Sahitya Akademi Award
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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.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sahitya Akademi Award canonical | 31 |
| Sahitya Akademi Award for Bengali | 2 |
| Sahitya Akademi Award for Punjabi | 1 |
| Sahitya Akademi Awards | 1 |
| Sahitya Akademi Fellowship | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T972679 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sahitya Akademi Award Context triple: [Nabaneeta Dev Sen, awardReceived, Sahitya Akademi Award]
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A.
Pampa Award
The Pampa Award is a prestigious literary honor presented by the Karnataka government to recognize outstanding contributions to Kannada literature.
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B.
Sahitya Akademi Award for Kannada
The Sahitya Akademi Award for Kannada is a prestigious annual Indian literary honor presented by the Sahitya Akademi to outstanding works in the Kannada language.
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C.
Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavana Award
The Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavana Award is an Indian honor presented annually to individuals or organizations for outstanding contributions to promoting communal harmony, national integration, and peace.
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D.
Indira Gandhi Prize
The Indira Gandhi Prize is an international award presented annually by the Indian government to honor outstanding contributions to peace, disarmament, and development.
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E.
Padma awards
The Padma awards are among India’s highest civilian honors, recognizing exceptional contributions in various fields such as arts, literature, science, public service, and social work.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sahitya Akademi Award Target entity description: 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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A.
Pampa Award
The Pampa Award is a prestigious literary honor presented by the Karnataka government to recognize outstanding contributions to Kannada literature.
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B.
Sahitya Akademi Award for Kannada
The Sahitya Akademi Award for Kannada is a prestigious annual Indian literary honor presented by the Sahitya Akademi to outstanding works in the Kannada language.
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C.
Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavana Award
The Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavana Award is an Indian honor presented annually to individuals or organizations for outstanding contributions to promoting communal harmony, national integration, and peace.
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D.
Indira Gandhi Prize
The Indira Gandhi Prize is an international award presented annually by the Indian government to honor outstanding contributions to peace, disarmament, and development.
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E.
Padma awards
The Padma awards are among India’s highest civilian honors, recognizing exceptional contributions in various fields such as arts, literature, science, public service, and social work.
- F. None of above. chosen
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 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Sahitya Akademi Award Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (36)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Sahitya Akademi Award for Punjabi
subject surface form:
Vishnu Vaman Shirwadkar
this entity surface form:
Sahitya Akademi Award for Bengali
this entity surface form:
Sahitya Akademi Awards
this entity surface form:
Sahitya Akademi Fellowship
this entity surface form:
Sahitya Akademi Award for Bengali
subject surface form:
S. L. Bhyrappa