath Thakur), * ... ... P. Bhanumanthi – ''Meethi Charithram'' (play, Tamil tr. from
Badal Sarkar Sudhindra Sircar (Born 15 July 1925), also known as Badal Sarkar, was an influential Indian dramatist and theatre director, most known for his anti-establishment plays during the Naxalite movement in the 1970s and taking theatre out of the pros ...
) *1996 – Aruna Chakrabarti – ''Srikanta'' (novel, English tr. from
Sharat Chandra Chattopadhyay Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay, alternatively spelt as Sarat Chandra Chatterjee ( bn, শরৎচন্দ্র চট্টোপাধ্যায়; 15 September 1876 or ৩১ শে ভাদ্র ১২৮৩ বঙ্গাব্দ ...
), * ... ... Chandrakant Mehta – ''Jeevan Swad'' (novel, Gujarati tr. from
Ashapurna Devi Ashapurna Devi (8 January 1909 – 12 July 1995), also Ashapoorna Devi or Ashapurna Debi, was a prominent Indian novelist and poet in Bengali. In 1976, she was awarded the Jnanpith Award and Padma Shri by the Government of India, D.Litt. b ...
) *1997 – Gayatri Chakrabarti Spivak – ''Imaginary Maps'' (short stories, English tr. from
Mahashweta Devi Mahasweta Devi (14 January 1926 – 28 July 2016)
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), * ... ... Prasad Brahmbhatt – ''Amritasya Putri'' (novel, Gujarati tr. from Kamal Das), * ... ... Shiva Shamsher Rasaily – ''Biraj Dulahi'' (novel, Nepali tr. from
Sharat Chandra Chattopadhyay Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay, alternatively spelt as Sarat Chandra Chatterjee ( bn, শরৎচন্দ্র চট্টোপাধ্যায়; 15 September 1876 or ৩১ শে ভাদ্র ১২৮৩ বঙ্গাব্দ ...
), * ... ... Jugal Kishor Dutta – ''Asami Hazir'' (novel, Oriya tr. from Bimal Mitra) *1998 – Kalpana Bardhan – ''Wives and Others'' (short stories & a novel, English tr. from Manik Bandyopadhyay), * ... ... Chandranath Mishra 'Amar' – ''Parashuramak Beechhal - Berayal Katha'' (short stories, Maithili tr. from Parashuram), * ... ... Bihari Lal Mishra – ''Sharatsaptakam'' (short stories, Sanskrit tr. from
Sharat Chandra Chattopadhyay Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay, alternatively spelt as Sarat Chandra Chatterjee ( bn, শরৎচন্দ্র চট্টোপাধ্যায়; 15 September 1876 or ৩১ শে ভাদ্র ১২৮৩ বঙ্গাব্দ ...
), * ... ... Lakhmi Khilani – ''Asamaya'' (novel, Sindhi tr. from
Bimal Kar Bimal Kar (19 September 1921 — 26 August 2003) was an Indian writer and novelist who wrote in Bengali. He received the 1975 Sahitya Akademi Award presented by the Sahitya Akademi, India's National Academy of Letters, for his novel ''Asamay''. ...
) *1999 – Suknaya Jhaveri – ''Ekvis Bengali Vartao'' (short stories, Gujarati tr. from different authors), * ... ... Murari Madhusudan Thakur – ''Arogya Niketan'' (novel, Maithili tr. from Tarashankar Bandyopadhyay) *2000 – Hans Raj Pandotra – ''Gosain De Bagha Da Bhoot'' (novel, Dogri tr. from
Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay ( bn, শীর্ষেন্দু মুখোপাধ্যায়; born 2 November 1935) is a Bengali author from India. He has written stories for both adults and children. He is known for creating the relativel ...
), * ... ... Amresh Patnaik – ''Tista Tatora Brutanta'' (novel, Oriya tr. from Debesh Ray), * ... ... Dipak Ghosh – ''Sanskritaravindrasangitam'' (songs, Sanskrit tr. from Rabindranath Thakur) *2001 – Gopa Majumdar –''Aparajito'' (novel, English tr. from Bibhuti Bhushan Bandyopadhyay), * ... ... Janaki Ballav Patnaik – ''Bankima Upanyasmala'' (2 Volumes) (novels, Oriya tr. from
Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay Bankim Chandra Chatterjee (also Chattopadhayay) CIE (26 or 27 June 1838 – 8 April 1894) was an Indian novelist, poet, Essayist and journalist.Staff writer"Bankim Chandra: The First Prominent Bengali Novelist" ''The Daily Star'', 30 June 2011 ...
) *2003 – (Lt.) Sujit Mukhopadhyay – ''Gora'' (novel, English tr. from Rabindranath Thakur), * ... ... Rajen Saikia – ''Putul Nachar Itikat'' (novel, Assamese tr. from Manik Bandyopadhyay), * ... ... M.P. Kumaran – ''Heerak Deepti'' (novel, Malayalam tr. from Sunil Gangopadhyay), * ... ... Ram Swaroop Kisan – ''Rati Kaner'' (play, Rajasthani tr. from Rabindranath Thakur) *2004 – Ramshankar Dwivedi – ''Jhansi Ki Rani'' (novel, Hindi tr. from
Mahashweta Devi Mahasweta Devi (14 January 1926 – 28 July 2016)
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), * ... ... Madhav Borcar – ''Ekshe Ek Kavita'' (poetry, Konkani tr. from Rabindranath Thakur), * ... ... Nongthombam Kunjamohan Singh – ''Gora'' (novel, Manipuri tr. from Rabindranath Thakur), * ... ... Mrinalini Prabhakar Gadkari – ''Devdas'' (novel, Marathi tr. from
Sharat Chandra Chattopadhyay Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay, alternatively spelt as Sarat Chandra Chatterjee ( bn, শরৎচন্দ্র চট্টোপাধ্যায়; 15 September 1876 or ৩১ শে ভাদ্র ১২৮৩ বঙ্গাব্দ ...
) *2005 – Uma Randeria – ''Nava Yugnu Parodh'' (novel, Gujarati tr. from Sunil Gangopadhyay) *2006 – Rajnand Jha – ''Kaalbela'' (novel, Maithili tr. from
Samaresh Majumdar Samares Mazumdar ( bn, সমরেশ মজুমদার, born 10 March 1944) is an Indian Bengali writer from West Bengal, India. He is best known for his Animesh series of novels, the second of which (''Kalbela'') won the Sahitya Akadem ...
) * ... ...
Puviarasu Puviarasu or Puviyarasu, born. 1930), is a Tamil poet and translator from Tamil Nadu, India. Biography Puviyarasu was born in a village near Udumalpet. His birth name was S. Jagannathan. Puviyarasu is the Tamil translation of the Sanskritic " ...
– ''Puratchikaaran'' (poetry, Tamil tr. from
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) *2007 – Bachchan SinghHindi News , Hindi News Headlines , Hindi News Online – Yahoo! Jagran Hindi News
/ref> – ''Mahabharat ki Katha'' (treatise, Hindi tr. from Buddhadeb Basu) *2009 – Jatindra Kumar Bargohain – ''Lokayata Darshan'' (philosophy, Assamese tr. from Devi Prasad Chattopadhyay) * ... ...
Kasturi Desai
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Mahashweta Devi Mahasweta Devi (14 January 1926 – 28 July 2016)
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) * ... ... . Bhuvana Natarajan – ''Mudhal Sabadam'' (novel, Tamil tr. from
Ashapoorna Devi Ashapurna Devi (8 January 1909 – 12 July 1995), also Ashapoorna Devi or Ashapurna Debi, was a prominent Indian novelist and poet in Bengali. In 1976, she was awarded the Jnanpith Award and Padma Shri by the Government of India, D.Litt. by ...
) *2010 – Tarapati Upadhyay – ''Anand Math'' (novel, Nepali tr. from
Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay Bankim Chandra Chatterjee (also Chattopadhayay) CIE (26 or 27 June 1838 – 8 April 1894) was an Indian novelist, poet, Essayist and journalist.Staff writer"Bankim Chandra: The First Prominent Bengali Novelist" ''The Daily Star'', 30 June 2011 ...
) *2012 – Swarna Prabha Chainary – ''Nwizise Sungdo Solo'' (short stories, Bodo tr. from Rabindranath Thakur) * ... ... . Anand – ''Kavi Bandya Ghatigayiyute Jeevithavum Maranavum'' (novel, Malayalam tr. from
Mahashweta Devi Mahasweta Devi (14 January 1926 – 28 July 2016)
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) * ... ... .Elangbam Sonamani Singh – ''Dharma Tattwa'' (Prose, Manipuri tr. from
Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay Bankim Chandra Chatterjee (also Chattopadhayay) CIE (26 or 27 June 1838 – 8 April 1894) was an Indian novelist, poet, Essayist and journalist.Staff writer"Bankim Chandra: The First Prominent Bengali Novelist" ''The Daily Star'', 30 June 2011 ...
) * ... ... .Purn Sharma 'Puran' – ''Gora'' (novel, Rajasthani tr. from Rabindranath Thakur) * ... ... .Rabindranath Murmu – ''Ita Chetan Re Ita'' (novel, Santali tr. from
Mahashweta Devi Mahasweta Devi (14 January 1926 – 28 July 2016)
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) *Note – From English – In 1992, Hijam Guno Singh got this prize for Manipuri translation of ''History of Bengali Literature'' by Sukumar Sen. In 1991, Radhika Mohan Bhagowati got this prize for Assamese translation of
The Story of Our Newspapers
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Chanchal Sarkar
In 2012, Sharda Sathe got it for Marathi translation of ''A Traveller and the Road'' by
Mohit Sen Mohit Sen (born 24 March 1929, in Calcutta, and died in Hyderabad on 3 May 2003) was a communist intellectual. He was general secretary of the United Communist Party of India at the time of his death. Early life and education Sen was born int ...
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Translations into Bengali

*1989 – Nileena Abraham – ''Patummar Chhagal O Balyasakhi'' (short stories, tr. from Malayalam) *1990 – Maitri Shukla – ''Unish Bigha Dui Katha'' (novel, tr. from Oriya) *1991 – Subramanian Krishnamoorthy – ''Raktabanya'' (novel, tr. from Tamil) *1992 – Maya Gupta – ''Kak O Kala Pani'' (short stories, tr. from Hindi) *1993 – Manabendra Bandyopadhyay – ''Vaikom Muhammad Bashirer Shreshtha Galpo'' (short stories, tr. from Malayalam) *1994 – Vina Alase – ''Gulamgiri'' (dialogues, tr. from Marathi) *1995 – Kanailal Datta – ''Vinoba Bhave Rachanabali'' (autobiographical writing, tr. from Hindi) *1996 – Ranendranath Bandyopadhyay – ''Sarpa O Rajju'' (novel, tr. from English) *1997 – Rameshwar shaw – ''Bhabishyater Kabita'' (essays, tr. from English) *1998 – Jaya Mitra – ''Jipsy Nadir Dhara'' (autobiographical writing, tr. from Punjabi) *1999 –
Shankha Ghosh Sankha Ghosh (born Chittapriya Ghosh; 5 February 1932 – 21 April 2021) was an Indian poet and literary critic. He was born in Chandpur District of the then Bengal Presidency, present day Bangladesh. His ancestral home was at Banaripara Upazila ...
– ''Raktakalyan'' ( Taledanda Play, tr. from Kannada) *2000 – Afsar Ahmed & Kalim Hazique – ''Sare Tin Hat Bhume'' (novel, tr. from Urdu) *2001 – Nani Sur – ''Krishna Chanderer Nirbachito Galpo'' (short stories, tr. from Urdu) *2002 – Usha Ranjan Bhattacharya – ''Mriityunjay'' (novel, tr. from Assamese) *2003 – Malay Ray Chaudhuri – '' Suryer Saptam Ashwa'' (novel, tr. from Hindi) (refused) *2004 – Sujit Chaudhuri – ''Asamiya Galpo Sankalan'' (short stories, tr. from Assamese) *2005 – Ranjan Bandyopadhyay – ''Kabir Bijak O Anyanya Kabita'' (poetry, tr. from Hindi) *2006
Jyoti Bhushan Chaki
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Kaifi Azmi Kaifi Azmi (born Athar Husain Rizvi; 14 January 1919 – 10 May 2002) was an Indian Urdu poet. He is remembered as the one who brought Urdu literature to Indian motion pictures. Together with Pirzada Qasim, Jaun Elia and others he participate ...
r Kabita'' (poetry, tr. from Urdu) *2007 – Subimal Basak – ''Aamar Tomar Taar Katha'' (novel, tr. from Hindi) *2008 – Bharati Nandi – ''Chitrita Andhakar'' (novel, tr. from Oriya) *2009 – Ujjal Singha – ''Mitro Marjani'' (novel of Krishna Sovti, tr. from Hindi) *2010 – Shyamal Bhattacharya – ''Kumari Harinir Chokh'' (short stories, tr. from Punjabi) *2011 – Jagat Debnath – ''Raghaber Din Rat'' (novel, tr. from Marathi) *2012 – Oinam Nilkantha Singh – ''Bristi Ar Holo Na'' (short story, tr. from Manipuri) *2013 – Soma Bandyopadhyay – ''Gathanbad, Uttar-Gathanbad Ebang Prachya Kavyatattva'' (literary criticism, tr. from Urdu) *2014 – Binay Kumar Mahata – ''Ei Prithibi Paglagarad'' (novel, tr. from Maithili) *2015 – Mau Das Gupta – ''Anamdaser Puthi'' (novel, tr. from Hindi) *2016 - Gita Chaudhuri – ''Satyer Anwesan'' (Gandhi's autobiography, tr. from Gujarati) *2017 - (Late) Utpal Kumar Basu – ''Kebal Atmai Jane Kibhabe Gan Gaite Hay: Nirbachita Kabita'' (poetry, tr. from English) *2018 - Mabinul Haq - ''Lep O Anyanyo Galpo'' (short stories, tr from
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It gives details about the main awards up to 2007 and translation prizes up to 2005.)


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Sahitya Akademi Award 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 ...
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Jnanpith Award The Jnanpith Award is the oldest and the highest Indian literary award presented annually by the Bharatiya Jnanpith to an author for their "outstanding contribution towards literature". Instituted in 1961, the award is bestowed only on Indian w ...


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