Sahitya Akademi Fellowship
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The Sahitya Akademi Fellowship is the highest honor conferred by India’s National Academy of Letters to distinguished writers for their outstanding contribution to literature.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sahitya Akademi Fellowship canonical | 5 |
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fellowship
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literary award ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Akademi Fellowship
NERFINISHED
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Sahitya Akademi Honorary Fellowship NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardedFor |
lifetime achievement in literature
ⓘ
outstanding literary contribution ⓘ |
| category | civilian literary honor in India ⓘ |
| conferringBody | India’s National Academy of Letters NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | India ⓘ |
| distinctionFrom | Sahitya Akademi Award NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| eligibility |
distinguished writers
ⓘ
writers with outstanding contribution to Indian literature ⓘ |
| field | literature ⓘ |
| firstConferred | 1968 ⓘ |
| firstRecipients |
C. Rajagopalachari
NERFINISHED
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Dr. S. Radhakrishnan NERFINISHED ⓘ Dr. Zakir Husain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inceptionYear | 1968 ⓘ |
| includesLanguages |
Assamese
ⓘ
Bengali NERFINISHED ⓘ Bodo NERFINISHED ⓘ Dogri NERFINISHED ⓘ English ⓘ Gujarati ⓘ Hindi ⓘ Kannada ⓘ Kashmiri ⓘ Konkani NERFINISHED ⓘ Maithili ⓘ Malayalam ⓘ Manipuri NERFINISHED ⓘ Marathi ⓘ Nepali ⓘ Odia ⓘ Punjabi NERFINISHED ⓘ Rajasthani NERFINISHED ⓘ Sanskrit ⓘ Santali NERFINISHED ⓘ Sindhi NERFINISHED ⓘ Tamil NERFINISHED ⓘ Telugu NERFINISHED ⓘ Urdu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isHighestAwardOf | Sahitya Akademi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| maximumNumberOfLivingFellows | 21 ⓘ |
| presentedBy | Sahitya Akademi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| purpose |
to honor distinguished writers
ⓘ
to recognize outstanding contribution to literature ⓘ |
| relativeRank | higher than Sahitya Akademi Award ⓘ |
| scope | Indian literature in various languages ⓘ |
| selectionProcess | elected by the General Council of Sahitya Akademi ⓘ |
| status | active ⓘ |
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
S. L. Bhyrappa