Sahitya Akademi Award 1979 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 1979

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 1979 Winners List

This Winners List features 22 winners of the Sahitya Akademi Award 1979, in 1979.

Year	Winner Name	Gender	Book Name	Book Type	Language

1979	Bhaben Barua	male	Sonali Jahaj	Poetry	Assamese
1979	Mahasweta Devi Also won: Padma Vibhushan (2006) , Ramon Magsaysay Award (1997) , Jnanpith Award (1996)	female	Aranyer Adhikar	Novel	Bengali
1979	O.P. Sharma `Sarathi’	male	Nanga Rukh	Novel	Dogri
1979	Rama Mehta	female	Inside the Haveli	Novel	English
1979	Jagdish Joshi	male	Vamal Na Van	Poetry	Gujarati
1979	Sudama Panday 'Dhoomil'	male	Kal Sunana Mujhe	Poetry	Hindi
1979	Akkihebbalu Narasimha Murthy Rao Also won: Pampa Award (1992)	male	Chitragalu Patragalu	Reminiscences	Kannada
1979	Marghoob Banihali	male	Partavistan	Poetry	Kashmiri
1979	Raghunath Vishnu Pandit	male	Dorya Gazota	Poetry	Konkani
1979	N. V. Krishna Warrier	male	Vallatholinte Kavyasilpam	Literary criticism	Malayalam
1979	M. K. Binodini Devi	female	Boro Saheb Ongbi Sanatombi	Novel	Manipuri (Meitei)
1979	Tantranath Jha	male	Krishna-charit	Poetry	Maithili
1979	Sharchchandra Muktibodh	male	Srushti, Saundarya Ani Sahityamulya	Literary criticism	Marathi
1979	Guman Singh Chamling	male	Maulo	Essays	Nepali
1979	Kunjabihari Das	male	Mo Kahani	Autobiography	Odia
1979	Jaswant Singh Neki	male	Karuna Di Chho Ton Magron	Poetry	Punjabi
1979	Dr. Chandra Prakash Deval	male	Paagi	Poetry	Rajasthani
1979	Kudiyirikkal Narayanan Ezhuthachan	male	keralodayaḥ	Epic	Sanskrit
1979	Hari Daryani `Dilgir'	male	Pal Pal Jo Parlao	Poetry	Sindhi
1979	Thi. Janakiraman	male	Sakthi Vaithiyam	Short stories	Tamil
1979	P. Narayanacharya	male	Janapriya Ramayanamu	Poetry	Telugu
1979	Gulam Rabbani Taban	male	Nawa-e-Awara	Poetry	Urdu