Sahitya Akademi Award 1964 Winners List

Sahitya Akademi Award 1964
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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 1964

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 1964 Winners List

This Winners List features 14 winners of the Sahitya Akademi Award 1964, in 1964.

Image Year Winner Name Gender Book Name Book Type Language
Dr. Nilakantha Das 1964
Dr. Nilakantha Das
Also won: Padma Bhushan (1960)
male Atmajibani Autobiography Odia
Gurram Joshuva 1964
Gurram Joshuva
Also won: Padma Bhushan (1970)
male Kreestu Charitra Poetry Telugu
Raja Rao 1964
Raja Rao
Also won: Padma Bhushan (1969) , Padma Vibhushan (2007)
male The Serpent and the Rope Novel English
Pt. Gopinath Kaviraj 1964
Pt. Gopinath Kaviraj
Also won: Padma Vibhushan (1964)
male Tāṃtrika vāṅmaya meṃ śākta dṛṣṭi Treatise Sanskrit
Birinchi Kumar Barua 1964
Birinchi Kumar Barua
male Asamar Loka Sanskriti Study in folk culture Assamese
Subhas Mukhopadhyay (poet) 1964
Subhas Mukhopadhyay (poet)
male Jato Durei Jai Poetry Bengali
Dolarrai R. Mankad 1964
Dolarrai R. Mankad
male Naivedya Essays Gujarati
Sachchidananda Hirananda Vatsyayan "Agyeya" 1964
Sachchidananda Hirananda Vatsyayan "Agyeya"
Also won: Jnanpith Award (1978)
male Angan Ke Par Dwar Poetry Hindi
B. Puttaswamayya 1964
B. Puttaswamayya
male Kranti-Kalyana Novel Kannada
P. Kesava Dev 1964
P. Kesava Dev
male Ayalkkar Novel Malayalam
Ranjit Desai 1964
Ranjit Desai
male Swami Novel Marathi
Prabhjot Kaur 1964
Prabhjot Kaur
female Pabbi Poetry Punjabi
Ram Punjwani 1964
Ram Punjwani
male Anokha Azmooda Reminiscences Sindhi
Anand Narain Mulla 1964
Anand Narain Mulla
male Meri Hadis-e-Umr-e-Gurezan Poetry Urdu

Sahitya Akademi Award 1964 Award Chart by Gender

This chart groups 14 Sahitya Akademi Award 1964 winners by Gender, across 2 distinct entries — male leads with 13 wins.

Sahitya Akademi Award 1964 Award Chart by Book Type

This chart groups 14 Sahitya Akademi Award 1964 winners by Book Type, across 7 distinct entries — Poetry leads with 5 wins.

Sahitya Akademi Award 1964 Award Chart by Language

This chart groups 14 Sahitya Akademi Award 1964 winners by Language, across 14 distinct entries — Odia leads with 1 win.

Sahitya Akademi Award 1964 Award FAQs

The Sahitya Akademi Award 1964 covers Sahitya Akademi Award winners from 1964.

The Sahitya Akademi Award 1964 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 1964 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 1964 is associated with India.
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