Sahitya Akademi Awards 2019 (Winners List)

Established in 1954, the award comprises a plaque and a cash prize of Rs.1,00,000. The award’s purpose is to recognize and promote excellence in Indian writing and also acknowledge new trends. The annual process of selecting awardees runs for the preceding twelve months. The plaque awarded by the Sahitya Akademi was designed by the Indian film-maker Satyajit Ray.

Sahitya Akademi Awards 2019: Winners List

Language	Title & Genre	Author
Assamese	Chanakya (Novel)	Joysree Goswami Mahanta
Bengali	Ghumer Darja Thele (Essays)	Chinmoy Guha
Bodo	Akhai Athumniphrai (Poetry)	Phukan Ch. Basumatary
Dogri	Bandralta Darpan (Essays)	Om Sharma Jandriari
English	An Era of Darkness (Non-Fiction)	Shashi Tharoor
Gujarati	Mojma Revu Re (Essays)	Ratilal Borisagar
Hindi	Chheelate Hue Apne Ko (Potery)	Nand Kishore Acharya
Kannada	Kudi Esaru (Autobiography)	Vijaya
Kashmiri	Akh Yaad Akh Qayamat (Short Stories)	Abdul AhadHajini
Konkani	The Words (Potery)	Nilba A Khandekar
Maithili	Jingik Oriaon Kariat (Poetry)	Kumar Manish Arvind
Malayalam	Achan Piranna Veedu (Poetry)	V Madhusoodanan Nair
Manipuri	EiAmadi Adungeigi Eethat (Novel)	L Birmangol Singh (Beryl Thanga)
Odia	Bhaswati (Short Stories)	Tarun Kanti Mishra
Punjabi	Antheen (Short Stories)	Kirpal Kazak
Rajasthani	BareekBaat (Short Stories)	Ramswaroop Kisan
Sanskrit	Prajnachakshusham (Poetry)	Penna Madhusudan
Santali	Sisirkali (Short Stories)	Kali Charan Hembram
Sindhi	Jeejal (Short Stories)	Ishwar Moorjani
Tamil	Sool (Novel)	Cho Dharman
Telugu	Septabhoomi (Novel)	Bandi Narayana Swamy
Urdu	Sawaneh-E-Sir Syed: Ek Bazadeed (Biography)	Shafey Kidwai

PRESS RELEASE: Sahitya Akademi announced its annual Sahitya Akademi Award – 2019 in 23 languages. (Awarded Books)