Sahitya Akademi Award 1986 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 1986

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 1986 Winners List

This Winners List features 22 winners of the Sahitya Akademi Award 1986, in 1986.

Year	Winner Name	Gender	Book Name	Book Type	Language

1986	Tirthanath Sarma	male	Benudhar Sarma	Biography	Assamese
1986	Amiya Bhushan Majumdar	male	Raj Nagar	Novel	Bengali
1986	Om Goswami	male	Sunne Di Chiree	Short stories	Dogri
1986	Nayantara Sahgal	female	Rich Like Us	Novel	English
1986	Chandrakant Sheth	male	Dhoolmani Paglio	Reminiscences	Gujarati
1986	Kedarnath Agarwal	male	Apurva	Poetry	Hindi
1986	Vyasaraya Ballal	male	Bandaya	Novel	Kannada
1986	Dina Nath Nadim	male	Shihil Kul	Poetry	Kashmiri
1986	Prakash Damodar Padgaonkar	male	Hanv Monis Asvat-Thamo	Poetry	Konkani
1986	M. Leelavathy	female	Kavitadwani	Critical study	Malayalam
1986	Khumanthem Prakash Singh	male	Mangi Isei	Short stories	Manipuri (Meitei)
1986	Subhadra Jha	male	Natik Patrak Uttar	Belles-lettres	Maithili
1986	N. G. Deshpande	male	Khoon-Gathi	Poetry	Marathi
1986	Sharad Chhetri	male	Chakrabyuha	Short stories	Nepali
1986	Soubhagya Kumar Misra	male	Dwa Suparna	Poetry	Odia
1986	Sujan Singh	male	Shahar Te Gran	Short Stories	Punjabi
1986	Mahaveer Prasad Joshi	male	Dwarka	Poetry	Rajasthani
1986	Kalika Prasad Shukla	male	śrīrādhācaritamahākāvyam	Epic	Sanskrit
1986	Sundri A. Uttamchandani	female	Vichoro	Short stories	Sindhi
1986	Ka. Naa. Subramaniam	male	Ilakkiyathukku oru Iyakkam	Literary criticism	Tamil
1986	G. V. Subramanyam	male	Andhra Sahitya Vimarsa Angla Prabhavam	Literary criticism	Telugu
1986	Shamsur Rahman Faruqi Also won: Saraswati Samman (1996)	male	Tanquidi Afkar	Literary criticism	Urdu