Sahitya Akademi Award 1963 Winners List

Sahitya Akademi Award 1963
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Published Sep 19, 2026 Updated Sep 19, 2026 1 min read
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 1963

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 1963 Winners List

This Winners List features 9 winners of the Sahitya Akademi Award 1963, in 1963.

Image Year Winner Name Gender Book Name Book Type Language
Govinda Kurup Shankara Kurup 1963
Govinda Kurup Shankara Kurup
Also won: Padma Bhushan (1968) , Jnanpith Award (1965)
male Viswadarsanam Poetry Malayalam
Dr. Khwaja Ghulam Saiyidain 1963
Dr. Khwaja Ghulam Saiyidain
Also won: Padma Bhushan (1967)
male Aandhi Mein Chiragh Sketches Urdu
Amiya Chakravarty 1963
Amiya Chakravarty
male Ghare Pherar Din Poetry Bengali
Rajendra Shah 1963
Rajendra Shah
Also won: Jnanpith Award (2001)
male Shant Kolahal Poetry Gujarati
Amrit Rai 1963
Amrit Rai
male Premchand: Kalam Ka Sipahi Biography Hindi
Shripad Narayan Pendse 1963
Shripad Narayan Pendse
male Rathachakra Novel Marathi
Bhavani Narayanrao Krishnamurti Sharma 1963
Bhavani Narayanrao Krishnamurti Sharma
male History of the Dvaita School of Vedanta and its Literature Research Sanskrit
Akilan 1963
Akilan
male Vengaiyin Maindhan Historic novel Tamil
Tripuraneni Gopichand 1963
Tripuraneni Gopichand
male Panditha Parameswara Sastry Veelunama Novel Telugu

Sahitya Akademi Award 1963 Award Chart by Gender

This chart groups 9 Sahitya Akademi Award 1963 winners by Gender, across 1 distinct entry — male leads with 9 wins.

Sahitya Akademi Award 1963 Award Chart by Book Type

This chart groups 9 Sahitya Akademi Award 1963 winners by Book Type, across 6 distinct entries — Poetry leads with 3 wins.

Sahitya Akademi Award 1963 Award Chart by Language

This chart groups 9 Sahitya Akademi Award 1963 winners by Language, across 9 distinct entries — Malayalam leads with 1 win.

Sahitya Akademi Award 1963 Award FAQs

The Sahitya Akademi Award 1963 covers Sahitya Akademi Award winners from 1963.

The Sahitya Akademi Award 1963 is part of the Sahitya Akademi Award, a Literary Awards award.

The Sahitya Akademi Award is awarded for Promotion of Literature.

The Sahitya Akademi Award 1963 is presented by Goverment of India.

The Sahitya Akademi Award was first awarded in 1954.

The most recent Sahitya Akademi Award was awarded in 2026.

Yes, the Sahitya Akademi Award is currently active.

The Sahitya Akademi Award 1963 is associated with India.
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