Sahitya Akademi Award 1966 Winners List

Sahitya Akademi Award 1966
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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 1966

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 1966 Winners List

This Winners List features 11 winners of the Sahitya Akademi Award 1966, in 1966.

Image Year Winner Name Gender Book Name Book Type Language
Dr. Venkatarama Raghavan 1966
Dr. Venkatarama Raghavan
Also won: Padma Bhushan (1962)
male Bhoja\'s Sringara Prakasa Aesthetics Sanskrit
Jainendra Kumar Jain 1966
Jainendra Kumar Jain
Also won: Padma Bhushan (1971)
male Muktibodh Novelette Hindi
Ambikagiri Raichoudhury 1966
Ambikagiri Raichoudhury
male Bedanar Ulka Poetry Assamese
Manoj Basu 1966
Manoj Basu
male Nishi-Kutumba Novel Bengali
Purohita Thirunarayanaiyengar Narasimhachar 1966
Purohita Thirunarayanaiyengar Narasimhachar
Also won: Pampa Award (1991)
male Hamsa Damayanti Mattu Itara Rupakagalu Musical plays Kannada
K. M. Kuttikrishna Marar 1966
K. M. Kuttikrishna Marar
male Kala Jeevitham Thanne Essays Malayalam
Yashodhar Jha 1966
Yashodhar Jha
male Mithila-Baibhav Philosophical treatise Maithili
Tryambak Shankar Shejwalkar 1966
Tryambak Shankar Shejwalkar
male Shri Shiv Chhatrapati Historical research Marathi
Godabarish Mohapatra 1966
Godabarish Mohapatra
male Banka O Sidha Poetry Odia
Lekhraj Kishinchand `Aziz' 1966
Lekhraj Kishinchand `Aziz'
male Surahi Poetry Sindhi
Mylai Ponnuswamy Sivagnanam 1966
Mylai Ponnuswamy Sivagnanam
male Vallalar Kanda Orumaippaadu Biography Tamil

Sahitya Akademi Award 1966 Award Chart by Gender

This chart groups 11 Sahitya Akademi Award 1966 winners by Gender, across 1 distinct entry — male leads with 11 wins.

Sahitya Akademi Award 1966 Award Chart by Book Type

This chart groups 11 Sahitya Akademi Award 1966 winners by Book Type, across 9 distinct entries — Poetry leads with 3 wins.

Sahitya Akademi Award 1966 Award Chart by Language

This chart groups 11 Sahitya Akademi Award 1966 winners by Language, across 11 distinct entries — Sanskrit leads with 1 win.

Sahitya Akademi Award 1966 Award FAQs

The Sahitya Akademi Award 1966 covers Sahitya Akademi Award winners from 1966.

The Sahitya Akademi Award 1966 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 1966 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 1966 is associated with India.
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