Sahitya Akademi Award 1980 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 1980

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 1980 Winners List

This Winners List features 19 winners of the Sahitya Akademi Award 1980, in 1980.

Year	Winner Name	Gender	Book Name	Book Type	Language

1980	Mangesh Padgaonkar Also won: Padma Bhushan (2013)	male	Salaam	Poetry	Marathi
1980	Jogesh Das	male	Prithibir Axukh	Short stories	Assamese
1980	Samaresh Basu `Kalkut'	male	Shambo	Novel	Bengali
1980	Kunwar Viyogi	male	Ghar	Poetry	Dogri
1980	K. R. Srinivasa Iyengar	male	On the Mother	Biography	English
1980	Jayant Pathak	male	Anunaya	Poetry	Gujarati
1980	Krishna Sobti Also won: Jnanpith Award (2017)	female	Zindaginama - Zinda Rukh	Novel	Hindi
1980	Gorur Ramaswamy Iyengar	male	Americadalli Goruru	Travelogue	Kannada
1980	Manohar Rai Sardesai	male	Pissolim	Poetry	Konkani
1980	Punathil Kunhabdulla	male	Smaraka Silakal	Novel	Malayalam
1980	Sudhanshu Shekhar Chaudhary	male	Ee Bataha Sansar	Novel	Maithili
1980	Okima Gwyn	male	Sunakhari	Novel	Nepali
1980	Ananta Patnaik	male	Abantar	Poetry	Odia
1980	Sukhpal Vir Singh Hasrat	male	Suraj Te Kehkashan	Poetry	Punjabi
1980	Rameshwar Dayal Shrimali	male	Mharo Gaon	Poetry	Rajasthani
1980	Plakkiyil Chacko Devassia	male	Kristubhagavatam	Epic	Sanskrit
1980	Krishin Khatwani	male	Yad Hika Pyar Ji	Novel	Sindhi
1980	Kannadasan	male	Cheraman Kadali	Novel	Tamil
1980	Asloob Ahmad Ansari	male	Iqbal Ki Terah Nazmen	Literary criticism	Urdu