Sahitya Akademi Award 1976 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 1976

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 1976 Winners List

This Winners List features 17 winners of the Sahitya Akademi Award 1976, in 1976.

Year	Winner Name	Gender	Book Name	Book Type	Language

1976	Yashpal Also won: Padma Bhushan (1970)	male	Meri Teri Uski Baat	Novel	Hindi
1976	Dr. Sarvepalli Gopal Also won: Padma Vibhushan (1999)	male	Jawaharlal Nehru	Biography	English
1976	Bhabendra Nath Saikia	male	Srinkhal	Short stories	Assamese
1976	Maitreyi Devi	female	Na Hanyate	Novel	Bengali
1976	Ram Nath Shastri	male	Badnami Di Chhan	Short stories	Dogri
1976	Natwarlal Pandya 'Ushnas'	male	Ashwattha	Poetry	Gujarati
1976	M. Shivaram	male	Mana Manthana	Psychiatric studies	Kannada
1976	Pushkar Bhan	male	Machaama	Plays	Kashmiri
1976	Cherukadu (Cherukad Govinda Pisharodi)	male	Jeevithappatha	Autobiography	Malayalam
1976	L. Samarendra Singh	male	Mamang Leikai Thambal Shatle	Poetry	Manipuri (Meitei)
1976	Vaidyanath Mallik ‘Vidhu’	male	Sitayana	Epic	Maithili
1976	Gopal Nilkanth Dandekar	male	Smarangatha	Autobiographical Novel	Marathi
1976	Kishori Charan Das	male	Thakura Ghara	Short Stories	Odia
1976	Narenderpal Singh	male	Ba Mulahaza Hoshiar	Novel	Punjabi
1976	Kanhaiyalal Sethia Also won: Moortidevi Award (1986)	male	Leeltans	Poetry	Rajasthani
1976	Laxman Bhatia `Komal'	male	Jee-a-Jharoko	Poetry	Sindhi
1976	Jan Nisar Akhtar	male	Khak-e-Dil	Poetry	Urdu