The 2024 Sahitya Akademi Awards have been announced, recognizing 21 writers and poets from various Indian languages. These awards honor exceptional works in categories like novels, poetry, short stories, essays, plays, and literary criticism.
Hindi poet Gagan Gill received an award for her poetry book Main Jab Tak Aai Bahar, while English author Easterine Kire was honored for her novel Spirit Nights.
Sahitya Akademi Awards 2024
The winners included works from various categories: eight poetry collections, three novels, two short story collections, three essays, three literary criticism pieces, one play, and one research work.
Aron Raja's book Swrni Thakhai, written in Bodo, won in the novel category. Winners in the short tale category included Hundraj Balwani's Purzo (Sindhi) and Yuva Baral's Chhichimira (Nepali).
Sahitya Akademi Awards 2024: Category-Wise Winner List
Check the table below to know the names of the winners of the Sahitya Akademi Awards 2024:
| Category | Language | Winner | Work Title |
| Poetry | Hindi | Gagan Gill | Main Jab Tak Aai Bahar |
| Punjabi | Paul Kaur | Sun Gunvanta Sun Budhivanta: Itihaasnama Punjab | |
| Malayalam | K Jayakumar | - | |
| Manipuri | Haobam Satyabati Devi | - | |
| Gujarati | Dileep Jhaveri | - | |
| Assamese | Sameer Tanti | - | |
| Rajasthani | Mukut Maniraj | - | |
| Sanskrit | Dipak Kumar Sharma | - | |
| Novel | English | Easterine Kire | Spirit Nights |
| Kashmiri | Sohan Kaul | Psychiatric Ward | |
| Bodo | Aron Raja | Swrni Thakhai | |
| Short Stories | Nepali | Yuva Baral | Chhichimira |
| Sindhi | Hundraj Balwani | Purzo | |
| Essay | Konkani | Mukesh Thali | - |
| Maithili | Mahendra Malangia | - | |
| Odia | Baishnab Charan Samai | - | |
| Play | Santali | Maheshwar Sorn | Seched Sawnta Ren Andha Manmi |
| Research | Tamil | AR Venkatachalapathy | - |
| Literary Criticism | Kannada | KV Narayana | - |
| Marathi | Sudhir Rasal | - | |
| Telugu | Penugonda Lakshminarayana | - |
Madhav Kaushik, the president of the Sahitya Akademi, announced the awards. The awards were authorized by the executive board of the Academy. Books that qualified for the Awards had to be released between January 1, 2018, and December 31, 2022.
The winners will be presented with a plaque, a shawl, and Rs 1 lakh on March 8, 2025. The awards for Bengali, Dogri, and Urdu will be announced at a later date.
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