On December 6, 2018, the Sahitya Akademi announced its annual Sahitya Akademi Awards in 24 languages. It consists of 7 books of poetry, 6 novels, 6 short stories, 3 of literary criticism and 2 of essays.
Selection:
- Recommendations came from jury of 3 members in respective languages and were then approved by the Executive Board of India’s national academy of letters under the chairmanship of Akademi President Chandrashekhar Kambar.
- The awards relate to books first published during the five years immediately preceding the year of award, between January 1, 2012 and December 31, 2016.
About the Award:
- The awards, in the form of a casket contain the following:
- An engraved copper-plaque, a shawl and a cheque of Rs 1 lakh.
- These will be presented to the authors at a special function in January 29, 2019 at Kamani Auditorium in New Delhi during the Festival of Letters organised by the Sahitya Akademi.
- The Sahitya Akademi award is among the most prestigious literary honours bestowed on writers for their works across genres and languages.
The List of Awardees are given below:
| Language | Title of Work and Genre | Winner |
| Assamese | Kailoir Dinto Amar Hobo (Poetry) | Sananta Tanti |
| Bengali | Srikrishner Sesh Kata Din (Story) | Sanjib Chattopadhyay |
| Bodo | Dwngse Lama (Short Stories) | Rituraj Basumatary |
| Dogri | Bhagirath (Novel) | Inderjeet Kesar |
| English | The Blind Lady’s Descendants (Novel) | Anees Salim |
| Gujarati | Vibhajanni Vyatha (Essays) | Sharifa Vijliwala |
| Hindi | Post Box No-203-Naala Sopara (Novel) | Chitra Mudgal |
| Kannada | Anushreni Yajamanike (Literary Criticism) | K. G. Nagarajappa |
| Kashmiri | Aakh (Short Stories) | Mushtaq Ahmad Mushtaq |
| Konkani | Chitralipi (Poetry) | Paresh Narendra Kamat |
| Maithili | Parineeta (Short Stories) | Bina Thakur |
| Malayalam | Gurupournami (Poetry) | S. Ramesan Nair |
| Manipuri | Ngamkheigee Wangmada (Short Stories) | Budhichandra Heisnamba |
| Marathi | Sarjanprerana ani Kavitwashodh (Literary Criticism) | Ma. Su. Patil. |
| Nepali | Kina Royeu Upamaa (Short Stories) | Loknath Upadhyay Chapagain |
| Odia | Prashanga Puruna Bhabana Nua (Literary Criticism) | Dasarathi Das |
| Punjabi | Kone Da Suraj (Poetry) | Mohanjit |
| Rajasthani | Kavita Devai Deeth (Poetry) | Rajesh Kumar Vyas |
| Sanskrit | Mama Janani (Poetry) | Rama kant Shukla |
| Santali | Marom (Novel) | Shyam Besra ‘Jiwi Rarec’ |
| Sindhi | Jia Mein Taandaa (Poetry) | Khiman U. Mulani |
| Tamil | Sanchaaram (Novel) | S. Ramakrishnan |
| Telegu | Vimarshini (Essay) | Kolakaluri Enoch |
| Urdu | Rohzin (Novel) | Rahman Abbas |
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