Sahitya Akademi Award 1984 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 1984

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 1984 Winners List

This Winners List features 22 winners of the Sahitya Akademi Award 1984, in 1984.

Year	Winner Name	Gender	Book Name	Book Type	Language

1984	Debendra Nath Acharya	male	Jangam	Novel	Assamese
1984	Samaresh Majumdar	male	Kalbela	Novel	Bengali
1984	Shiv Ram `Deep’	male	Gamlen De Cactus	Poetry	Dogri
1984	Keki N. Daruwalla	male	The Keeper of the Dead	Poetry	English
1984	Ramanlal Joshi	male	Vivechanni Prakriya	Literary criticism	Gujarati
1984	Raghuvir Sahay	male	Log Bhool Gaye Hain	Poetry	Hindi
1984	Guggari Shanthaveerappa Shivarudrappa Also won: Pampa Award (1997)	male	Kavyartha Chintana	Literary criticism	Kannada
1984	Mohd. Zaman Azurdah	male	Essay	Essays	Kashmiri
1984	Pundalik Naik	male	Chowrang	One-act play	Konkani
1984	K. Ayyappa Paniker Also won: Saraswati Samman (2005) , Vayalar Award (2002) , Odakkuzhal Award (2001)	male	Ayyappa Panikkarute Kritikal	Poetry	Malayalam
1984	Lamabam Viramani Singh	male	Chekla Paikhrabada	Short Stories	Manipuri (Meitei)
1984	Arsi Prasad Singh	male	Suryamukhi	Poetry	Maithili
1984	Indira Sant	female	GarbhaReshami	Poetry	Marathi
1984	Ramchandra Giri	male	Samaj Darpan	Epic	Nepali
1984	Mohapatra Nilamani Sahoo	male	Abhisapta Gandharba	Short Stories	Odia
1984	Kapur Singh Ghuman	male	Pagal Lok	Play	Punjabi
1984	Sumer Singh Shekhawat	male	Maru-Mangal	Poetry	Rajasthani
1984	Shrinath S. Hasurkar	male	siṃdhu kanyāḥ	Historical novel	Sanskrit
1984	Mohan Kalpana	female	Uha Shaam	Short Stories	Sindhi
1984	Lakshmi	male	Oru Kaveriyai Pola	Novel	Tamil
1984	Aluri Bairagi	male	Aagama Geeti	Poetry	Telugu
1984	Masud Husain Khan	male	Iqbal Ki Nazari-o-Amali Sheriyat	Criticism	Urdu