Sahitya Akademi Award

E115303
literary award

The Sahitya Akademi Award is one of India’s most prestigious literary honors, presented annually to writers for outstanding works in the country’s various recognized languages.

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Label Occurrences
Sahitya Akademi Award canonical 31
Sahitya Akademi Award for Bengali 2
Sahitya Akademi Award for Punjabi 1

Statements (56)

Predicate Object
instanceOf literary award ⓘ
administeredBy Sahitya Akademi ⓘ
awardedFor contribution to Indian literature ⓘ
outstanding literary merit ⓘ
awardedIn Assamese ⓘ
Bengali ⓘ
Bodo ⓘ
Dogri ⓘ
English ⓘ
English translation ⓘ
Gujarati ⓘ
Hindi ⓘ
Kannada ⓘ
Kashmiri ⓘ
Konkani ⓘ
Maithili ⓘ
Malayalam ⓘ
Manipuri ⓘ
Marathi ⓘ
Nepali ⓘ
Odia ⓘ
Punjabi language ⓘ
surface form: Punjabi

Rajasthani ⓘ
Hindi ⓘ
surface form: Rajbhasha (Hindi)

Sanskrit ⓘ
Santhali ⓘ
surface form: Santali

Sindhi ⓘ
Tamil ⓘ
Telugu ⓘ
Urdu language ⓘ
surface form: Urdu
basedIn New Delhi, India ⓘ
surface form: New Delhi
category biography and autobiography ⓘ
drama ⓘ
essays ⓘ
literary criticism ⓘ
memoir ⓘ
novel ⓘ
plays ⓘ
poetry ⓘ
short stories ⓘ
travelogue ⓘ
country India ⓘ
field literature ⓘ
frequency annual ⓘ
hasComponent cash prize ⓘ
citation ⓘ
plaque ⓘ
inception 1954 ⓘ
notableFor recognizing works in 24 Indian languages ⓘ
partOf programs of Sahitya Akademi ⓘ
presentedBy Sahitya Akademi ⓘ
purpose recognition of outstanding literary works ⓘ
selectionProcess final approval by Sahitya Akademi executive board ⓘ
recommendation by expert committees ⓘ
sponsor Government of India ⓘ
status one of the most prestigious literary awards in India ⓘ

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Nabaneeta Dev Sen → awardReceived → Sahitya Akademi Award ⓘ
Punjabi literature → hasAward → Sahitya Akademi Award ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sahitya Akademi Award for Punjabi
Vishnu Vaman Shirwadkar (Kusumagraj) → awardReceived → Sahitya Akademi Award ⓘ
subject surface form: Vishnu Vaman Shirwadkar
P. L. Deshpande → awardReceived → Sahitya Akademi Award ⓘ
Bengali literature → hasMajorAward → Sahitya Akademi Award ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sahitya Akademi Award for Bengali
Sahitya Akademi Award for Kannada → partOf → Sahitya Akademi Award ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sahitya Akademi Awards
S. L. Bhyrappa → awardReceived → Sahitya Akademi Award ⓘ
S. L. Bhyrappa → awardReceived → Sahitya Akademi Award ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sahitya Akademi Fellowship
Kuvempu → awardReceived → Sahitya Akademi Award ⓘ
Shivarama Karanth → awardReceived → Sahitya Akademi Award ⓘ
Bendre → awardReceived → Sahitya Akademi Award ⓘ
U. R. Ananthamurthy → awardReceived → Sahitya Akademi Award ⓘ
Anita Desai → awardReceived → Sahitya Akademi Award ⓘ
Rajaji → awardReceived → Sahitya Akademi Award ⓘ
Bhai Vir Singh → awardReceived → Sahitya Akademi Award ⓘ
Amrita Pritam → awardReceived → Sahitya Akademi Award ⓘ
Shiv Kumar Batalvi → awardReceived → Sahitya Akademi Award ⓘ
Jnanpith Award → relatedTo → Sahitya Akademi Award ⓘ
Gurdial Singh → awardReceived → Sahitya Akademi Award ⓘ
Kusumagraj → awardReceived → Sahitya Akademi Award ⓘ
Pu La Deshpande → awardReceived → Sahitya Akademi Award ⓘ
Sahitya Akademi → sponsors → Sahitya Akademi Award ⓘ
Mahasweta Devi → awardReceived → Sahitya Akademi Award ⓘ
Shakti Chattopadhyay → awardReceived → Sahitya Akademi Award ⓘ
Shakti Chattopadhyay → awardReceived → Sahitya Akademi Award ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sahitya Akademi Award for Bengali
Sunil Gangopadhyay → awardReceived → Sahitya Akademi Award ⓘ
Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay → awardReceived → Sahitya Akademi Award ⓘ
Javed Akhtar → awardReceived → Sahitya Akademi Award ⓘ
Sarvepalli Gopal → awardReceived → Sahitya Akademi Award ⓘ
D. R. Bendre → awardReceived → Sahitya Akademi Award ⓘ
Girish Karnad → awardReceived → Sahitya Akademi Award ⓘ
Bhyrappa → awardReceived → Sahitya Akademi Award ⓘ
subject surface form: S. L. Bhyrappa
President of Sahitya Akademi → associatedWithAward → Sahitya Akademi Award ⓘ
Kuppali Venkatappa Puttappa → awardReceived → Sahitya Akademi Award ⓘ
Chandrashekhara Kambara → awardReceived → Sahitya Akademi Award ⓘ
Buddhadeva Bose → awardReceived → Sahitya Akademi Award ⓘ