Sahitya_Akademi_Award_to_Bengali_Writers

List of Sahitya Akademi Award winners for Bengali

List of Sahitya Akademi Award winners for Bengali

List of Bengali Sahitya Akademi winners


Sahitya Akademi Award is given by the Sahitya Akademi, 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 awards given to Bengali writers for works in Bengali and English as well as for translations from Bengali literature are given below.

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Sahitya Akademi Award winners

Following is the list of Akademi Award winners. No awards were conferred in 1960, 1968 and 1973.[1]

Jibanananda Das was the first winner of this award.
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Bengali winners of Sahitya Akademi Award for English

Translations from Bengali literature

Translations into Bengali[56]

  • 1989 – Nileena AbrahamPatummar Chhagal O Balyasakhi (short stories, tr. from Malayalam)
  • 1990 – Maitri Shukla – Unish Bigha Dui Katha (novel, tr. from Oriya)
  • 1991 – Subramanian KrishnamoorthyRaktabanya (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 GhoshRaktakalyan (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 ChaudhuriSuryer 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[47][57]Kaifi Azmir Kabita (poetry, tr. from Urdu)
  • 2007 – Subimal Basak[48]Aamar Tomar Taar Katha (novel, tr. from Hindi)
  • 2008 – Bharati Nandi[58][59]Chitrita Andhakar (novel, tr. from Oriya)
  • 2009 – Ujjal SinghaMitro Marjani (novel of Krishna Sovti, tr. from Hindi) [50][60]
  • 2010 – Shyamal Bhattacharya[61]Kumari Harinir Chokh (short stories, tr. from Punjabi)
  • 2011 – Jagat Debnath[62]Raghaber Din Rat (novel, tr. from Marathi)
  • 2012 – Oinam Nilkantha Singh[53]Bristi Ar Holo Na (short story, tr. from Manipuri)
  • 2013 – Soma Bandyopadhyay[63]Gathanbad, Uttar-Gathanbad Ebang Prachya Kavyatattva (literary criticism, tr. from Urdu)
  • 2014 – Binay Kumar Mahata[63]Ei Prithibi Paglagarad (novel, tr. from Maithili)
  • 2015 – Mau Das Gupta[63]Anamdaser Puthi (novel, tr. from Hindi)
  • 2016 - Gita Chaudhuri[63]Satyer Anwesan (Gandhi's autobiography, tr. from Gujarati)
  • 2017 - (Late) Utpal Kumar Basu[63]Kebal Atmai Jane Kibhabe Gan Gaite Hay: Nirbachita Kabita (poetry, tr. from English)
  • 2018 - Mabinul Haq - Lep O Anyanyo Galpo (short stories, tr from Urdu)

(Note: when this article was created in 2007, the list of awardees in various categories was taken from the official site of the Sahitya Akademi. The site has since been revamped and currently does not show any list of awardees; instead it shows a search option for awardees with specified search parameters. For the old version of the site, click here. It gives details about the main awards up to 2007 and translation prizes up to 2005.)


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