Sahitya Akademi Award 1961 Winners List

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Name	Sahitya Akademi Award
Type	Literary Awards
Award For	Promotion of Literature
Award By	Goverment of India
First	1954
Last	2026
Status	Active
Country	India

About Sahitya Akademi Award 1961

The Sahitya Akademi Award is one of India’s most prestigious literary honors, presented annually by the Sahitya Akademi. Established in 1954, it recognizes outstanding books of literary merit in 24 Indian languages, including English. The award celebrates excellence across genres such as poetry, novels, short stories, and criticism, promoting cultural diversity and linguistic heritage while encouraging writers to contribute significantly to Indian literature.

Sahitya Akademi Award 1961 Winners List

This Winners List features 13 winners of the Sahitya Akademi Award 1961, in 1961.

Year	Winner Name	Gender	Book Name	Book Type	Language

1961	Bhagwati Charan Verma Also won: Padma Bhushan (1971)	male	Bhoole Bisre Chitra	Novel	Hindi
1961	Birendra Kumar Bhattacharya Also won: Jnanpith Award (1979)	male	Iyaruingam	Novel	Assamese
1961	Sashi Bhushan Dasgupta	male	Bharater Sakti-Sadhana O Sakta Sahitya	A Study of the Shakta-sect	Bengali
1961	Ramsinhji Rathod	male	Kutch nu Sanskritdarshan	Cultural survey	Gujarati
1961	Ambale Ramakrishna Krishnashastry	male	Bengali Kadambarikara Bankim Chandra	A critical study	Kannada
1961	Rehman Rahi Also won: Jnanpith Award (2004)	male	Nauroz-i-Saba	Poetry	Kashmiri
1961	D. N. Gokhale	male	Dr. Ketkar	Biography	Marathi
1961	Godabarish Misra	male	Ardhasatabdir Odisa O Tanhire Mo Sthan	Autobiography	Odia
1961	Nanak Singh	male	Ik Miyan Do Talwaran	Novel	Punjabi
1961	Giridhar Sharma Chaturvedi	male	Vaidika vijñāna aura bhāratīya saṃskṛti	Research	Sanskrit
1961	Mu. Varadarajan	male	Agal Vilakku	Novel	Tamil
1961	Balantrapu Rajanikanta Rao	male	Andhra Vaggeyakara Charitramu	History of Telugu composers and songwriters	Telugu
1961	Imtiaz Ali 'Arshi'	male	Diwan-i-Ghalib	A critical edition of Ghalib\'s poetry	Urdu