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SahityaAkademi Announces Annual Sahitya Akademi Award 2020

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SahityaAkademi announces Annual Sahitya Akademi Award 2020On 12th March 2021, The winners of the Sahitya Akademi Awards 2020 were announced by the National Academy of Letters during an event organised for the annual Festival of Letters, held from 12th March 2021 to 14th March 2021.

  • Annually the Sahitya Akademi presents the award to the literary works in the 24 languages including English which are recognised by the Akademi.
  • The Shatiya Akademi has announced its Sahitya Akademi Awards 2020 in 20 languages, Yuva Puraskar 2020 in 18 languages and Bal Sahitya Puraskar 2020 in 21 languages.

Sahitya Akademi Awards 2020:

i.The Sahitya Akademi Awards 2020 were presented in 20 languages and the award for the remaining 4 languages (Rajasthani, Odia, Malayalam and Nepali) will be announced later.

ii.The winners of the 2020 Sahitya Akademi awards include 7 poetries, 4 novels, 5 short stories, 2 plays, one memoir and one epic poetry.

Prizes:

The award includes a casket of engraved copper plaque, a shawl and an amount of Rs 1,00,000.

Important Awardees:

  • Poet Arundhathi Subramaniam received the Sahitya Akademi Award 2020 for her English poetry collection titled “When God is a Traveller” published by HarperCollins.
  • M Veerappa Moily, Former Chief Minister of Karnataka and Congress Leader has won the award for his Kannada epic poem title “Sri Bahubali Ahimsa Digvijayam”
  • Bengali author Mani Shankar Mukhopadhyay popularly known as Shankar has received the award for his memoirs titled Eka Eka Ekashi 

Veerappa Moily, Arundhathi Subramania receive Award

Winners:

S.no Title and GenreAuthor  Language
1Bengsata (Short Stories)Apurba Kumar SaikiaAssamese
2Eka Eka Ekashi (Memoirs)Sankar (Manishankar Mukhopadhyay)Bengali
3Gwthenay Lamayao Gwdan Agan(Short Stories)Late Bharanidhar OwariBodo
4Baba Jitmal (Play)Gian SinghDogri
5When God is a Traveller (Poetry)Arundhathi SubramaniamEnglish
6Banaras Diary (Poetry)Harish MenashruGujarati
7Tokri Mein Digant ‘Their Gatha”: 2014(Poetry)AnamikaHindi
8Sri Bahubali Ahimsa Digvijayam (Epic Poetry)V Veerappa MoilyKannada
9Tilasm-e-Khanabodosh (Short Stories)Late Hirday Koul BhartiKashmiri
10Yugaparivarthanancho Yatri (Poetry)R.S. BaskarKonkani
11Gachh Roosal Achii (Short Stories)Kamalkant JhaMaithili
12Malangbana Kari Hai (Poetry)Irungbam DevenManipuri
13Udya (Novel)Nanda KhareMarathi
14Aam Khass (Short Stories)Gurudev Singh RupanaPunjabi
15Vaishali (Novel)Mahesh Chandra Sharma GautamSanskrit
16Gur Dak Kasa Dak (Poetry)Rupchand HansdahSantali
17Jehad(Plays)Jetho LalwaniSindhi
18Sellaatha Panam (Novel)ImaiyamTamil
19Agniswaasa (2015 – 2017) (Poetry)NikhileswarTelugu
20Amawas Main Khwab (Novel)Hussain-ul-HaqueUrdu

Sahitya Akademi Yuva Puraskar 2020:

i.The Sahitya Akademi Yuva Puraskar 2020 was presented in 18 languages and the awards for the remaining 6 languages (Bengali, Gujarati, Malayalam, Marathi, Rajasthani and Sindhi) will be declared later.

ii.The winners of Sahitya Akademi Yuva Puraskar 2020 includes 9 poetries, 3 short stories, 2 Essays, 1 memoir, 2 criticisms and 1 travelogue.

Eligibility:

The awards are presented to the books published by authors of age 35 and below as on January 1 of the year of award.

Prizes:

The award includes a casket of engraved copper plaque and a cheque of Rs.50000.

Highlights:

  • Yashica Dutt won Award for Memoir.
  • Ankit Narwal won Award for Criticism.
  • Sampada Shenvi Kunkoliekar won Award for Travelogue.

S.no Title and GenreAuthor  Language
1Megh-Ghora(Poetry)Dwijen DasAssamese
2Abwi-Abou Arw Ang (Poetry)Newton K. BasumataryBodo
3Manne Da Buaal (Poetry)Ganga SharmaDogri
4Coming Out as Dalit (Memoir)Yashica DuttEnglish
5U.R. Ananthamurti Pratirodh Ka Vikalp (Criticism)Ankit NarwalHindi
6Dhoopada Makkalu (Short Stories)K S MahadevaswamyKannada
7Wavech Baavath (Poetry)Muzaffar Ahmad ParrayKashmiri
8Char Panvala Ashiyent (Travelogue) Sampada Shenvi KunkoliekarKonkani
9Gassa (Short Stories)Sonu Kumar JhaMaithili
10Kairaba Chaphu Machet (Poetry)Rameshwar SharongbamManipuri
11Dristi-Nibandha Sangrah (Essays) Anjan BaskotaNepali
12Chetanara Anwesana (Essays) Chandrasekhar Hotaodia
13Malaha’n Ton Bina (Poetry)Deepak Kumar DhalewanPunjabi
14Aadhyonmeshah (Poetry)Rishiraj PathakSanskrit
15Anjle (Poetry)Anjali KiskuSantali
16Mara Naai (Poetry)ShaktiTamil
17Milinda (Short Stories)Manasa YendluriTelugu
18Main Apni Baat Ka Mafhoom Dusra Chahun: Bani Ki Shairi ka Motalea (Criticism)Saquib FaridiUrdu

Bal Sahitya Puraskar 2020:

i.The Bal Sahitya Puraskar 2020 was presented in 21 languages and the awards for the remaining 3 languages Malayalam, Sanskrit and Tamil will be announced later.

ii.The award is presented to recognise the authors contribution to children literature.

Prizes:

The award includes a casket of engraved copper plaque and a cheque of Rs.50000. 

S.no Title and GenreAuthor  Language
1Phosong (Short Stories)Madhurima GharphaliaAssamese
2Gopon Bakso Khulte Nei (Short Stories)Pracheta GuptaBengali
3Gothosa Bisombi (Essays) Ajit BoroBodo
4Dadi Da Hirkh (Short Stories) Shiv Dev SushilDogri
5Dead as a Dodo (Fiction)Venita CoelhoEnglish
6Bhurini Ajayab Safar (Stories) Natwar PatelGujarati
7Sampurna Bal Kavitayen (Poetry)Balswaroop RahiHindi
8Nanoo Ambedkar (Novel) H S ByakodKannada
9Paghich Aash (Poetry)Syed Akhtar Hussain MansoorKashmiri
10Balu (Novelette)V Krishna VadhyarKonkani
11Sonahula Ijotwala Khidki (Poetry)Siya Ram Jha ‘Saras’Maithili
12Uchan Meira (Poetry)Naorem BidyasagarManipuri
13Abachi Gosht (Short Stories) Aba MahajanMarathi
14Akshar Ujyalo (Drama)Dhruba ChouhanNepali
15Bana Deula Re Suna Neula (Stories)Ramachandra NayakOdia
16Phullan Da Shekar (Travelogue)Karnail Singh SomalPunjabi
17Kudrat Ro Nyav (Poetry)Mangat BadalRajasthani
18Bhanj Kul Bhurkah Ipil Sunaram (Biography)Joyram TuduSantali
19Mundee Kera Paaye? (Drama)Sahib BijaniSindhi
20Snehitulu (Short Stories)Kanneganti AnasuyaTelugu
21Fakhr-E-WatanHafiz KarnatakiUrdu

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