The Sahitya Akademi Award is granted to the most outstanding literary works produced in any of the Akademi recognized 24 major Indian languages.
The Sahitya Akademi has announced its annual Sahitya Akademi Awards, Yuva Puraskar and Bal Sahitya Puraskar 2021 in a variety of languages.
According to the board, the main Sahitya Akademi prize winner will get an engraved copper plate, shawl, and ₹1 lakh, while the Yuva Puraskar and Bal Sahitya Puraskar will each receive an engraved copper plate and ₹50,000.
Sahitya Akademi Award 2021: Complete List of Winners
- Malayalam – George Onakkoor (Autobiography – Hrudayaragangal).
- Assamese – Anuradha Sarma Pujari.
- Bengali – Bratya Basu.
- Bodo – Mwdai Gahai.
- Dogri – Raj Rahi.
- English – Namita Gokhale (Things to Leave Behind).
- Hindi – Daya Prakash Sinha.
- Kannada – DS Nagabhushana.
- Kashmiri – Wali Mohd Aseer Kashtawari.
- Konkani – Sanjiv Verenkar.
- Marathi – Kiran Gurav.
- Nepali – Chhabilal Upadhyaya.
- Odia – Hrushikesh Mallick.
- Punjabi – Khalid Hussain.
- Rajasthani – Meethesh Nirmohi.
- Sanskrit – Vindeshwariprasad Mishr "Vinay".
- Santali – Niranjan Hansda.
- Sindhi – Arjun Chawla.
- Tamil – Ambai.
- Telugu – Gorati Venkanna.
The Sahitya Akademi Award 2021 was given in 20 Indian languages and the winners of Gujarati, Maithili, Manipuri, and Urdu will be revealed later.
Sahitya Akademi Yuva Puraskar 2021: Complete List of Winners
- Mobin Mohan (Malayalam, 'Jacaranda')
- Abhijit Bora (Assamese)
- Gourob Chakraborty (Bengali)
- Gautom Daimary (Bodo)
- Arun Akash Dev (Dogri)
- Megha Majumdar (English, 'A Burning')
- Drashti Soni (Gujarati)
- Himanshu Vajpai (Hindi)
- L.Lakshmi Narayan Swamy (Kannada)
- Razi Tahir Bhagat (Kashmiri)
- Sharddha Garad (Konkani)
- Amit Mishra (Maithili)
- Lenin Khmancha (Manipuri)
- Pranav Sakhadeo (Marathi)
- Mahesh Dahal (Nepali)
- Debabrata Das (Odia)
- Veerdavinder Singh (Punjabi)
- Swetapadma Satapathy (Sanskrit)
- Kuna Hansdah (Santali)
- Rakesh Shewani (Sindhi)
- Thagulla Gopal (Telugu)
- Umar Farhat (Urdu)
The Sahitya Akademi Yuva Puraskar 2021 were awarded for 22 Indian languages, with the prize in Tamil to be announced later; no award was granted in Rajasthani this year.
Sahitya Akademi Bal Sahitya Puraskar 2021: Complete List of Winners
The Bal Sahitya Puraskar 2021 was awarded in 22 Indian languages; however, no Bal Sahitya Puraskar was awarded in Gujarati or Punjabi this year.
Anita Vachharajani has been declared the Bal Sahitya Puraskar 2021 winner for her biography 'Amrita Sher-Gil: Rebel with a Paintbrush' and Devendra Mewari, a Hindi playwright, got the prize for his play 'Natak Natak me Vigyan.'
- Raghunath Paleri (Malayalam,'Avar Moovarum Oru Mahavillum')
- Mrinal Chandra Kalita (Assamese)
- Sunirmal Chakraborty (Bengali)
- Ratneshwar Narzary (Bodo)
- Narsingh Dev Jamval (Dogri)
- Anita Vaccharajani (English)
- Devendra Mewari (Hindi)
- Basu Bevinagida (Kannada)
- Majeed Majazi (Kashmiri)
- Sumedha Kamat Desai (Konkani)
- Anmol Jha (Maithili)
- Ningombam Jadumani Singh (Manipuri)
- Sanjay Wagh (Marathi)
- Sudarsha Ambatey (Nepali)
- Digaraj Brahma (Odia)
- Kirti Sharma (Rajasthani)
- Asha Agarwal (Sanskrit)
- Sova Hansda (Santali)
- Kishin Khubchandani 'Ranjayal' (Sindhi)
- Mu. Murugesh (Tamil)
- Devaraju Maharaju (Telugu)
- Kausar Siddiqui (Urdu)
📝SideNotes:
- George Onakkoor –
- Awards –
- Kerala Sahitya Academy Award
- Illam (ഇല്ലം) – Best Novel (1980).
- Adarunna Akasam (അടരുന്ന ആകാശം) – Travelogue (2005).
- Sahodaran Ayyappan Award (1996) for Best Biography – M. P. Paul: Kalapathinte Thiruseshippukal (എം. പി. പോൾ: കലാപത്തിന്റെ തിരുശേഷിപ്പുകൾ).
- Darsana Award (2000)
- Kesava Dev Birth Centenary Award (2003)
- First Euro-American Pravasi Award for the outstanding Indian Writer (2005).
- Thakazhi Award & Kerala Sree Award – Hrudayathil Oru Wal (ഹൃദയത്തിൽ ഒരു വാൾ, 2006).
- P. Kesava Dev Award (2009) & Mother Theresa Award (2008) – Parvathangalile Kaattu (പർവതങ്ങളിലെ കാറ്റ്).
- Famous Works –
- നോവൽ – അകലെ ആകാശം, ഉൾക്കടൽ, ഉഴവുചാലുകൾ, എഴുതാപ്പുറങ്ങൾ, കാമന, കൽത്താമാര, സമതലങ്ങൾക്കപ്പുറം,
- ഗവേഷണം – നായക സങ്കല്പം മലയാള നോവലിൽ,
- ചെറുകഥ – ഞാൻ ഒരു കൈയൊപ്പ് മാത്രം, നാലു പൂച്ചക്കുട്ടികൾ, നാട് നീങ്ങുന്ന നേരം, പ്രണയകഥകൾ, സമയ സൂചികൾ നിശ്ചലം, പ്രണയത്തിൻ്റെ കനൽ വഴികൾ.
- യാത്രാവിവരണം – എന്റെ സഞ്ചാരകഥകൾ, ഒലിവുമരങ്ങളുടെ നാട്ടിൽ, മരുഭുമിയുടെ ഹൃദയം തേടി.