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Sahitya Akademi Award 2021 announced: Complete winners list
Team Ambitiousbaba and AB are here with a Current Affairs Special Series. In this series, candidates will be introduced to current affairs topics daily, which will not only improve their general awareness but also will ensure that the candidates do not lack in any current affairs topic. Today’s Current Affairs topic is “Sahitya Akademi Award 2021 announced: Complete winners list”
- Sahitya Akademi announced its prestigious “Sahitya Akademi Awards, Yuva Puraskar as well as Bal Sahitya Puraskar” for 2021 in various languages.
- According to the board, an engraved copper plate, shawl and an amount of Rs 1 lakhwill be given to the main Sahitya Akademi prize winner and an engraved copper plate and an amount of Rs 50,000 each will be given to the Yuva Puraskar and Bal Sahitya Puraskar.
- It is a literary honour in India. It is conferred by Sahitya Akademi which is India’s National Academy of Letters. The award is conferred to the most outstanding books of literary merit which is published in any 24 major Indian languages including Hindi, English and other 22 languages of the Eighth Schedule of Constitution.
Sahitya Akademi Award 2021:
- Sahitya Akademi announces winners of its Sahitya Akademi Awards 2021 in 21 languages.
- Namita Gokhale won in English for her novel ‘Things to Leave Behind’.
- Winner of Gujarati, Maithili, Manipuri, and Urdu languageswill be announced at a later date.
| Winners | Language | Genre |
| Anuradha Sarma Pujari | Assamese | Novel |
| Bratya Basu | Bengali | Play |
| Mwdai Gahai | Bodo | Poetry |
| Raj Rahi | Dogri | Short Stories |
| Namita Gokhale | English | Novel |
| Daya Prakash Sinha | Hindi | Play |
| D.S. Nagabhushana | Kannada | Biography |
| Wali Mohd. Aseer Kashtawari | Kashmiri | Criticism |
| Sanjiv Verenkar | Konkani | Poetry |
| George Onakkoor | Malayalam | Autobiography |
| Kiran Gaurav | Marathi | Short Stories |
| Chhabilal Upadhyaya | Nepali | Epic Poetry |
| Hrushikesh Mallick | Odia | Poetry |
| Khalid Hussain | Punjabi | Short Stories |
| Meethesh Nirmohi | Rajasthani | Poetry |
| Vindeshwariprasad Mishr ‘Vinay’ | Sanskrit | Poetry |
| Niranjan Hansda | Santali | Short Stories |
| Arjun Chawla | Sindhi | Poetry |
| Ambai | Tamil | Short Stories |
| Gorati Venkanna | Telugu | Poetry |
Sahitya Akademi Yuva Puraskar 2021:
- Sahitya Akademi announced winners of its Yuva Puraskar 2021 in 22 languages.
- Award in Tamilwill be declared later, there was no award given in Rajasthani language this year.
- Author Megha Majumdarwon the Sahitya Akademi Yuva Puraskar 2021 in English for her debut book ‘A Burning’, published in 2020.
| Abhijit Bora | Assamese |
| Gourob Chakraborty | Bengali |
| Gautom Daimary | Bodo |
| Arun Akash Dev | Dogri |
| Megha Majumdar | English |
| Drashti Soni | Gujarati |
| Himanshu Vajpai | Hindi |
| L.Lakshmi Narayan Swamy | Kannada |
| Razi Tahir Bhagat | Kashmiri |
| Sharddha Garad | Konkani |
| Amit Mishra | Maithili |
| Mobin Mohan | Malayalam |
| 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 |
Bal Sahitya Puraskar 2021:
- Sahitya Akademi announced winners of its Bal Sahitya Puraskar 2021 in 22 languages.
- No Bal Sahitya Puraskar was given in Gujarati and Punjabi languagesthis year.
- Anita Vachharajani won in English for her book ‘Amrita Shergil: Rebel With A Paintbrush’.
- Hindi writer Devendra Mewariwon the award for his play titled “Natak Natak me Vigyan”.
| 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 |
| Raghunath Paleri | Malayalam |
| 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 |
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