Sahitya Akademi Award 1968 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 1968

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 1968 Winners List

This Winners List features 10 winners of the Sahitya Akademi Award 1968, in 1968.

Image	Year	Winner Name	Gender	Book Name	Book Type	Language

	1968	Dr. Harivansh Rai Bachchan Also won: Padma Bhushan (1976) , Saraswati Samman (1991)	male	Do Chattanen	Poetry	Hindi
$Tribhuvandas Purushottamdas Luhar \'Sundaram\'$	1968	Tribhuvandas Purushottamdas Luhar \'Sundaram\' Also won: Padma Bhushan (1985)	male	Avalokana	Literary reviews	Gujarati
	1968	Nalinibala Devi	female	Alakananda	Poetry	Assamese
	1968	Masti Venkatesha Iyengar Also won: Jnanpith Award (1983)	male	Sannakathegalu (12-13)	Short stories	Kannada
	1968	‘Yatri’ (Vaidyanath Mishra)	male	Patrahin Nagna Gachh	Poetry	Maithili
	1968	Irawati Karve	female	Yugant	Play	Marathi
	1968	Kulwant Singh Virk	male	Naven Lok	Short Stories	Punjabi
	1968	Satyavrat Shastri	male	śrīgurugovindasiṃhacaritam	Poetry	Sanskrit
	1968	Kalyan B. Advani	male	Shah Jo Rasalo (Mujamil)	Evaluation	Sindhi
	1968	A. Srinivasa Raghavan	male	Vellai Paravai	Poetry	Tamil