Sahitya Akademi Translation Award
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The Sahitya Akademi Translation Award is an annual Indian literary honor recognizing outstanding translations of works into the 24 recognized Indian languages.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Sahitya Akademi Translation Award canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7121892 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sahitya Akademi Translation Award Context triple: [Sahitya Akademi, sponsors, Sahitya Akademi Translation Award]
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A.
Tagore Literacy Prize
The Tagore Literacy Prize is a literary award that honors outstanding works and contributions promoting literature, education, and social change in the spirit of Rabindranath Tagore.
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B.
Sahitya Akademi 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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C.
PEN/Ralph Manheim Medal for Translation
The PEN/Ralph Manheim Medal for Translation is a prestigious literary honor awarded by PEN America to recognize a translator’s lifetime achievement and outstanding contribution to the art of literary translation.
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D.
Sahitya Akademi Fellowship
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.
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E.
PEN Award for Poetry in Translation
The PEN Award for Poetry in Translation is a literary prize that honors outstanding translations of poetry into English, recognizing both the translator’s craft and the work’s contribution to international literary exchange.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sahitya Akademi Translation Award Target entity description: The Sahitya Akademi Translation Award is an annual Indian literary honor recognizing outstanding translations of works into the 24 recognized Indian languages.
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A.
Tagore Literacy Prize
The Tagore Literacy Prize is a literary award that honors outstanding works and contributions promoting literature, education, and social change in the spirit of Rabindranath Tagore.
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B.
Sahitya Akademi 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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C.
PEN/Ralph Manheim Medal for Translation
The PEN/Ralph Manheim Medal for Translation is a prestigious literary honor awarded by PEN America to recognize a translator’s lifetime achievement and outstanding contribution to the art of literary translation.
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D.
Sahitya Akademi Fellowship
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.
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E.
PEN Award for Poetry in Translation
The PEN Award for Poetry in Translation is a literary prize that honors outstanding translations of poetry into English, recognizing both the translator’s craft and the work’s contribution to international literary exchange.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literary award
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translation award ⓘ |
| administeredBy | Sahitya Akademi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Sahitya Akademi Prize for Translation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardingBody | Sahitya Akademi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedIn | New Delhi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | India ⓘ |
| eligibility |
authors of translated works
ⓘ
translators ⓘ |
| field | literature ⓘ |
| frequency | annual ⓘ |
| genre | all literary genres ⓘ |
| hasPart |
cash prize
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citation ⓘ |
| inception | 1989 ⓘ |
| languagesRecognized |
Assamese
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Bengali ⓘ Bodo NERFINISHED ⓘ Dogri NERFINISHED ⓘ English ⓘ Gujarati NERFINISHED ⓘ Hindi NERFINISHED ⓘ Kannada NERFINISHED ⓘ Kashmiri NERFINISHED ⓘ Konkani NERFINISHED ⓘ Maithili NERFINISHED ⓘ Malayalam ⓘ Manipuri ⓘ Marathi NERFINISHED ⓘ Nepali NERFINISHED ⓘ Odia NERFINISHED ⓘ Punjabi NERFINISHED ⓘ Rajasthani NERFINISHED ⓘ Sanskrit NERFINISHED ⓘ Santali NERFINISHED ⓘ Sindhi ⓘ Tamil NERFINISHED ⓘ Telugu NERFINISHED ⓘ Urdu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfLanguages | 24 ⓘ |
| objective |
to encourage high-quality translation in India
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to promote literary exchange among Indian languages ⓘ |
| presentedBy | Sahitya Akademi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| purpose | to recognize outstanding translations of literary works ⓘ |
| region | India NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Sahitya Akademi Award
NERFINISHED
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Sahitya Akademi Bal Sahitya Puraskar NERFINISHED ⓘ Sahitya Akademi Yuva Puraskar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| scope | translations into Indian languages ⓘ |
| sponsor | Sahitya Akademi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Subject: Sahitya Akademi Translation Award Description of subject: The Sahitya Akademi Translation Award is an annual Indian literary honor recognizing outstanding translations of works into the 24 recognized Indian languages.
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